Old-time music is a genre of North American folk music, with roots in the folk music of many countries, including England, Scotland, Ireland and countries in Africa. It developed along with various North American folk dances, such as square dance, buck dance, and clogging. The genre also encompasses ballads and other types of folk songs. It is played on acoustic instruments, generally centering on a combination of fiddle and plucked string instruments (most often the guitar and banjo).
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“Then, like an old-time orator
Impressively he rose;
I make the most of all that comes
And the least of all that goes.”
—Sara Teasdale (1884–1933)
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