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The term came back to earth in about the middle of the 19th century. It was taken up to describe certain sentimental popular songs and is still used today in this manner in popular music. At the same time the English were introducing the ''“drawing room ballad”'', once again a sentimental, patriotic or quasi-religious tune – often to poetry of the time - sung quite often with more gusto than skill with piano accompaniment in the parlours and drawing rooms of the English (and American) gentry.

The term came back to earth in about the middle of the 19th century. It was taken up to describe certain sentimental popular songs and is still used today in this manner in popular music. At the same time the English were introducing the ''“drawing room ballad”'', once again a sentimental, patriotic or quasi-religious tune – often to poetry of the time - sung quite often with more gusto than skill with piano accompaniment in the parlours and drawing rooms of the English (and American) gentry.

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