  WAULKING SONG – a working song sung in Gaelic by women while they 'waulked' woollen cloth to soften and shrink it, led by a soloist with a response from the rest of the women (call & response), strophic   BOTHY BALLAD – a folk song with many verses, tells a story of rural or farming life, usually sung by men, led by a soloist with a response from the rest of the group (call & response), strophic   SCOTS BALLAD – a slow song which tells a story of love/an event/death, strophic   GAELIC PSALM – sung in church, led by a precentor with a response sung by the congregation (call & response), sounds untidy   MOUTH MUSIC – Gaelic nonsense words sung in imitation of the sound of bagpipes as an accompaniment to dancing
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