Abstract:

Erzincan city means a great wealth in terms of folk songs. Refahiye is the district where the least number of folk songs are collected and recorded in the numerical sense. There are only 3 Refahiye folk songs in the book of Erzincan Folk Songs (Taş - Turan 2004), which includes 495 folk songs. Moreover, there are also 2 more Refahiye folk songs in the TRT repertoire in addition to these 3 songs. Regarding to this consideration, it should not be understanding that there is no folk song in Refahiye. Since the necessary research and compilation studies are not done, it is thought that this is the situation. In fact, in a short-term study, 41 folk songs are identified as a result of written sources; In order to avoid volume crowds, only recorded five folk songs are examined under the guidance of methods of examining folk songs proposed by Metin Ekici (Ekici 2013: 15).