Keyword: «text; song lyrics; bard (author) song; intonation; singer-songwriter»

The article is devoted to study of author (bard) song as song lyrics and its classification. The bard (author) song is a type of text with a particular level of organization. Modern authors and researchers say that in bard (author) song lyrics and music are inseparable unity. Classification of these songs can be correlated with traditional literary and musical genres with the main linguistic characteristics of the text and opinion of the singer-songwriter.