Idle question for Ameringlish speakers.
Do you call a piece of music a song even when there isn't a singer?

I've encountered a few instances of "song" used for a piece of music played for a 19th-century dance.

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@sunflowerinrain yes, as long as it has a melody that could be sung. "The Chicken Dance is an oom-pah song," Wikipedia says, and that follows common usage here.

@khird
It was used to refer to music played for waltzes and cotillions; I'm not convinced the pieces could be sung.

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