Old Dan Tucker
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"Old Dan Tucker" is a traditional American folk song, popularized in modern times by artists like Bruce Springsteen through his folk and roots revival recordings.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Old Dan Tucker canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1921529 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Old Dan Tucker Context triple: [We Shall Overcome: The Seeger Sessions, hasPart, Old Dan Tucker]
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A.
Gentle Ben
Gentle Ben is a 1960s American family television series centered on the friendship between a young boy and a tame black bear in the Florida Everglades.
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B.
Old Man
"Old Man" is a classic folk-rock song by Neil Young, known for its reflective lyrics about aging and life perspective, originally released on his 1972 album "Harvest."
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C.
Sycamore Sam
Sycamore Sam is the costumed mascot representing Indiana State University's athletic teams, especially the men's basketball program.
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D.
Uncle Tom Travers
Uncle Tom Travers is a recurring character in P. G. Wodehouse’s Jeeves and Wooster stories, known as Bertie Wooster’s wealthy, short-tempered uncle with a passion for collecting silver.
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E.
Rufus
Rufus was a 1970s American funk and R&B band best known for launching Chaka Khan’s career and for hits like “Tell Me Something Good” and “Ain’t Nobody.”
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Old Dan Tucker Target entity description: "Old Dan Tucker" is a traditional American folk song, popularized in modern times by artists like Bruce Springsteen through his folk and roots revival recordings.
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A.
Gentle Ben
Gentle Ben is a 1960s American family television series centered on the friendship between a young boy and a tame black bear in the Florida Everglades.
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B.
Old Man
"Old Man" is a classic folk-rock song by Neil Young, known for its reflective lyrics about aging and life perspective, originally released on his 1972 album "Harvest."
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C.
Sycamore Sam
Sycamore Sam is the costumed mascot representing Indiana State University's athletic teams, especially the men's basketball program.
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D.
Uncle Tom Travers
Uncle Tom Travers is a recurring character in P. G. Wodehouse’s Jeeves and Wooster stories, known as Bertie Wooster’s wealthy, short-tempered uncle with a passion for collecting silver.
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E.
Rufus
Rufus was a 1970s American funk and R&B band best known for launching Chaka Khan’s career and for hits like “Tell Me Something Good” and “Ain’t Nobody.”
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (42)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
19th-century song
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American folk song ⓘ minstrel song ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
Virginia Minstrels
ⓘ
blackface minstrelsy ⓘ |
| collectedIn | American folk song anthologies ⓘ |
| composer | Dan Emmett ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
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surface form:
United States
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| culturalImpact |
became a widely known American fiddle and banjo tune
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entered American children’s song repertoire ⓘ |
| firstKnownPerformanceLocation | New York City ⓘ |
| firstKnownPerformer | Virginia Minstrels ⓘ |
| firstPublished | 1843 ⓘ |
| genre |
folk
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minstrel ⓘ old-time music ⓘ |
| hasCharacter | Dan Tucker ⓘ |
| hasChorus | Get out the way, Old Dan Tucker ⓘ |
| hasVariantTitle |
Old Dan Tucker’s Come to Town
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Ole Dan Tucker ⓘ |
| includedIn |
We Shall Overcome: The Seeger Sessions
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surface form:
Bruce Springsteen album We Shall Overcome: The Seeger Sessions
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| influenced | later American comic folk songs ⓘ |
| instrumentation |
banjo
ⓘ
bones ⓘ fiddle ⓘ tambourine ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| lyricist | Dan Emmett ⓘ |
| meter | 4/4 time ⓘ |
| narrativeTheme | comic tall tale ⓘ |
| performedBy |
Bruce Springsteen
ⓘ
Pete Seeger ⓘ Almanac Singers ⓘ
surface form:
The Almanac Singers
The New Lost City Ramblers ⓘ The Weavers ⓘ Uncle Dave Macon ⓘ Virginia Minstrels ⓘ |
| publicationForm | sheet music ⓘ |
| recordedAs | Old Dan Tucker (Bruce Springsteen recording) ⓘ |
| subjectMatter | humorous description of a rustic character ⓘ |
| usedIn |
American folk music revival
ⓘ
surface form:
American folk revival
old-time string band repertoire ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Old Dan Tucker Description of subject: "Old Dan Tucker" is a traditional American folk song, popularized in modern times by artists like Bruce Springsteen through his folk and roots revival recordings.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.