Me and Little Andy

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"Me and Little Andy" is a country song by Dolly Parton, known as a dark, narrative ballad about a young girl and her dog seeking refuge from an abusive home.

All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Little Andy 1
Me and Little Andy canonical 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf single
song
countryOfOrigin United States of America
surface form: United States
depicts a child arriving at a stranger’s door in the rain
the implied death of the child and her dog during the night
genre country music
narrative ballad
impliedSetting a rural American community
language English
lyricCharacter Me and Little Andy self-linksurface differs
surface form: Little Andy

Little Andy's dog
a woman who shelters Little Andy
musicalStyle slow country ballad
narrativeFocus a young girl named Andy and her dog
notableFor dark storyline unusual for mainstream country ballads
use of Dolly Parton’s childlike vocal characterization for the girl’s voice
performer Dolly Parton
plotSummary A young girl and her dog flee an abusive home, find temporary refuge with a woman, and die in the night, implied to go to heaven.
subject a child seeking safety from an abusive parent
loyalty between a girl and her dog
theme afterlife
child abuse
death
domestic violence
poverty
seeking refuge
tone dark
melodramatic
tragic
vocalPerformance alternation between adult narrator voice and childlike voice by Dolly Parton
vocalType duet-style vocal with childlike voice by Dolly Parton
writer Dolly Parton

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Here You Come Again bSide Me and Little Andy
Me and Little Andy lyricCharacter Me and Little Andy self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: Little Andy