Man of Constant Sorrow

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"Man of Constant Sorrow" is a traditional American folk song that gained widespread modern popularity through its prominent use in the film *O Brother, Where Art Thou?*

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Man of Constant Sorrow canonical 3
I Am a Man of Constant Sorrow 2

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Predicate Object
instanceOf song
traditional American folk song
appearsOn O Brother, Where Art Thou? (soundtrack)
surface form: O Brother, Where Art Thou? (soundtrack album)
associatedWithGenre bluegrass music
country music
awardYear 2002
chartSuccess reached country music charts in early 2000s (Soggy Bottom Boys version)
countryOfOrigin United States of America
surface form: United States
culturalImpact revived interest in traditional American folk and bluegrass music in the 2000s
featuredInSoundtrackOf O Brother, Where Art Thou? (soundtrack)
firstKnownPublicationTitle Songs Sung by R. D. Burnett – The Blind Man
firstKnownPublicationYear 1913
firstKnownPublisher Richard Burnett
gainedWidespreadPopularityAfter release of film O Brother, Where Art Thou? (2000)
genre American folk music
folk music
hasAlternativeTitle Farewell Song
Man of Constant Sorrow
surface form: I Am a Man of Constant Sorrow
hasNotableVersionType a cappella version
bluegrass band version
solo vocal with guitar version
hasPublicDomainStatus traditional lyrics and melody largely in public domain
hasSubject personal suffering
poverty
separation from loved ones
hasVocalPerspective first-person narrative
includedIn American folk song repertoire
language English
lyricalTheme farewell
hardship
sorrow
wandering
notableArrangementBy Soggy Bottom Boys
surface form: The Soggy Bottom Boys
notableRecordingBy Bob Dylan
Dan Tyminski
Ginger Baker's Air Force
surface form: Ginger Baker’s Air Force

Judy Collins
Norman Blake
Ralph Stanley
Soggy Bottom Boys
surface form: The Soggy Bottom Boys

The Stanley Brothers
receivedAward Grammy Award for Best Country Collaboration with Vocals
surface form: Grammy Award for Best Country Collaboration with Vocals (for The Soggy Bottom Boys version)
typicalInstrumentation acoustic guitar
banjo
fiddle
mandolin
upright bass
usedIn O Brother, Where Art Thou?
surface form: film O Brother, Where Art Thou?

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O Brother, Where Art Thou? notableSong Man of Constant Sorrow
Second Hand Heart hasPart Man of Constant Sorrow
O Brother, Where Art Thou? (soundtrack) notableTrack Man of Constant Sorrow
this entity surface form: I Am a Man of Constant Sorrow
Man of Constant Sorrow hasAlternativeTitle Man of Constant Sorrow
this entity surface form: I Am a Man of Constant Sorrow