High Water (For Charley Patton)
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"High Water (For Charley Patton)" is a Bob Dylan song that blends apocalyptic imagery, historical references, and homage to blues legend Charley Patton in a dense, allusive narrative style.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| High Water (For Charley Patton) canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T4453009 — 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: High Water (For Charley Patton) Context triple: [Love and Theft, hasTrack, High Water (For Charley Patton)]
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A.
Backwater Blues
"Backwater Blues" is a classic 1927 blues song, widely regarded as one of Bessie Smith’s most powerful and influential recordings.
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B.
Tishomingo Blues
Tishomingo Blues is a crime novel by Elmore Leonard that blends Southern noir, Dixieland jazz, and dark humor in a story of a high-diver entangled with the Dixie Mafia and Civil War reenactors.
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C.
Statesboro Blues
"Statesboro Blues" is a classic blues song popularized in rock music by The Allman Brothers Band, especially through their influential live performances.
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D.
Missin’ Missippi
"Missin’ Missippi" is a song featured on the album *Songs Cycled* by Van Dyke Parks.
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E.
Chattanooga Blues
Chattanooga Blues was an early name of the minor league baseball team that later became known as the Chattanooga Lookouts.
- 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: High Water (For Charley Patton) Target entity description: "High Water (For Charley Patton)" is a Bob Dylan song that blends apocalyptic imagery, historical references, and homage to blues legend Charley Patton in a dense, allusive narrative style.
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A.
Backwater Blues
"Backwater Blues" is a classic 1927 blues song, widely regarded as one of Bessie Smith’s most powerful and influential recordings.
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B.
Tishomingo Blues
Tishomingo Blues is a crime novel by Elmore Leonard that blends Southern noir, Dixieland jazz, and dark humor in a story of a high-diver entangled with the Dixie Mafia and Civil War reenactors.
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C.
Statesboro Blues
"Statesboro Blues" is a classic blues song popularized in rock music by The Allman Brothers Band, especially through their influential live performances.
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D.
Missin’ Missippi
"Missin’ Missippi" is a song featured on the album *Songs Cycled* by Van Dyke Parks.
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E.
Chattanooga Blues
Chattanooga Blues was an early name of the minor league baseball team that later became known as the Chattanooga Lookouts.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
musical work
ⓘ
song ⓘ |
| album | Love and Theft NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| artist | Bob Dylan ⓘ |
| associatedWithArtist | Charley Patton NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| composer | Bob Dylan ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| genre |
blues
ⓘ
folk rock ⓘ roots rock ⓘ |
| hasAllusionType |
historical allusion
ⓘ
literary allusion ⓘ |
| hasCriticalReception | widely acclaimed by music critics ⓘ |
| hasEra | early 21st century popular music ⓘ |
| hasIntertextualReference |
High Water Everywhere
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
The Great Mississippi Flood of 1927 NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasLyricsStyle |
allusive narrative
ⓘ
stream-of-consciousness ⓘ |
| hasLyricsTheme |
apocalyptic imagery
ⓘ
historical references ⓘ |
| hasMusicalInfluence |
Delta blues
ⓘ
traditional American folk music ⓘ |
| hasNarrativePerspective | first-person ⓘ |
| hasNarrativeStructure | verse-chorus form ⓘ |
| hasNotableInstrument |
acoustic guitar
ⓘ
banjo ⓘ upright bass ⓘ |
| hasRefrain | "High water everywhere" NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasSubject |
American history
ⓘ
natural disaster ⓘ social upheaval ⓘ |
| hasTitleLanguage | English ⓘ |
| homageTo | Charley Patton NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| includedInTourRepertoireOf | Bob Dylan NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| inspiredBy | Charley Patton NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| isOnLabel | Columbia Records NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| isTrackOnStudioAlbum | Love and Theft NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| lyricist | Bob Dylan ⓘ |
| partOf | Love and Theft NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| performer | Bob Dylan ⓘ |
| publicationDate | 2001 ⓘ |
| recordedBy | Bob Dylan NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| recordLabel | Columbia Records ⓘ |
| referencesWorkBy | Charley Patton NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| tributeTo | Charley Patton NERFINISHED ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: High Water (For Charley Patton) Description of subject: "High Water (For Charley Patton)" is a Bob Dylan song that blends apocalyptic imagery, historical references, and homage to blues legend Charley Patton in a dense, allusive narrative style.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.