The Lily of the West
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"The Lily of the West" is a traditional folk ballad, widely popularized in the 1960s folk revival and recorded by artists such as Joan Baez.
Observed surface forms (1)
| Surface form | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| “The Lily of the West” | 1 |
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
song
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traditional folk ballad ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs |
Flora, the Lily of the West
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Lily of the West NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| circulatedAs |
broadside ballad
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oral tradition song ⓘ |
| collectedBy | various 19th- and 20th-century folk song collectors ⓘ |
| collectedIn | Anglo-American folk song tradition ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
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surface form:
United States
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| culturalImpact | standard of the 1960s folk revival repertoire ⓘ |
| genre |
folk
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traditional folk ⓘ |
| hasTheme |
betrayal
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imprisonment ⓘ jealousy ⓘ love ⓘ murder ⓘ |
| hasVersion |
American version
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British version ⓘ Irish version ⓘ |
| includedIn |
Bob Dylan album "Dylan" (1973)
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Joan Baez album "Joan Baez in Concert, Part 2" NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| influenced | later folk and country interpretations of murder ballads ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| lyricType | narrative ballad lyrics ⓘ |
| mainCharacter | Flora NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| musicTradition | ballad tradition ⓘ |
| narrativeForm | first-person ballad ⓘ |
| performancePractice |
often performed in solo vocal style
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often performed with guitar accompaniment ⓘ |
| popularizedIn | 1960s folk revival ⓘ |
| protagonist | unnamed male narrator ⓘ |
| recordedBy |
Bill Monroe
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Bob Dylan NERFINISHED ⓘ Joan Baez NERFINISHED ⓘ Mark Knopfler NERFINISHED ⓘ Peter, Paul and Mary NERFINISHED ⓘ The Chieftains NERFINISHED ⓘ The Country Gentlemen NERFINISHED ⓘ The Dubliners NERFINISHED ⓘ Tim O'Brien NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| setting | American West NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| structure | strophic form ⓘ |
| subjectMatter |
crime of passion
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trial and conviction ⓘ |
| timePeriodOfOrigin | 19th century ⓘ |
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject surface form:
Joan Baez in Concert
this entity surface form:
“The Lily of the West”
subject surface form:
Joan Baez, Vol. 2