Banks of the Ohio
E471650
"Banks of the Ohio" is a traditional American murder ballad that has been widely recorded in folk and country music, including by Joan Baez.
Statements (35)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
country music standard
ⓘ
folk song ⓘ traditional American murder ballad ⓘ |
| associatedWithGenre | bluegrass ⓘ |
| associatedWithRegion | Appalachia NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| cataloguedAs | traditional American folk song in many song collections ⓘ |
| collectedIn | American folk tradition ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| featuresMotif |
lover’s murder
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river as site of disposal ⓘ |
| genre |
country
ⓘ
folk ⓘ murder ballad ⓘ |
| hasFirstPersonNarrator | true ⓘ |
| hasMultipleRecordings | true ⓘ |
| hasUnknownAuthor | true ⓘ |
| hasVariantLyrics | true ⓘ |
| includedInRepertoireOf | American folk revival artists ⓘ |
| isTraditional | true ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| narrativeTheme |
homicide
ⓘ
jealousy ⓘ romantic rejection ⓘ |
| narratorGender | male ⓘ |
| performancePractice | often accompanied by guitar or banjo ⓘ |
| plotSummary | A man invites his lover for a walk by the river, proposes marriage, and kills her when she refuses. ⓘ |
| popularizedIn | 20th-century folk music revival ⓘ |
| recordedBy |
Bluegrass and old-time musicians
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Doc Watson NERFINISHED ⓘ Joan Baez NERFINISHED ⓘ Johnny Cash NERFINISHED ⓘ Olivia Newton-John NERFINISHED ⓘ Porter Wagoner NERFINISHED ⓘ The Carter Family NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| setting | banks of the Ohio River ⓘ |
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject surface form:
Joan Baez, Vol. 2