Railroad Boy
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"Railroad Boy" is a traditional folk ballad interpreted and popularized by Joan Baez on her early album "Joan Baez, Vol. 2."
Statements (31)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
song
ⓘ
traditional folk ballad ⓘ |
| culturalOrigin |
British Isles
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
United States NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| featuredOnAlbum | Joan Baez, Vol. 2 NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| genre |
folk
ⓘ
traditional folk ⓘ |
| hasAlternateTitle |
The Butcher Boy
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
The Railroad Boy NERFINISHED ⓘ The Railroader NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasForm | narrative ballad ⓘ |
| hasNotableInterpreter |
Doc Watson
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Joan Baez NERFINISHED ⓘ Judy Collins NERFINISHED ⓘ Pete Seeger NERFINISHED ⓘ The Carter Family NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasPerformer | Joan Baez NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasTheme |
betrayal
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suicide ⓘ tragic love ⓘ |
| includedInRepertoireOf | Joan Baez NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| isPartOfTradition |
Anglo-American folk music
ⓘ
British Isles ballad tradition NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| isPublicDomain | true ⓘ |
| isTraditional | true ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| narrativePerspective | third person ⓘ |
| popularizedBy | Joan Baez NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| recordedInDecade | 1960s ⓘ |
| subjectMatter |
lover working on the railroad
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young woman abandoned by her lover ⓘ |
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject surface form:
Joan Baez, Vol. 2