Poor Wayfaring Stranger
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"Poor Wayfaring Stranger" is a traditional American folk and gospel song about a soul’s journey through hardship toward a better afterlife, widely interpreted by numerous folk and country artists.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Wayfaring Stranger | 4 |
| Poor Wayfaring Stranger canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T4808083 — 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: Poor Wayfaring Stranger Context triple: [Joan Baez, Vol. 2, hasTrack, Poor Wayfaring Stranger]
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A.
Lonesome Traveler
Lonesome Traveler is a collection of autobiographical travel sketches by Beat Generation writer Jack Kerouac, chronicling his journeys and spiritual searching across America and abroad.
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B.
Last Chance Range
Last Chance Range is a remote mountain range in eastern California’s Mojave Desert, forming part of the rugged terrain near Death Valley and Saline Valley.
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C.
Ramblin' Boy
"Ramblin' Boy" is a 1964 folk song and album by American singer-songwriter Tom Paxton, known for its poignant storytelling and status as a classic of the 1960s folk revival.
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D.
Wandering Stranger
"Wandering Stranger" is a song by Lionel Richie, featured as the B-side to his 1983 hit single "All Night Long (All Night)."
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E.
Ramblin’ Man
"Ramblin’ Man" is a 1973 Southern rock classic by the Allman Brothers Band, known for its country-infused sound and storytelling about life on the road.
- 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: Poor Wayfaring Stranger Target entity description: "Poor Wayfaring Stranger" is a traditional American folk and gospel song about a soul’s journey through hardship toward a better afterlife, widely interpreted by numerous folk and country artists.
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A.
Lonesome Traveler
Lonesome Traveler is a collection of autobiographical travel sketches by Beat Generation writer Jack Kerouac, chronicling his journeys and spiritual searching across America and abroad.
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B.
Last Chance Range
Last Chance Range is a remote mountain range in eastern California’s Mojave Desert, forming part of the rugged terrain near Death Valley and Saline Valley.
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C.
Ramblin' Boy
"Ramblin' Boy" is a 1964 folk song and album by American singer-songwriter Tom Paxton, known for its poignant storytelling and status as a classic of the 1960s folk revival.
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D.
Wandering Stranger
"Wandering Stranger" is a song by Lionel Richie, featured as the B-side to his 1983 hit single "All Night Long (All Night)."
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E.
Ramblin’ Man
"Ramblin’ Man" is a 1973 Southern rock classic by the Allman Brothers Band, known for its country-infused sound and storytelling about life on the road.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
American folk song
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gospel song ⓘ song ⓘ traditional song ⓘ |
| associatedWithMovement | American folk revival NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| associatedWithTradition |
American spirituals
NERFINISHED
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Appalachian folk music ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
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surface form:
United States
|
| featuredInSoundtrack |
Cold Mountain (2003 film)
NERFINISHED
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The Broken Circle Breakdown (2012 film) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| firstPublishedAsHymn | early 19th century ⓘ |
| genre |
country
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folk ⓘ gospel ⓘ |
| hasAlternativeTitle |
I Am a Poor Wayfaring Stranger
NERFINISHED
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Wayfaring Stranger NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasForm | strophic ⓘ |
| hasInfluenceOn | American country gospel repertoire ⓘ |
| hasMeter | common time ⓘ |
| hasNotableRecordingBy |
Alison Krauss
NERFINISHED
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Bill Monroe NERFINISHED ⓘ Burl Ives NERFINISHED ⓘ Ed Sheeran NERFINISHED ⓘ Emmylou Harris NERFINISHED ⓘ Eva Cassidy NERFINISHED ⓘ Jack White NERFINISHED ⓘ Jack White and The Cold Mountain soundtrack cast NERFINISHED ⓘ Joan Baez NERFINISHED ⓘ Johnny Cash NERFINISHED ⓘ Neko Case NERFINISHED ⓘ Rhiannon Giddens NERFINISHED ⓘ The Carter Family NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasRoudNumber | 3339 ⓘ |
| isInPublicDomain | true ⓘ |
| isTraditional | true ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| lyricMotif |
crossing Jordan
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going home to see father and mother ⓘ no more sickness, toil, or danger ⓘ pilgrimage through this world of woe ⓘ |
| theme |
Christian faith
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afterlife ⓘ hardship ⓘ spiritual journey ⓘ |
| typicalMode | minor key ⓘ |
| usedInMedium |
church services
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film ⓘ folk music concerts ⓘ television ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Input
Subject: Poor Wayfaring Stranger Description of subject: "Poor Wayfaring Stranger" is a traditional American folk and gospel song about a soul’s journey through hardship toward a better afterlife, widely interpreted by numerous folk and country artists.
Referenced by (5)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject surface form:
Joan Baez, Vol. 2
this entity surface form:
Wayfaring Stranger
this entity surface form:
Wayfaring Stranger
this entity surface form:
Wayfaring Stranger
this entity surface form:
Wayfaring Stranger