“John Riley”
E515340
"John Riley" is a traditional folk ballad popularized in the 1960s folk revival, notably through Joan Baez’s recordings.
Observed surface forms (1)
| Surface form | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| John Riley | 0 |
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
folk ballad
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traditional song ⓘ |
| featuresCharacter |
John Riley (a young man who goes to sea or war)
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a faithful young woman ⓘ |
| hasAlternativeTitle |
John Reilly
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The Broken-Hearted Lover NERFINISHED ⓘ The Lost Lover NERFINISHED ⓘ The Rambling Boy NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasCulturalContext | British and American folk music ⓘ |
| hasForm | ballad ⓘ |
| hasGenre |
folk
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traditional folk ⓘ |
| hasLyricalFeature |
dialogue between lovers
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narrative storytelling ⓘ strophic form ⓘ |
| hasMotif |
lover returns after long absence
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lover tests partner in disguise ⓘ promise to wait ⓘ |
| hasNarrativePerspective | third person ⓘ |
| hasNotablePerformer |
Joan Baez
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Judy Collins NERFINISHED ⓘ Pete Seeger NERFINISHED ⓘ The Byrds NERFINISHED ⓘ Tim Hardin NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasPeriodOfOrigin | traditional (pre-20th century) ⓘ |
| hasTheme |
disguise
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faithfulness ⓘ love ⓘ reunion ⓘ separation ⓘ testing a lover’s fidelity ⓘ |
| influenced | 1960s American folk repertoire ⓘ |
| isBasedOn | older British Isles folk song material ⓘ |
| isCataloguedAs | traditional folk ballad (various regional indexes) ⓘ |
| isCommonlySungAt |
folk clubs
ⓘ
folk festivals ⓘ |
| isPartOf | Anglo-American folk song tradition ⓘ |
| isPerformedWith | voice and acoustic guitar ⓘ |
| isTraditional | true ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| plotSummary | A young man leaves his lover, asking her to remain faithful; he returns years later in disguise to test her fidelity, then reveals himself when she proves true. ⓘ |
| wasIncludedOnAlbum | Joan Baez, Vol. 2 NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| wasPopularizedBy | Joan Baez NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| wasPopularizedIn | 1960s folk revival ⓘ |
| wasRecordedBy | Joan Baez NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| wasRecordedInDecade | 1960s ⓘ |
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject surface form:
Joan Baez in Concert