Two Soldiers
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"Two Soldiers" is a traditional American folk ballad about brothers going off to war, notably popularized by Bob Dylan’s recording on his 1993 album *World Gone Wrong*.
Statements (41)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
song
ⓘ
song recording ⓘ studio album ⓘ traditional American folk ballad ⓘ |
| album | World Gone Wrong NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| appearsOn | World Gone Wrong NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| circulatedAs | oral tradition song ⓘ |
| composer | traditional ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| featuresCharacter |
older brother
ⓘ
younger brother ⓘ |
| featuresEvent |
battle
ⓘ
brothers going off to war ⓘ death of a brother ⓘ |
| genre |
folk
ⓘ
folk ballad ⓘ |
| hasAlternateTitle | Two Soldiers (traditional ballad) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasCulturalRegion | Appalachian folk tradition ⓘ |
| hasForm | narrative ballad ⓘ |
| hasMood |
somber
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tragic ⓘ |
| hasNotableRecording | Bob Dylan recording of Two Soldiers ⓘ |
| hasSubject |
family sacrifice in war
ⓘ
patriotism and loss ⓘ |
| hasTheme |
brotherhood
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death in war ⓘ separation ⓘ war ⓘ |
| influencedBy | American Civil War-era themes ⓘ |
| intendedPerformanceContext | folk music performance ⓘ |
| isTraditional | true ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| lyricist | traditional ⓘ |
| narrativePerspective | first-person ⓘ |
| notablyPopularizedBy | Bob Dylan NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| performanceTradition | American folk music revival ⓘ |
| performer | Bob Dylan ⓘ |
| recordLabel | Columbia Records ⓘ |
| releaseYear | 1993 ⓘ |
| subjectOf | Bob Dylan live performances ⓘ |
| typicalInstrumentation | voice and acoustic guitar ⓘ |
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