“The Dowie Dens o Yarrow”
E685970
“The Dowie Dens o Yarrow” is a traditional Scottish border ballad telling a tragic story of love, betrayal, and murder set in the Yarrow valley.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| “The Braes o Yarrow” | 1 |
| “The Dowie Dens o Yarrow” canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T7739912 — 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: “The Dowie Dens o Yarrow” Context triple: [River Yarrow, mentionedIn, “The Dowie Dens o Yarrow”]
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A.
The Lass o' Ballochmyle
"The Lass o' Ballochmyle" is a romantic Scots-language song and poem by Robert Burns, inspired by a chance encounter with a young woman on the Ballochmyle estate in Ayrshire.
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B.
Ye Banks and Braes o' Bonnie Doon
"Ye Banks and Braes o' Bonnie Doon" is a well-known Scottish song with lyrics by Robert Burns, celebrating the beauty and bittersweet memories along the River Doon.
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C.
That Lass o' Lowrie's
That Lass o' Lowrie's is a Victorian-era novel by Frances Hodgson Burnett that portrays the harsh lives and moral struggles of English coal-mining communities.
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D.
Tam o' Shanter
Tam o' Shanter is a narrative poem by Robert Burns that humorously recounts a drunken farmer’s terrifying nighttime encounter with witches and other supernatural beings.
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E.
O, Whistle, and I'll Come to Ye, My Lad
"O, Whistle, and I'll Come to Ye, My Lad" is a well-known Scottish song with lyrics by Robert Burns, celebrated as part of Scotland’s traditional musical heritage.
- 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: “The Dowie Dens o Yarrow” Target entity description: “The Dowie Dens o Yarrow” is a traditional Scottish border ballad telling a tragic story of love, betrayal, and murder set in the Yarrow valley.
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A.
The Lass o' Ballochmyle
"The Lass o' Ballochmyle" is a romantic Scots-language song and poem by Robert Burns, inspired by a chance encounter with a young woman on the Ballochmyle estate in Ayrshire.
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B.
Ye Banks and Braes o' Bonnie Doon
"Ye Banks and Braes o' Bonnie Doon" is a well-known Scottish song with lyrics by Robert Burns, celebrating the beauty and bittersweet memories along the River Doon.
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C.
That Lass o' Lowrie's
That Lass o' Lowrie's is a Victorian-era novel by Frances Hodgson Burnett that portrays the harsh lives and moral struggles of English coal-mining communities.
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D.
Tam o' Shanter
Tam o' Shanter is a narrative poem by Robert Burns that humorously recounts a drunken farmer’s terrifying nighttime encounter with witches and other supernatural beings.
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E.
O, Whistle, and I'll Come to Ye, My Lad
"O, Whistle, and I'll Come to Ye, My Lad" is a well-known Scottish song with lyrics by Robert Burns, celebrated as part of Scotland’s traditional musical heritage.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Scottish border ballad
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folk song ⓘ traditional ballad ⓘ |
| associatedWithRegion | Selkirkshire NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| associatedWithRiver | Yarrow Water NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| centralCharacterRole |
her lover
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young woman ⓘ |
| centralConflict | lover killed in combat ⓘ |
| ChildBalladNumber | 214 ⓘ |
| collectedBy | Francis James Child NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| collectedIn | Child Ballads NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | Scotland ⓘ |
| culturalContext | Scottish border reiving tradition ⓘ |
| genre |
ballad
ⓘ
folk music ⓘ |
| hasCategory |
border ballad
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murder ballad ⓘ |
| hasForm | strophic ⓘ |
| hasTheme |
clan or family loyalty
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fatal duel or fight ⓘ female grief ⓘ honor and reputation ⓘ |
| hasVariantName |
The Braes o Yarrow
NERFINISHED
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The Dens of Yarrow NERFINISHED ⓘ The Dowie Dens o Yarrowe NERFINISHED ⓘ The Dowie Dens of Yarrow NERFINISHED ⓘ The Dowy Dens o Yarrow NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| includedInWork | The English and Scottish Popular Ballads NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| influenced | later Scottish folk revival repertoire ⓘ |
| language |
English
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Scots ⓘ |
| motif |
discovery of lover’s body
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family opposition to love match ⓘ lament over dead lover ⓘ multiple assailants against one man ⓘ prophetic dream or foreboding ⓘ |
| narrativeTheme |
betrayal
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love ⓘ murder ⓘ tragedy ⓘ |
| performedIn | traditional folk music sessions ⓘ |
| periodOfOrigin | traditional, pre-18th century ⓘ |
| RoudFolkSongIndexNumber | 13 ⓘ |
| settingLocation | Yarrow valley NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| settingRegion | Scottish Borders NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| transmission | oral tradition ⓘ |
| typicalMeter | ballad meter ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: “The Dowie Dens o Yarrow” Description of subject: “The Dowie Dens o Yarrow” is a traditional Scottish border ballad telling a tragic story of love, betrayal, and murder set in the Yarrow valley.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
“The Braes o Yarrow”