“The Old Chisholm Trail”
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“The Old Chisholm Trail” is a traditional American cowboy folk song associated with 19th-century cattle drives along the Chisholm Trail.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| “The Old Chisholm Trail” canonical | 1 |
Statements (43)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
American song
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folk song ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
American Old West
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Chisholm Trail NERFINISHED ⓘ Kansas NERFINISHED ⓘ Oklahoma NERFINISHED ⓘ Texas NERFINISHED ⓘ cattle drives ⓘ cowboy culture ⓘ |
| collectedIn | Cowboy Songs and Other Frontier Ballads NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| collector | John Lomax NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
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surface form:
United States
|
| culturalSignificance |
classic cowboy song
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standard of Western folk repertoire ⓘ |
| firstDocumented | late 19th century ⓘ |
| form | strophic song ⓘ |
| genre |
Western folk song
ⓘ
cowboy song ⓘ |
| hasVariant |
floating verses
ⓘ
regional lyric variants ⓘ |
| includedIn | American folk song canon ⓘ |
| influenced | later Western music ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| lyricTheme |
boasting
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complaints about the trail ⓘ humor ⓘ trail hardships ⓘ |
| melodicCharacter | simple diatonic melody ⓘ |
| notableArchive | Library of Congress folk song collections GENERATED ⓘ |
| performancePractice |
group singing
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guitar accompaniment ⓘ unaccompanied singing ⓘ |
| rhythmicCharacter | moderate tempo ⓘ |
| subjectMatter |
cowboy work
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life on cattle drives ⓘ |
| timePeriod | 19th century ⓘ |
| topic |
Chisholm Trail
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cattle herding ⓘ cowboy life ⓘ |
| transmission | oral tradition ⓘ |
| typicalOpeningLine | Come along boys and listen to my tale ⓘ |
| usedIn |
American folk song anthologies
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educational music collections ⓘ |
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.