American railroad ballads
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American railroad ballads are a body of traditional folk songs that narrate the lives, labor, and legends of railroad workers and the expansion of the railroads in the United States.
Statements (50)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
folk song genre
ⓘ
traditional music ⓘ |
| associatedWithOccupation |
conductors
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firemen (railroad workers) ⓘ locomotive engineers ⓘ railroad brakemen ⓘ section hands ⓘ switchmen ⓘ track layers ⓘ |
| associatedWithSocialGroup |
African American railroad workers
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Irish immigrant workers ⓘ hoboes ⓘ itinerant workers ⓘ other immigrant laborers ⓘ working class Americans ⓘ |
| country |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| culturalRole |
mythologizing the American railroad
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narrating technological change in the United States ⓘ preservation of railroad workers' experiences ⓘ |
| developedInPeriod |
19th century
ⓘ
early 20th century ⓘ |
| documentedIn |
field recordings
ⓘ
folk song collections ⓘ |
| genre |
American folk music
ⓘ
ballad ⓘ |
| hasTheme |
accidents and disasters
ⓘ
death and mourning ⓘ heroic figures ⓘ industrialization ⓘ labor ⓘ migration and travel ⓘ romanticized frontier ⓘ technology and progress ⓘ working-class life ⓘ |
| influenced |
American popular music depictions of trains
ⓘ
bluegrass music ⓘ country music ⓘ |
| mainSubject |
railroad expansion
ⓘ
railroad workers ⓘ railroads in the United States ⓘ |
| relatedTo |
American work songs
ⓘ
cowboy ballads ⓘ industrial folk songs ⓘ train songs ⓘ |
| typicalLanguage | English ⓘ |
| typicalPerformanceContext |
folk music concerts
ⓘ
informal gatherings ⓘ oral tradition ⓘ railroad yards ⓘ work camps ⓘ |
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.