The Ballad of Jesse James
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"The Ballad of Jesse James" is a traditional American folk song that recounts and mythologizes the life and death of the outlaw Jesse James.
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| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| The Ballad of Jesse James canonical | 1 |
Statements (45)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | folk song ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
Old West folklore
ⓘ
outlaw folklore ⓘ |
| basedOn | historical events in the life of Jesse James ⓘ |
| characterizes | Robert Ford as a coward NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| collectedIn | American folk song tradition ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| describes |
death of Jesse James
ⓘ
killing of Jesse James by Robert Ford ⓘ life of Jesse James ⓘ |
| firstLineVariant |
Jesse James was a lad that killed many a man
GENERATED
ⓘ
Jesse James was a man who killed many a man GENERATED ⓘ |
| genre |
American folk
ⓘ
folk ⓘ outlaw ballad ⓘ |
| hasForm | strophic ballad ⓘ |
| hasNotableRecordingBy |
Bruce Springsteen
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Johnny Cash NERFINISHED ⓘ Pete Seeger NERFINISHED ⓘ The Kingston Trio NERFINISHED ⓘ Van Morrison NERFINISHED ⓘ Woody Guthrie NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| influenced | later outlaw country songs ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| mentions | Robert Ford NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| meter | common ballad meter ⓘ |
| mythologizes | Jesse James NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| narrativeFocus | Jesse James NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| portrays |
Jesse James as a victim of betrayal
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Jesse James as sympathetic ⓘ |
| portraysAs | Jesse James as a Robin Hood figure ⓘ |
| refrainVariant |
For he’d killed many a man
ⓘ
That dirty little coward that shot Mr. Howard ⓘ |
| setting | American Midwest NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| subject |
James–Younger Gang
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
bank robbery ⓘ train robbery ⓘ |
| theme |
betrayal
ⓘ
crime ⓘ outlaw mythology ⓘ social injustice ⓘ vengeance ⓘ |
| timePeriodOfOrigin | late 19th century ⓘ |
| transmission | oral tradition ⓘ |
| usedIn | American folk revival repertoire ⓘ |
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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.