Gentle Annie

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Gentle Annie is a song composed by 19th-century American songwriter Stephen Foster, known for its sentimental melody and nostalgic lyrics.

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instanceOf musical composition
song
associatedWith American popular music
Stephen Foster songbook NERFINISHED
composer Stephen Foster NERFINISHED
countryOfOrigin United States of America
surface form: United States
firstPerformerType parlor vocalist
genre parlor song
sentimental song
hasCulturalRole American parlor entertainment
hasLyricsCharacteristic nostalgic
hasMelodyCharacteristic sentimental
hasMood mournful
tender
hasNotablePeriod mid-19th century
hasSubject a woman named Annie
hasTheme loss
nostalgia
remembrance
influenced later American folk repertoire
isAssociatedWithPerson Stephen Foster NERFINISHED
language English
lyricist Stephen Foster NERFINISHED
partOf 19th-century American song repertoire
publicationCentury 19th century

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James Craig notableWork Gentle Annie