Peggy-O

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"Peggy-O" is a traditional folk ballad, widely known through renditions by artists like Simon & Garfunkel and the Grateful Dead, that tells a tragic love story involving a soldier and a woman named Peggy.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf song
traditional folk ballad
featuresCharacter Peggy NERFINISHED
a soldier
hasAlternativeTitle Fennario
The Bonnie Lass o’ Fyvie NERFINISHED
The Maid of Fife NERFINISHED
The Maid of Fife-O NERFINISHED
hasChildBalladNumber Child 234 NERFINISHED
hasCollectedIn Canada GENERATED
England GENERATED
Ireland GENERATED
Scotland GENERATED
United States GENERATED
hasForm strophic song
hasGenre folk music
traditional ballad
hasLanguage English
hasMeter simple duple meter
hasMotif class difference in romance
death of a suitor
military departure
parental disapproval
hasNarrativeTheme military romance
tragic love
unrequited love
hasNotablePerformer Bob Dylan NERFINISHED
Grateful Dead NERFINISHED
Jerry Garcia NERFINISHED
Joan Baez NERFINISHED
Simon & Garfunkel NERFINISHED
The Clancy Brothers NERFINISHED
The Kingston Trio NERFINISHED
hasNotableRecording Grateful Dead – Europe ’72 (live performances) NERFINISHED
Simon & Garfunkel – Wednesday Morning, 3 A.M. NERFINISHED
hasOrigin Scotland NERFINISHED
hasPeriodOfPopularity 20th century folk revival
hasRoudNumber Roud 545
hasSetting Fennario NERFINISHED
Fyvie NERFINISHED
hasSongType narrative ballad
soldier ballad
hasSubjectMatter love between a soldier and a local woman
isBasedOn The Bonnie Lass o’ Fyvie NERFINISHED
isInRepertoireOf Grateful Dead NERFINISHED
Jerry Garcia Band NERFINISHED
isPartOfTradition British Isles folk music
Scottish folk music

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