Tom Dooley
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"Tom Dooley" is a traditional American folk ballad, popularized during the mid-20th-century folk revival, that recounts the story of a man condemned for murder.
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
American folk ballad
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folk song ⓘ |
| alternateSpelling | Tom Dula NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
American folk revival
NERFINISHED
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Appalachian folk music ⓘ |
| awarded | Grammy Hall of Fame Award NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| basedOn |
Life of Tom Dula
NERFINISHED
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Murder of Laura Foster NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| chartSuccess | Billboard Hot 100 hit NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| collectedBy | Frank Warner NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| collectedFrom | Frank Proffitt NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
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surface form:
United States
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| culturalImpact | Helped spark late-1950s commercial folk boom ⓘ |
| genre |
folk
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murder ballad ⓘ |
| hasCategory |
American murder ballads
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Songs about capital punishment ⓘ Songs about crime ⓘ Songs based on actual events ⓘ |
| hasLyric |
“Hang down your head, Tom Dooley”
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“Poor boy, you’re bound to die” ⓘ |
| historicalEventLinked | Trial of Tom Dula in 1868 NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| mainCharacter | Tom Dula NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| narrativeForm | first-person ballad ⓘ |
| narrativeOutcome | Execution of Tom Dula ⓘ |
| notableRecordingYear | 1958 ⓘ |
| popularizedBy | The Kingston Trio NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| recordedBy |
Doc Watson
NERFINISHED
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Frank Proffitt NERFINISHED ⓘ Lonnie Donegan NERFINISHED ⓘ The Kingston Trio NERFINISHED ⓘ The Limeliters NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| regionOfCollection | Appalachian Mountains NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| settingLocation |
North Carolina
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Wilkes County, North Carolina NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| subjectOf |
numerous cover versions
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scholarly studies on folk ballads ⓘ |
| theme |
execution
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guilt ⓘ lost love ⓘ murder ⓘ punishment ⓘ |
| timePeriod |
American Civil War era
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Post–Civil War period ⓘ |
| transmission | oral tradition ⓘ |
| type | traditional song ⓘ |
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.