The Roving Gambler
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"The Roving Gambler" is a traditional American folk ballad about a wandering card player and his adventures, widely recorded and adapted by various folk and country artists.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| The Roving Gambler canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T18186673 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: The Roving Gambler Context triple: [Doc Watson (album), hasTrack, The Roving Gambler]
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A.
The Riverboat Gamblers
The Riverboat Gamblers are a high-energy American punk rock band known for their raucous live shows and blend of punk, garage rock, and rock and roll.
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B.
Gamblin’ Man
"Gamblin’ Man" is a skiffle song popularized by British musician Lonnie Donegan, known for its upbeat rhythm and storytelling lyrics about a wandering gambler.
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C.
The Mississippi Gambler
The Mississippi Gambler is a 1953 American Western drama film directed by Jesse Hibbs and starring Tyrone Power as a principled riverboat gambler navigating love, honor, and danger along the Mississippi River.
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D.
Gamblin' Man
Gamblin' Man is an alternate title for the 1974 American drama film "Cockfighter," directed by Monte Hellman and starring Warren Oates as a dedicated but self-destructive cockfighting trainer.
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E.
The Gamblers
The Gamblers were a 1960s American surf rock band known for their instrumental track "Moon Dawg!" which became an early surf music classic.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: The Roving Gambler Target entity description: "The Roving Gambler" is a traditional American folk ballad about a wandering card player and his adventures, widely recorded and adapted by various folk and country artists.
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A.
The Riverboat Gamblers
The Riverboat Gamblers are a high-energy American punk rock band known for their raucous live shows and blend of punk, garage rock, and rock and roll.
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B.
Gamblin’ Man
"Gamblin’ Man" is a skiffle song popularized by British musician Lonnie Donegan, known for its upbeat rhythm and storytelling lyrics about a wandering gambler.
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C.
The Mississippi Gambler
The Mississippi Gambler is a 1953 American Western drama film directed by Jesse Hibbs and starring Tyrone Power as a principled riverboat gambler navigating love, honor, and danger along the Mississippi River.
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D.
Gamblin' Man
Gamblin' Man is an alternate title for the 1974 American drama film "Cockfighter," directed by Monte Hellman and starring Warren Oates as a dedicated but self-destructive cockfighting trainer.
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E.
The Gamblers
The Gamblers were a 1960s American surf rock band known for their instrumental track "Moon Dawg!" which became an early surf music classic.
- F. None of above. chosen
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject linked to:
album "Doc Watson" (1964)
subject linked to:
album "I Stand Alone"