Old Dan Tucker

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"Old Dan Tucker" is a traditional American folk song, popularized in modern times by artists like Bruce Springsteen through his folk and roots revival recordings.

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Old Dan Tucker canonical 14
“Old Dan Tucker” 1

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instanceOf 19th-century song ⓘ
American folk song ⓘ
minstrel song ⓘ
associatedWith Virginia Minstrels ⓘ
blackface minstrelsy ⓘ
collectedIn American folk song anthologies ⓘ
composer Dan Emmett ⓘ
countryOfOrigin United States ⓘ
culturalImpact became a widely known American fiddle and banjo tune ⓘ
entered American children’s song repertoire ⓘ
firstKnownPerformanceLocation New York City ⓘ
firstKnownPerformer Virginia Minstrels ⓘ
firstPublished 1843 ⓘ
genre folk ⓘ
minstrel ⓘ
old-time music ⓘ
hasCharacter Dan Tucker ⓘ
hasChorus Get out the way, Old Dan Tucker ⓘ
hasVariantTitle Old Dan Tucker’s Come to Town ⓘ
Ole Dan Tucker ⓘ
includedIn Bruce Springsteen album We Shall Overcome: The Seeger Sessions ⓘ
influenced later American comic folk songs ⓘ
instrumentation banjo ⓘ
bones ⓘ
fiddle ⓘ
tambourine ⓘ
language English ⓘ
lyricist Dan Emmett ⓘ
meter 4/4 time ⓘ
narrativeTheme comic tall tale ⓘ
performedBy Bruce Springsteen ⓘ
Pete Seeger ⓘ
The Almanac Singers ⓘ
linked to: Almanac Singers

The New Lost City Ramblers ⓘ
The Weavers ⓘ
Uncle Dave Macon ⓘ
Virginia Minstrels ⓘ
publicationForm sheet music ⓘ
recordedAs Old Dan Tucker (Bruce Springsteen recording) ⓘ
subjectMatter humorous description of a rustic character ⓘ
usedIn American folk revival ⓘ
old-time string band repertoire ⓘ

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