Man of Constant Sorrow

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"Man of Constant Sorrow" is a traditional American folk song that gained widespread modern popularity through its prominent use in the film *O Brother, Where Art Thou?*

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Predicate Object
instanceOf song ⓘ
traditional American folk song ⓘ
appearsOn O Brother, Where Art Thou? (soundtrack album) ⓘ
associatedWithGenre bluegrass music ⓘ
country music ⓘ
awardYear 2002 ⓘ
chartSuccess reached country music charts in early 2000s (Soggy Bottom Boys version) ⓘ
countryOfOrigin United States ⓘ
culturalImpact revived interest in traditional American folk and bluegrass music in the 2000s ⓘ
featuredInSoundtrackOf O Brother, Where Art Thou? (soundtrack) ⓘ
firstKnownPublicationTitle Songs Sung by R. D. Burnett – The Blind Man ⓘ
firstKnownPublicationYear 1913 ⓘ
firstKnownPublisher Richard Burnett ⓘ
gainedWidespreadPopularityAfter release of film O Brother, Where Art Thou? (2000) ⓘ
genre American folk music ⓘ
folk music ⓘ
hasAlternativeTitle Farewell Song ⓘ
I Am a Man of Constant Sorrow ⓘ
hasNotableVersionType a cappella version ⓘ
bluegrass band version ⓘ
solo vocal with guitar version ⓘ
hasPublicDomainStatus traditional lyrics and melody largely in public domain ⓘ
hasSubject personal suffering ⓘ
poverty ⓘ
separation from loved ones ⓘ
hasVocalPerspective first-person narrative ⓘ
includedIn American folk song repertoire ⓘ
language English ⓘ
lyricalTheme farewell ⓘ
hardship ⓘ
sorrow ⓘ
wandering ⓘ
notableArrangementBy The Soggy Bottom Boys ⓘ
linked to: Soggy Bottom Boys
notableRecordingBy Bob Dylan ⓘ
Dan Tyminski ⓘ
Ginger Baker’s Air Force ⓘ
Judy Collins ⓘ
Norman Blake ⓘ
Ralph Stanley ⓘ
The Soggy Bottom Boys ⓘ
linked to: Soggy Bottom Boys

The Stanley Brothers ⓘ
receivedAward Grammy Award for Best Country Collaboration with Vocals (for The Soggy Bottom Boys version) ⓘ
typicalInstrumentation acoustic guitar ⓘ
banjo ⓘ
fiddle ⓘ
mandolin ⓘ
upright bass ⓘ
usedIn film O Brother, Where Art Thou? ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

O Brother, Where Art Thou? → notableSong → Man of Constant Sorrow ⓘ
Second Hand Heart → hasPart → Man of Constant Sorrow ⓘ
O Brother, Where Art Thou? (soundtrack) → notableTrack → I Am a Man of Constant Sorrow ⓘ
linked to: Man of Constant Sorrow
Man of Constant Sorrow → hasAlternativeTitle → I Am a Man of Constant Sorrow ⓘ
linked to: Man of Constant Sorrow
Bob Dylan (album) → hasTrack → Man of Constant Sorrow ⓘ
Bob Dylan (album) → containsTraditionalSong → Man of Constant Sorrow ⓘ
Ralph Stanley → notableWork → Man of Constant Sorrow (performance association) ⓘ
linked to: Man of Constant Sorrow
American folk music canon → hasPart → “Man of Constant Sorrow” ⓘ
linked to: Man of Constant Sorrow
The Stanley Brothers → notableSong → Man of Constant Sorrow ⓘ
The Stanley Brothers → notableSong → I Am a Man of Constant Sorrow ⓘ
linked to: Man of Constant Sorrow