The Lily of the West
E471645
"The Lily of the West" is a traditional folk ballad, widely popularized in the 1960s folk revival and recorded by artists such as Joan Baez.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Lily of the West | 1 |
| The Lily of the West canonical | 1 |
| “The Lily of the West” | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T4808071 — 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 Lily of the West Context triple: [Joan Baez, Vol. 2, hasTrack, The Lily of the West]
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A.
The Yellow Lily
The Yellow Lily is a silent-era film best known for featuring popular 1920s actress Billie Dove in a prominent role.
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B.
The Wellspring
The Wellspring is a poetry collection by Sharon Olds that explores themes of family, sexuality, and motherhood in her characteristically intimate and emotionally direct style.
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C.
Plea for the West
Plea for the West is a 19th-century religious and social commentary in which Lyman Beecher warns against perceived moral and religious decline in the American West and advocates for Protestant influence in the region.
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D.
Hall of Lilies
The Hall of Lilies is an ornately decorated chamber in Florence’s Palazzo Vecchio, renowned for its rich frescoes and symbolic fleur-de-lis motifs celebrating the city’s civic identity.
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E.
Lady of the East
Lady of the East is an epithet of the ancient Egyptian goddess Bastet, highlighting her protective and benevolent aspects associated with the rising sun and the eastern horizon.
- 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 Lily of the West Target entity description: "The Lily of the West" is a traditional folk ballad, widely popularized in the 1960s folk revival and recorded by artists such as Joan Baez.
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A.
The Yellow Lily
The Yellow Lily is a silent-era film best known for featuring popular 1920s actress Billie Dove in a prominent role.
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B.
The Wellspring
The Wellspring is a poetry collection by Sharon Olds that explores themes of family, sexuality, and motherhood in her characteristically intimate and emotionally direct style.
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C.
Plea for the West
Plea for the West is a 19th-century religious and social commentary in which Lyman Beecher warns against perceived moral and religious decline in the American West and advocates for Protestant influence in the region.
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D.
Hall of Lilies
The Hall of Lilies is an ornately decorated chamber in Florence’s Palazzo Vecchio, renowned for its rich frescoes and symbolic fleur-de-lis motifs celebrating the city’s civic identity.
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E.
Lady of the East
Lady of the East is an epithet of the ancient Egyptian goddess Bastet, highlighting her protective and benevolent aspects associated with the rising sun and the eastern horizon.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
song
ⓘ
traditional folk ballad ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs |
Flora, the Lily of the West
ⓘ
Lily of the West ⓘ
linked to:
The Lily of the West
|
| circulatedAs |
broadside ballad
ⓘ
oral tradition song ⓘ |
| collectedBy | various 19th- and 20th-century folk song collectors ⓘ |
| collectedIn | Anglo-American folk song tradition ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States
ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
|
| culturalImpact | standard of the 1960s folk revival repertoire ⓘ |
| genre |
folk
ⓘ
traditional folk ⓘ |
| hasTheme |
betrayal
ⓘ
imprisonment ⓘ jealousy ⓘ love ⓘ murder ⓘ |
| hasVersion |
American version
ⓘ
British version ⓘ Irish version ⓘ |
| includedIn |
Bob Dylan album "Dylan" (1973)
ⓘ
Joan Baez album "Joan Baez in Concert, Part 2" ⓘ
linked to:
album "Joan Baez in Concert"
|
| influenced | later folk and country interpretations of murder ballads ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| lyricType | narrative ballad lyrics ⓘ |
| mainCharacter | Flora ⓘ |
| musicTradition | ballad tradition ⓘ |
| narrativeForm | first-person ballad ⓘ |
| performancePractice |
often performed in solo vocal style
ⓘ
often performed with guitar accompaniment ⓘ |
| popularizedIn | 1960s folk revival ⓘ |
| protagonist | unnamed male narrator ⓘ |
| recordedBy |
Bill Monroe
ⓘ
Bob Dylan ⓘ Joan Baez ⓘ Mark Knopfler ⓘ Peter, Paul and Mary ⓘ The Chieftains ⓘ The Country Gentlemen ⓘ The Dubliners ⓘ Tim O'Brien ⓘ |
| setting |
American West
ⓘ
linked to:
Old West
|
| structure | strophic form ⓘ |
| subjectMatter |
crime of passion
ⓘ
trial and conviction ⓘ |
| timePeriodOfOrigin | 19th century ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: The Lily of the West Description of subject: "The Lily of the West" is a traditional folk ballad, widely popularized in the 1960s folk revival and recorded by artists such as Joan Baez.
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject linked to:
album "Joan Baez, Vol. 2"
subject linked to:
album "Joan Baez in Concert"
linked to: The Lily of the West
linked to: The Lily of the West