“Copper Kettle”
E515334
“Copper Kettle” is a traditional folk song popularized in the 1960s folk revival, notably through performances by artists such as Joan Baez and Bob Dylan.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Get You a Copper Kettle | 1 |
| Get You a Copper Kettle (Copper Coil) | 1 |
| “Copper Kettle” canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T5374692 — 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: “Copper Kettle” Context triple: [Joan Baez in Concert, hasPart, “Copper Kettle”]
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A.
Copper Kettle
Copper Kettle is a notable object depicted within the painting "Self Portrait," likely serving as a symbolic or compositional element in the artwork.
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B.
"The Stove"
"The Stove" is one of the short stories in Stephen Crane’s Whilomville Stories collection, depicting small-town American life with his characteristic realism and irony.
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C.
Kissing Coppers
Kissing Coppers is a famous street art piece by Banksy depicting two British policemen kissing, often interpreted as a provocative commentary on authority, masculinity, and LGBTQ+ visibility.
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D.
Silver Taps
Silver Taps is a solemn Texas A&M University tradition honoring deceased students with a nighttime campus ceremony featuring a bugle call and silent remembrance.
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E.
Whistling Teapot (Rag)
"Whistling Teapot (Rag)" is a ragtime-influenced instrumental piece by Smog (Bill Callahan), featured on his album *The Doctor Came at Dawn*.
- 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: “Copper Kettle” Target entity description: “Copper Kettle” is a traditional folk song popularized in the 1960s folk revival, notably through performances by artists such as Joan Baez and Bob Dylan.
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A.
Copper Kettle
Copper Kettle is a notable object depicted within the painting "Self Portrait," likely serving as a symbolic or compositional element in the artwork.
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B.
"The Stove"
"The Stove" is one of the short stories in Stephen Crane’s Whilomville Stories collection, depicting small-town American life with his characteristic realism and irony.
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C.
Kissing Coppers
Kissing Coppers is a famous street art piece by Banksy depicting two British policemen kissing, often interpreted as a provocative commentary on authority, masculinity, and LGBTQ+ visibility.
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D.
Silver Taps
Silver Taps is a solemn Texas A&M University tradition honoring deceased students with a nighttime campus ceremony featuring a bugle call and silent remembrance.
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E.
Whistling Teapot (Rag)
"Whistling Teapot (Rag)" is a ragtime-influenced instrumental piece by Smog (Bill Callahan), featured on his album *The Doctor Came at Dawn*.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | folk song ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs |
Get You a Copper Kettle
ⓘ
linked to:
“Copper Kettle”
Get You a Copper Kettle (Copper Coil) ⓘ
linked to:
“Copper Kettle”
|
| associatedMovement | American folk music revival ⓘ |
| associatedWithPeriod |
Prohibition in the United States
ⓘ
linked to:
Prohibition era in the United States
|
| collectedAs | traditional American folk song in songbooks ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States
ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
|
| culturalSignificance |
became part of the standard 1960s folk repertoire
ⓘ
represents romanticized view of moonshining ⓘ |
| genre | folk ⓘ |
| hasTheme |
Prohibition-era whiskey distilling
ⓘ
moonshining ⓘ resistance to alcohol taxation ⓘ rural life ⓘ |
| includedOnAlbum |
Ballad of Easy Rider
ⓘ
linked to:
Easy Rider
Joan Baez, Vol. 2 ⓘ
linked to:
album "Joan Baez, Vol. 2"
Self Portrait ⓘ |
| influencedBy | Appalachian folk traditions ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| lyricLine |
Cover with new-made corn mash and never more you’ll toil
ⓘ
Get you a copper kettle, get you a copper coil ⓘ Watch them jugs a-fillin’ in the pale moonlight ⓘ You’ll just lay there by the juniper while the moon is bright ⓘ |
| mood |
nostalgic
ⓘ
pastoral ⓘ |
| narrativePerspective | first-person singer describing moonshining ⓘ |
| notablePerformer |
Bob Dylan
ⓘ
Ian & Sylvia ⓘ
linked to:
Ian and Sylvia
Joan Baez ⓘ Odetta ⓘ The Byrds ⓘ |
| performancePractice |
often performed with acoustic guitar
ⓘ
often performed with simple vocal arrangement ⓘ |
| popularizedIn | 1960s folk revival ⓘ |
| primaryInstrumentation |
acoustic guitar
ⓘ
sometimes banjo ⓘ sometimes fiddle ⓘ voice ⓘ |
| recordedBy |
Bob Dylan
ⓘ
Ian & Sylvia ⓘ
linked to:
Ian and Sylvia
Joan Baez ⓘ Odetta ⓘ The Byrds ⓘ |
| rights | traditional; authorship uncertain ⓘ |
| subjectOf |
1960s folk revival scholarship
ⓘ
folk song collections ⓘ |
| tempo | slow to moderate ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: “Copper Kettle” Description of subject: “Copper Kettle” is a traditional folk song popularized in the 1960s folk revival, notably through performances by artists such as Joan Baez and Bob Dylan.
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject linked to:
album "Joan Baez in Concert"
subject linked to:
“Copper Kettle”
linked to: “Copper Kettle”
subject linked to:
“Copper Kettle”
linked to: “Copper Kettle”