John Anderson, My Jo
E651834
"John Anderson, My Jo" is a traditional Scottish song and poem, often attributed to Robert Burns, that affectionately reflects on lifelong love and aging.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| John Anderson, My Jo canonical | 2 |
| “John Anderson, my jo” | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T7246446 — 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: John Anderson, My Jo Context triple: [The Scots Musical Museum, containsWork, John Anderson, My Jo]
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A.
Oh My Darling, Clementine
"Oh My Darling, Clementine" is a traditional American folk ballad, often sung as a children's song, about a miner's daughter who tragically drowns.
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B.
When You Come Home to Me
"When You Come Home to Me" is a recurring audition song within the musical *The Last Five Years*, used to highlight the character Cathy’s struggles and aspirations as a performer.
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C.
Wagoner's Lad
"Wagoner's Lad" is a traditional American folk ballad, popularized in the 20th century through performances by artists such as Joan Baez.
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D.
My Man
"My Man" is a classic torch song most famously performed by Barbra Streisand in the 1968 musical film *Funny Girl*.
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E.
Oh Lonesome Me
"Oh Lonesome Me" is a country song written and first recorded by Don Gibson in 1957 that became a widely covered standard, notably reinterpreted by Neil Young on his album "After the Gold Rush."
- 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: John Anderson, My Jo Target entity description: "John Anderson, My Jo" is a traditional Scottish song and poem, often attributed to Robert Burns, that affectionately reflects on lifelong love and aging.
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A.
Oh My Darling, Clementine
"Oh My Darling, Clementine" is a traditional American folk ballad, often sung as a children's song, about a miner's daughter who tragically drowns.
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B.
When You Come Home to Me
"When You Come Home to Me" is a recurring audition song within the musical *The Last Five Years*, used to highlight the character Cathy’s struggles and aspirations as a performer.
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C.
Wagoner's Lad
"Wagoner's Lad" is a traditional American folk ballad, popularized in the 20th century through performances by artists such as Joan Baez.
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D.
My Man
"My Man" is a classic torch song most famously performed by Barbra Streisand in the 1968 musical film *Funny Girl*.
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E.
Oh Lonesome Me
"Oh Lonesome Me" is a country song written and first recorded by Don Gibson in 1957 that became a widely covered standard, notably reinterpreted by Neil Young on his album "After the Gold Rush."
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (34)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Scottish song
ⓘ
poem ⓘ song ⓘ |
| associatedWith | Robert Burns ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | Scotland ⓘ |
| culturalOrigin | Scottish tradition ⓘ |
| genre |
folk music
ⓘ
poetry ⓘ |
| hasCharacter |
John Anderson
ⓘ
the speaker’s husband ⓘ |
| hasCulturalSignificance | classic example of Scottish love lyric about old age ⓘ |
| hasMotif |
enduring love despite aging
ⓘ
growing old together ⓘ reflection on youth and old age ⓘ |
| hasRefrain |
“John Anderson, my jo”
ⓘ
linked to:
John Anderson, My Jo
|
| hasTitleLanguage | Scots ⓘ |
| influenced | later interpretations of Burns’s love lyrics ⓘ |
| language |
English
ⓘ
Scots ⓘ |
| literaryForm | lyric poem ⓘ |
| meter | song meter typical of Scottish airs ⓘ |
| narrativeVoice | first person ⓘ |
| oftenAttributedTo | Robert Burns ⓘ |
| partOf | Scottish folk song repertoire ⓘ |
| perspective | wife addressing her husband ⓘ |
| primaryTheme |
aging
ⓘ
lifelong love ⓘ marital affection ⓘ |
| structure | strophic ⓘ |
| subjectMatter |
conjugal love
ⓘ
passage of time ⓘ |
| tone |
affectionate
ⓘ
nostalgic ⓘ |
| usedIn | traditional Scottish music performance ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: John Anderson, My Jo Description of subject: "John Anderson, My Jo" is a traditional Scottish song and poem, often attributed to Robert Burns, that affectionately reflects on lifelong love and aging.
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: John Anderson, My Jo