“The Old Chisholm Trail”
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“The Old Chisholm Trail” is a traditional American cowboy folk song associated with 19th-century cattle drives along the Chisholm Trail.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| “The Old Chisholm Trail” canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T8567168 — 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 Old Chisholm Trail” Context triple: [Billy the Kid, usesMelody, “The Old Chisholm Trail”]
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A.
Song of the Dusty Trail
"Song of the Dusty Trail" is a Western-themed song featured in the 1938 singing-cowboy film *Under Western Stars*, starring Roy Rogers.
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B.
The Old Stagecoach
The Old Stagecoach is a celebrated 19th-century genre painting by American artist Eastman Johnson, depicting children playfully transforming an abandoned stagecoach into an imaginative setting for their games.
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C.
Rhythm on the Range
Rhythm on the Range is a 1936 American musical Western film starring Bing Crosby and Frances Farmer, known for its blend of cowboy romance and popular songs.
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D.
Home on the Range
"Home on the Range" is a classic American folk song celebrating the peaceful, wide-open landscapes of the Western frontier.
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E.
Lonesome Cowboys
Lonesome Cowboys is a 1968 underground Western satire directed by Andy Warhol that parodies Hollywood cowboy films with a campy, subversive twist.
- 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 Old Chisholm Trail” Target entity description: “The Old Chisholm Trail” is a traditional American cowboy folk song associated with 19th-century cattle drives along the Chisholm Trail.
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A.
Song of the Dusty Trail
"Song of the Dusty Trail" is a Western-themed song featured in the 1938 singing-cowboy film *Under Western Stars*, starring Roy Rogers.
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B.
The Old Stagecoach
The Old Stagecoach is a celebrated 19th-century genre painting by American artist Eastman Johnson, depicting children playfully transforming an abandoned stagecoach into an imaginative setting for their games.
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C.
Rhythm on the Range
Rhythm on the Range is a 1936 American musical Western film starring Bing Crosby and Frances Farmer, known for its blend of cowboy romance and popular songs.
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D.
Home on the Range
"Home on the Range" is a classic American folk song celebrating the peaceful, wide-open landscapes of the Western frontier.
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E.
Lonesome Cowboys
Lonesome Cowboys is a 1968 underground Western satire directed by Andy Warhol that parodies Hollywood cowboy films with a campy, subversive twist.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (43)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
American song
ⓘ
folk song ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
American Old West
ⓘ
linked to:
Old West
Chisholm Trail ⓘ Kansas ⓘ Oklahoma ⓘ Texas ⓘ cattle drives ⓘ cowboy culture ⓘ |
| collectedIn | Cowboy Songs and Other Frontier Ballads ⓘ |
| collector | John Lomax ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States
ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
|
| culturalSignificance |
classic cowboy song
ⓘ
standard of Western folk repertoire ⓘ |
| firstDocumented | late 19th century ⓘ |
| form | strophic song ⓘ |
| genre |
Western folk song
ⓘ
cowboy song ⓘ |
| hasVariant |
floating verses
ⓘ
regional lyric variants ⓘ |
| includedIn | American folk song canon ⓘ |
| influenced | later Western music ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| lyricTheme |
boasting
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complaints about the trail ⓘ humor ⓘ trail hardships ⓘ |
| melodicCharacter | simple diatonic melody ⓘ |
| notableArchive |
Library of Congress folk song collections
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linked to:
Archive of American Folk Song
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| performancePractice |
group singing
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guitar accompaniment ⓘ unaccompanied singing ⓘ |
| rhythmicCharacter | moderate tempo ⓘ |
| subjectMatter |
cowboy work
ⓘ
life on cattle drives ⓘ |
| timePeriod | 19th century ⓘ |
| topic |
Chisholm Trail
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cattle herding ⓘ cowboy life ⓘ |
| transmission | oral tradition ⓘ |
| typicalOpeningLine | Come along boys and listen to my tale ⓘ |
| usedIn |
American folk song anthologies
ⓘ
educational music collections ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Subject: “The Old Chisholm Trail” Description of subject: “The Old Chisholm Trail” is a traditional American cowboy folk song associated with 19th-century cattle drives along the Chisholm Trail.
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