Peggy-O

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"Peggy-O" is a traditional folk ballad, widely known through renditions by artists like Simon & Garfunkel and the Grateful Dead, that tells a tragic love story involving a soldier and a woman named Peggy.

All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Peggy-O canonical 2
Pretty Peggy-O 2

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Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf song ⓘ
traditional folk ballad ⓘ
featuresCharacter Peggy ⓘ
a soldier ⓘ
hasAlternativeTitle Fennario ⓘ
The Bonnie Lass o’ Fyvie ⓘ
The Maid of Fife ⓘ
The Maid of Fife-O ⓘ
linked to: The Maid of Fife
hasChildBalladNumber Child 234 ⓘ
hasCollectedIn Canada ⓘ
England ⓘ
Ireland ⓘ
Scotland ⓘ
United States ⓘ
hasForm strophic song ⓘ
hasGenre folk music ⓘ
traditional ballad ⓘ
hasLanguage English ⓘ
hasMeter simple duple meter ⓘ
hasMotif class difference in romance ⓘ
death of a suitor ⓘ
military departure ⓘ
parental disapproval ⓘ
hasNarrativeTheme military romance ⓘ
tragic love ⓘ
unrequited love ⓘ
hasNotablePerformer Bob Dylan ⓘ
Grateful Dead ⓘ
Jerry Garcia ⓘ
Joan Baez ⓘ
Simon & Garfunkel ⓘ
The Clancy Brothers ⓘ
The Kingston Trio ⓘ
hasNotableRecording Grateful Dead – Europe ’72 (live performances) ⓘ
Simon & Garfunkel – Wednesday Morning, 3 A.M. ⓘ
hasOrigin Scotland ⓘ
hasPeriodOfPopularity 20th century folk revival ⓘ
hasRoudNumber Roud 545 ⓘ
hasSetting Fennario ⓘ
Fyvie ⓘ
hasSongType narrative ballad ⓘ
soldier ballad ⓘ
hasSubjectMatter love between a soldier and a local woman ⓘ
isBasedOn The Bonnie Lass o’ Fyvie ⓘ
isInRepertoireOf Grateful Dead ⓘ
Jerry Garcia Band ⓘ
isPartOfTradition British Isles folk music ⓘ
Scottish folk music ⓘ

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Referenced by (4)

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

Bob Dylan (album) → hasTrack → Pretty Peggy-O ⓘ
linked to: Peggy-O
Bob Dylan (album) → containsTraditionalSong → Pretty Peggy-O ⓘ
linked to: Peggy-O