“Rambler Gambler”

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“Rambler Gambler” is a traditional American folk song popularized in the 1960s folk revival and recorded by artists such as Joan Baez.

All labels observed (4)

Label Occurrences
I’m a Rambler, I’m a Gambler 1
Rambler, Gambler 1
The Rambler Gambler 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf folk song
traditional American folk song
countryOfOrigin United States
culturalContext United States folk revival of the 1950s and 1960s
genre American folk music
folk
hasAlternativeTitle I’m a Rambler, I’m a Gambler
Rambler, Gambler
The Rambler Gambler
hasChorusLine I’m a rambler, I’m a gambler, I’m a long way from home
hasForm strophic song
hasInfluenceOn later singer-songwriter repertoire
hasPerformer Bob Dylan
Joan Baez
Judy Collins
Odetta
Pete Seeger
Ramblin’ Jack Elliott
The Kingston Trio
The Limeliters
The Weavers
hasRecordingType live recordings
studio recordings
hasUnknownSongwriter true
isCollectedIn American folk song anthologies
isIncludedInRepertoireOf 1960s American coffeehouse folk scene
isPartOfTradition American cowboy song tradition
isTraditional true
isTransmittedBy oral tradition
language English
lyricTheme gambling
leaving home
rambling
restlessness
travel
performancePractice often performed with acoustic guitar accompaniment
often sung solo voice
periodOfPopularization 1960s folk revival
wasPopularizedByMovement American folk revival
wasPopularizedIn 1960s

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Referenced by (4)

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

Joan Baez in Concert hasPart “Rambler Gambler”
subject linked to: album "Joan Baez in Concert"
Rambler Gambler hasAlternativeTitle I’m a Rambler, I’m a Gambler
subject linked to: “Rambler Gambler”
linked to: “Rambler Gambler”
Rambler Gambler hasAlternativeTitle Rambler, Gambler
subject linked to: “Rambler Gambler”
linked to: “Rambler Gambler”
Rambler Gambler hasAlternativeTitle The Rambler Gambler
subject linked to: “Rambler Gambler”
linked to: “Rambler Gambler”