Dust Bowl ballads (cycle)
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Dust Bowl Ballads is a cycle of folk songs, popularized by Woody Guthrie, that chronicle the hardships and experiences of people living through the Dust Bowl era in the American Great Plains.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Dust Bowl Ballads (album) | 1 |
| Dust Bowl ballads | 1 |
| Dust Bowl ballads (cycle) canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T9057560 — 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.
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Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Dust Bowl ballads (cycle) Context triple: [So Long, It’s Been Good to Know Yuh, associatedWith, Dust Bowl ballads (cycle)]
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A.
Songs from the Depression
Songs from the Depression is a folk music album by The New Lost City Ramblers that features traditional songs reflecting the hardships and social struggles of the Great Depression era.
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B.
Appalachian Spring
Appalachian Spring is a celebrated 1944 orchestral suite and ballet score by Aaron Copland, renowned for its distinctly American sound and incorporation of the Shaker tune "Simple Gifts."
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C.
This Depression
"This Depression" is a song by Bruce Springsteen from his 2012 album *Wrecking Ball*, reflecting themes of struggle, resilience, and emotional turmoil.
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D.
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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E.
Girl from the North Country
"Girl from the North Country" is a reflective folk ballad by Bob Dylan, celebrated for its melancholic lyrics and enduring influence in his catalog.
- 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: Dust Bowl ballads (cycle) Target entity description: Dust Bowl Ballads is a cycle of folk songs, popularized by Woody Guthrie, that chronicle the hardships and experiences of people living through the Dust Bowl era in the American Great Plains.
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A.
Songs from the Depression
Songs from the Depression is a folk music album by The New Lost City Ramblers that features traditional songs reflecting the hardships and social struggles of the Great Depression era.
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B.
Appalachian Spring
Appalachian Spring is a celebrated 1944 orchestral suite and ballet score by Aaron Copland, renowned for its distinctly American sound and incorporation of the Shaker tune "Simple Gifts."
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C.
This Depression
"This Depression" is a song by Bruce Springsteen from his 2012 album *Wrecking Ball*, reflecting themes of struggle, resilience, and emotional turmoil.
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D.
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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E.
Girl from the North Country
"Girl from the North Country" is a reflective folk ballad by Bob Dylan, celebrated for its melancholic lyrics and enduring influence in his catalog.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (40)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
folk song cycle
ⓘ
song cycle ⓘ |
| associatedPerformer | Woody Guthrie ⓘ |
| associatedWork |
Dust Bowl Ballads (album)
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linked to:
Dust Bowl ballads (cycle)
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| chronicles |
experiences of people in the American Great Plains
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hardships of Dust Bowl refugees ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States
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linked to:
United States of America
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| depicts |
Okie migrants
ⓘ
environmental degradation ⓘ rural poverty ⓘ tenant farmers ⓘ |
| genre |
American folk
ⓘ
folk ⓘ |
| hasPart |
Blowin' Down This Road (I Ain't Gonna Be Treated This Way)
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Do Re Mi ⓘ Dust Can't Kill Me ⓘ Dust Pneumonia Blues ⓘ Dusty Old Dust (So Long, It's Been Good to Know Yuh) ⓘ
linked to:
Dusty Old Dust
I Ain't Got No Home ⓘ The Great Dust Storm (Dust Storm Disaster) ⓘ Tom Joad ⓘ Vigilante Man ⓘ |
| hasStyle |
narrative ballad
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topical song ⓘ |
| historicalContext |
Great Depression in the United States
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linked to:
Great Depression
|
| influenced | later American protest songs ⓘ |
| inspiredBy |
Dust Bowl era
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linked to:
Dust Bowl
|
| language | English ⓘ |
| mainTheme |
American Great Plains
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linked to:
Great Plains
Dust Bowl ⓘ Great Depression ⓘ economic hardship ⓘ environmental disaster ⓘ migration ⓘ |
| notableFor |
documenting Dust Bowl experiences in song
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social commentary ⓘ |
| periodCovered | 1930s ⓘ |
| popularizedBy | Woody Guthrie ⓘ |
| subjectOf |
American history studies
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folk music scholarship ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Subject: Dust Bowl ballads (cycle) Description of subject: Dust Bowl Ballads is a cycle of folk songs, popularized by Woody Guthrie, that chronicle the hardships and experiences of people living through the Dust Bowl era in the American Great Plains.
Referenced by (3)
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linked to: Dust Bowl ballads (cycle)
subject linked to:
Dust Bowl ballads (cycle)
linked to: Dust Bowl ballads (cycle)