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.

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Peggy-O canonical 2
Pretty Peggy-O 2

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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