Gunning remembered the melody from a 78-rpm hillbilly record (Emry Arthur, 1928) she had heard some years before in the mountains, but the lyrics she wrote was considerably different from the original after the first verse. The change of gender is also found in Joan Baez's ``Girl of Constant Sorrow'' and another variant of the song similar to Baez's, Judy Collins's title song from her album A Maid of Constant Sorrow.
Gunning remembered the melody from a 78-rpm hillbilly record (Emry Arthur, 1928) she had heard some years before in the mountains, but the lyrics she wrote was considerably different from the original after the first verse.
nsubj
Number=Sing
Gunning
Gunning
PROPN
NNP
root
Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin
remember
remembered
VERB
VBD
det
Definite=Def|PronType=Art
the
the
DET
DT
obj
Number=Sing
melody
melody
NOUN
NN
case
from
from
ADP
IN
det
Definite=Ind|PronType=Art
a
a
DET
DT
nummod
NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card
78
78
NUM
CD
punct
-
-
PUNCT
HYPH
compound
Number=Sing
rpm
rpm
NOUN
NN
compound
Number=Sing
hillbilly
hillbilly
NOUN
NN
nmod
Number=Sing
record
record
NOUN
NN
punct
(
(
PUNCT
-LRB-
appos
Number=Sing
Emry
Emry
PROPN
NNP
flat
Number=Sing
Arthur
Arthur
PROPN
NNP
punct
,
,
PUNCT
,
nmod:tmod
NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card
1928
1928
NUM
CD
punct
)
)
PUNCT
-RRB-
nsubj
Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs
she
she
PRON
PRP
aux
Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin
have
had
AUX
VBD
acl:relcl
Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part
hear
heard
VERB
VBN
det
some
some
DET
DT
obl:npmod
Number=Plur
year
years
NOUN
NNS
advmod
before
before
ADV
RB
case
in
in
ADP
IN
det
Definite=Def|PronType=Art
the
the
DET
DT
obl
Number=Plur
mountain
mountains
NOUN
NNS
punct
,
,
PUNCT
,
cc
but
but
CCONJ
CC
det
Definite=Def|PronType=Art
the
the
DET
DT
nsubj
Number=Plur
lyric
lyrics
NOUN
NNS
nsubj
Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs
she
she
PRON
PRP
acl:relcl
Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin
write
wrote
VERB
VBD
cop
Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin
be
was
AUX
VBD
advmod
considerably
considerably
ADV
RB
conj
Degree=Pos
different
different
ADJ
JJ
case
from
from
ADP
IN
det
Definite=Def|PronType=Art
the
the
DET
DT
obl
Number=Sing
original
original
NOUN
NN
case
after
after
ADP
IN
det
Definite=Def|PronType=Art
the
the
DET
DT
amod
Degree=Pos|NumType=Ord
first
first
ADJ
JJ
nmod
Number=Sing
verse
verse
NOUN
NN
punct
.
.
PUNCT
.
The change of gender is also found in Joan Baez's ``Girl of Constant Sorrow'' and another variant of the song similar to Baez's, Judy Collins's title song from her album A Maid of Constant Sorrow.
det
Definite=Def|PronType=Art
the
The
DET
DT
nsubj:pass
Number=Sing
change
change
NOUN
NN
case
of
of
ADP
IN
nmod
Number=Sing
gender
gender
NOUN
NN
aux:pass
Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin
be
is
AUX
VBZ
advmod
also
also
ADV
RB
root
Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass
find
found
VERB
VBN
case
in
in
ADP
IN
nmod:poss
Number=Sing
Joan
Joan
PROPN
NNP
flat
Number=Sing
Baez
Baez
PROPN
NNP
case
's
's
PART
POS
punct
``
``
PUNCT
``
obl
Number=Sing
Girl
Girl
PROPN
NNP
case
of
of
ADP
IN
amod
Degree=Pos
constant
Constant
ADJ
NNP
nmod
Number=Sing
Sorrow
Sorrow
PROPN
NNP
punct
'
'
PUNCT
''
punct
'
'
PUNCT
''
cc
and
and
CCONJ
CC
det
another
another
DET
DT
conj
Number=Sing
variant
variant
NOUN
NN
case
of
of
ADP
IN
det
Definite=Def|PronType=Art
the
the
DET
DT
nmod
Number=Sing
song
song
NOUN
NN
amod
Degree=Pos
similar
similar
ADJ
JJ
case
to
to
ADP
IN
obl
Number=Sing
Baez
Baez
PROPN
NNP
case
's
's
PART
POS
punct
,
,
PUNCT
,
nmod:poss
Number=Sing
Judy
Judy
PROPN
NNP
flat
Number=Sing
Collins
Collins
PROPN
NNP
case
's
's
PART
POS
compound
Number=Sing
title
title
NOUN
NN
obl
Number=Sing
song
song
NOUN
NN
case
from
from
ADP
IN
nmod:poss
Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs
her
her
PRON
PRP$
nmod
Number=Sing
album
album
NOUN
NN
det
Definite=Ind|PronType=Art
a
A
DET
DT
appos
Number=Sing
Maid
Maid
PROPN
NNP
case
of
of
ADP
IN
amod
Degree=Pos
constant
Constant
ADJ
NNP
nmod
Number=Sing
Sorrow
Sorrow
PROPN
NNP
punct
.
.
PUNCT
.