Matches in DBpedia 2016-04 for { ?s ?p "\"Waterboy\" (a.k.a. \"The Water Boy\") is an American traditional folk song. It is built on the call \"Water boy, where are you hidin'?\" The call is one of several water boy calls in cotton plantation folk tradition.Originally a black prison work song composed by Jacques Wolfe, a Romanian immigrant, Waterboy became known as a jazz arrangement by Avery Robinson popularized \"Water Boy\" in the 1920s. From 1949 onwards, it has also been performed by many blues and folk artists.The opening call to the \"water boy\" has been said to bear a resemblance to melodies found in classical works by Cui, Tchaikovsky and Liszt, as well as a Jewish marriage song and a Native American tune. The first melody of the subsequent refrain is similar to the old German tune \"Mendebras,\" used for the hymn \"Oh Day of Rest and Gladness.\""@en }
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- Waterboy_(song) abstract "\"Waterboy\" (a.k.a. \"The Water Boy\") is an American traditional folk song. It is built on the call \"Water boy, where are you hidin'?\" The call is one of several water boy calls in cotton plantation folk tradition.Originally a black prison work song composed by Jacques Wolfe, a Romanian immigrant, Waterboy became known as a jazz arrangement by Avery Robinson popularized \"Water Boy\" in the 1920s. From 1949 onwards, it has also been performed by many blues and folk artists.The opening call to the \"water boy\" has been said to bear a resemblance to melodies found in classical works by Cui, Tchaikovsky and Liszt, as well as a Jewish marriage song and a Native American tune. The first melody of the subsequent refrain is similar to the old German tune \"Mendebras,\" used for the hymn \"Oh Day of Rest and Gladness.\"".