Flow My Tears

song composed by John Dowland
VisualArtwork musical_work_composition Q3952772
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Flow My Tears

Summary

Flow My Tears is a musical work/composition[1]. It ranks in the top 5% of musical_work_composition entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (116 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Flow My Tears's instance of is recorded as musical work/composition[3].
  • Flow My Tears's composer is recorded as John Dowland[4].
  • Flow My Tears's language of work or name is recorded as English[5].
  • Flow My Tears was published on 1600[6].
  • Flow My Tears's instrumentation is recorded as voice[7].
  • Flow My Tears's instrumentation is recorded as lute[8].
  • Flow My Tears's published in is recorded as The Second Book of Songs[9].
  • Flow My Tears's title is recorded as {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'Flow, my tears'}[10].
  • Flow My Tears's form of creative work is recorded as song[11].

Product Details

The following facts are restated verbatim from public-domain and CC0 open-data sources — every line is independently verifiable against the named source's catalog.

MusicBrainz — CC0 open music encyclopedia

  • Release type: Song[12]

  • MusicBrainz ID: b2d1525a-2e03-39e1-b71c-f7a2421aebfa[13]

Body

Publication

Flow My Tears was released on 1600[6]. Its language of work or name is recorded as English[5].

Cultural Impact

Things named for Flow My Tears include it, the Policeman Said[14], a literary work[15], written by Philip K. Dick[16].

Why It Matters

Flow My Tears ranks in the top 5% of musical_work_composition entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (116 views/month).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 6 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[17] It is known by 10 alternative names across languages and contexts.[18]

Entities named for it include it, the Policeman Said[14], a literary work[15], written by Philip K. Dick[16].

References

Programmatic citations — every numbered marker resolves to a verifiable graph row below.

Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] . Grove Music Online. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] . Grove Music Online. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] . Grove Music Online. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] . Grove Music Online. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] . Grove Music Online. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] . Grove Music Online. Retrieved . wikidata.org.

Product details (FDA / USDA / NHTSA public-domain catalog data)

  1. [12] . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  2. [13] . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.

Inverse relationships (entities pointing at this one)

  1. [14] . wikidata.org. → on this site

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [15] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [16] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [17] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [18] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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APA 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph. (2026). Flow My Tears. Retrieved May 3, 2026, from https://4ort.xyz/entity/flow-my-tears
MLA “Flow My Tears.” 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph, 4ort.xyz, 3 May. 2026, https://4ort.xyz/entity/flow-my-tears.
BibTeX @misc{4ortxyz_flow-my-tears_2026, author = {{4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph}}, title = {{Flow My Tears}}, year = {2026}, url = {https://4ort.xyz/entity/flow-my-tears}, note = {Accessed: 2026-05-03}}
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