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I'm an Old, Old Man (Tryin' to Live While I Can)

original song written, composed, and performed by Lefty Frizzell
VisualArtwork musical_work_composition Q104880157
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I'm an Old, Old Man (Tryin' to Live While I Can)

Summary

I'm an Old, Old Man (Tryin' to Live While I Can) is a musical work/composition[1]. I'm an Old, Old Man (Tryin' to Live While I Can) ranks in the top 5% of musical_work_composition entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (7 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • I'm an Old, Old Man (Tryin' to Live While I Can)'s instance of is recorded as musical work/composition[3].
  • I'm an Old, Old Man (Tryin' to Live While I Can)'s composer is recorded as Lefty Frizzell[4].
  • I'm an Old, Old Man (Tryin' to Live While I Can)'s genre is country music[5].
  • Among the performers on I'm an Old, Old Man (Tryin' to Live While I Can) was Lefty Frizzell[6].
  • I'm an Old, Old Man (Tryin' to Live While I Can)'s language of work or name is recorded as English[7].
  • I'm an Old, Old Man (Tryin' to Live While I Can) was published on 1952[8].
  • I'm an Old, Old Man (Tryin' to Live While I Can)'s lyricist is recorded as Lefty Frizzell[9].
  • I'm an Old, Old Man (Tryin' to Live While I Can)'s title is recorded as I'm an Old Old Man Tryin' to Live While I Can[10].
  • I'm an Old, Old Man (Tryin' to Live While I Can)'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: 0b3be993-fd12-4715-92e0-195bb34135cd[13]

Body

Authorship and Creation

I'm an Old, Old Man (Tryin' to Live While I Can) was performed by Lefty Frizzell[6].

Publication

I'm an Old, Old Man (Tryin' to Live While I Can) was released on 1952[8]. I'm an Old, Old Man (Tryin' to Live While I Can)'s language of work or name is recorded as English[7]. Its genre is country music[5].

Why It Matters

I'm an Old, Old Man (Tryin' to Live While I Can) ranks in the top 5% of musical_work_composition entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (7 views/month).[2]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . ISWC Network. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . ISWC Network. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . 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.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.

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Edit History

Rolling log of changes to this entity's Wikidata record. Values shown reflect the current state of each edited property — follow the history link to see the precise diff for any edit.

  1. 9w ago · KrBot bot · 2026-05-04 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Instance of → musical work/composition
    Performer → Lefty Frizzell
    Form of creative work → song
    Title → I'm an Old Old Man Tryin' to Live While I Can
    + 10 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaimvalue:1| */ [[Property:P1827]]: T7000264871, см. / see [[Template:Autofix|autofix]] на / on [[Property talk:P1827]]"
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