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I've Been Working on the Railroad

American folk song
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I've Been Working on the Railroad

Summary

I've Been Working on the Railroad is a musical work/composition[1]. It ranks in the top 3% of musical_work_composition entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,130 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • I've Been Working on the Railroad's instance of is recorded as musical work/composition[3].
  • I've Been Working on the Railroad's Commons category is recorded as I've Been Working on the Railroad[4].
  • I've Been Working on the Railroad's language of work or name is recorded as English[5].
  • I've Been Working on the Railroad's country of origin is recorded as United States[6].
  • I've Been Working on the Railroad was released on 1894[7].
  • I've Been Working on the Railroad's main subject is manual work[8].
  • I've Been Working on the Railroad's has characteristic is recorded as traditional folk song[9].
  • I've Been Working on the Railroad's derivative work is recorded as The Eyes of Texas[10].
  • I've Been Working on the Railroad's copyright status is recorded as public domain[11].
  • I've Been Working on the Railroad's form of creative work is recorded as song[12].
  • I've Been Working on the Railroad's introduced in is recorded as Bentenchō Station[13].

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[14]

  • MusicBrainz ID: 6d25cfd4-f82b-40ed-84ba-57ce27d6c4a2[15]

Body

Publication

I've Been Working on the Railroad was released on 1894[7]. Its language of work or name is recorded as English[5].

Subject and Themes

I've Been Working on the Railroad's main subject is manual work[8].

Why It Matters

I've Been Working on the Railroad ranks in the top 3% of musical_work_composition entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,130 views/month).[2] It is known by 4 alternative names across languages and contexts.[16]

Related Entities

public domain United States

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.

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

  1. [14] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  2. [15] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [16] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.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. 5w ago · Zeroexp · 2026-05-19 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Main subject → manual work
    "/* wbremoveclaims-remove:1| */ [[Property:P921]]: [[Q3485549]]"
  2. 6w ago · ~2026-20449-25 · 2026-05-15 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Derivative work → The Eyes of Texas
    Country of origin → United States
    Language of work or name → English
    Country of origin → —
    + 11 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ [[Property:P6262]]: memory-alpha:I've_Been_Working_on_the_Railroad"
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