Johnny I Hardly Knew Ye

English popular traditional song
VisualArtwork musical_work_composition Q1341326
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Johnny I Hardly Knew Ye

Summary

Johnny I Hardly Knew Ye is a musical work/composition[1]. It ranks in the top 4% of musical_work_composition entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (666 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Johnny I Hardly Knew Ye's instance of is recorded as musical work/composition[3].
  • Johnny I Hardly Knew Ye's genre is protest song[4].
  • Among the performers on Johnny I Hardly Knew Ye was Dropkick Murphys[5].
  • Johnny I Hardly Knew Ye's country of origin is recorded as United States[6].
  • Johnny I Hardly Knew Ye's has characteristic is recorded as traditional folk song[7].
  • Johnny I Hardly Knew Ye's form of creative work is recorded as song[8].

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[9]

  • MusicBrainz ID: 0c8cd0f9-942c-4e5d-a7da-e0d0dfb46e8e[10]

Body

Authorship and Creation

Johnny I Hardly Knew Ye was performed by Dropkick Murphys[5].

Publication

Johnny I Hardly Knew Ye's genre is protest song[4].

Why It Matters

Johnny I Hardly Knew Ye ranks in the top 4% of musical_work_composition entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (666 views/month).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 11 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[11] It is known by 4 alternative names across languages and contexts.[12]

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.

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

  1. [9] . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  2. [10] . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.

Class ancestry

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

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [11] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [12] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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APA 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph. (2026). Johnny I Hardly Knew Ye. Retrieved May 3, 2026, from https://4ort.xyz/entity/johnny-i-hardly-knew-ye
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  1. 25d ago · Kiwigirl3850 · 2026-05-21 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Has characteristic traditional folk song
    Form of creative work song
    Country of origin United States
    Aliases
    + 7 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-update:2||1 */ [[Property:P1829]]: s:3137"
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