My Grandfather's Clock

song written in 1876 by Henry Clay Work
VisualArtwork musical_work_composition Q2538062
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My Grandfather's Clock

Summary

My Grandfather's Clock is a musical work/composition[1]. It ranks in the top 4% of musical_work_composition entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (974 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • My Grandfather's Clock's instance of is recorded as musical work/composition[3].
  • My Grandfather's Clock's composer is recorded as Henry Clay Work[4].
  • My Grandfather's Clock's genre is popular music[5].
  • Among the performers on My Grandfather's Clock was Henry Clay Work[6].
  • My Grandfather's Clock's depicts is recorded as timepiece[7].
  • My Grandfather's Clock's depicts is recorded as elderly people[8].
  • My Grandfather's Clock is part of Life Is...[9].
  • My Grandfather's Clock's language of work or name is recorded as English[10].
  • My Grandfather's Clock's country of origin is recorded as United States[11].
  • My Grandfather's Clock was released on August 28, 2002[12].
  • My Grandfather's Clock's lyricist is recorded as Henry Clay Work[13].
  • My Grandfather's Clock's main subject is timepiece[14].
  • My Grandfather's Clock's title is recorded as {'lang': 'en', 'text': "Grandfather's Clock"}[15].
  • My Grandfather's Clock's first line is recorded as {'lang': 'en', 'text': "My grandfather's clock was too large for the shelf"}[16].
  • My Grandfather's Clock's last line is recorded as {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'When the old man died.'}[17].
  • My Grandfather's Clock's copyright status is recorded as public domain[18].
  • My Grandfather's Clock's form of creative work is recorded as song[19].

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[20]

  • MusicBrainz ID: 6f62f99a-ba29-4c61-bdc0-954417223719[21]

Body

Authorship and Creation

Among the performers on My Grandfather's Clock was Henry Clay Work[6].

Publication

My Grandfather's Clock was published on August 28, 2002[12]. Its language of work or name is recorded as English[10]. Its genre is popular music[5]. It is part of Life Is...[9].

Subject and Themes

My Grandfather's Clock's main subject is timepiece[14].

Why It Matters

My Grandfather's Clock ranks in the top 4% of musical_work_composition entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (974 views/month).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 9 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[22] It is known by 3 alternative names across languages and contexts.[23]

References

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

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.
  12. [14] . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] . wikidata.org.

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

  1. [20] . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  2. [21] . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.

Class ancestry

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

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [22] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [23] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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