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Oh! Susanna

American song
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Oh! Susanna
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Summary

Oh! Susanna is a musical work/composition[1]. It ranks in the top 3% of musical_work_composition entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (16,490 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Oh! Susanna is in the country of United States[3].
  • Oh! Susanna's instance of is recorded as musical work/composition[4].
  • Oh! Susanna's composer is recorded as Stephen Foster[5].
  • Oh! Susanna's genre is minstrel show[6].
  • Oh! Susanna's genre is polka[7].
  • Oh! Susanna's genre is folk music[8].
  • Oh! Susanna was performed by Stephen Foster[9].
  • Oh! Susanna's Commons category is recorded as Oh! Susanna[10].
  • Oh! Susanna's language of work or name is recorded as English[11].
  • Oh! Susanna's country of origin is recorded as United States[12].
  • Oh! Susanna was released on February 25, 1848[13].
  • Oh! Susanna's lyricist is recorded as Stephen Foster[14].
  • Oh! Susanna's has edition or translation is recorded as Q56855065[15].
  • Oh! Susanna's title is recorded as Oh! Susanna[16].
  • Oh! Susanna's copyright status is recorded as public domain[17].
  • Oh! Susanna's form of creative work is recorded as song[18].

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[19]

  • Genre(s): folk[20]

  • Community tags: folk[21]

  • MusicBrainz ID: ab4b7950-8fdb-343d-9946-4da5f312af0e[22]

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Authorship and Creation

Among the performers on Oh! Susanna was Stephen Foster[9].

Publication

Oh! Susanna was released on February 25, 1848[13]. Its language of work or name is recorded as English[11]. Genres include minstrel show[6], polka[7], and folk music[8].

Why It Matters

Oh! Susanna ranks in the top 3% of musical_work_composition entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (16,490 views/month).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 14 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[23] It is known by 9 alternative names across languages and contexts.[24]

Related Entities

public domain Stephen Foster 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.
  12. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] ↑ . wikidata.org.

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

  1. [19] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  2. [20] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  3. [21] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  4. [22] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [23] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [24] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 21d ago · Neo-Jay · 2026-09-25 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Language of work or name → English
    Instance of → —
    Lyricist → Stephen Foster
    Genre → minstrel show, polka, folk music
    + 13 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ Country of origin: United States"
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