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The Ballad of Casey Jones

traditional song about railroad engineer Casey Jones
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The Ballad of Casey Jones

Summary

The Ballad of Casey Jones is a musical work/composition[1]. It ranks in the top 5% of musical_work_composition entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (405 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • The Ballad of Casey Jones's instance of is recorded as musical work/composition[3].
  • The Ballad of Casey Jones's has edition or translation is recorded as Casey Jones[4].
  • The Ballad of Casey Jones's has characteristic is recorded as traditional folk song[5].
  • The Ballad of Casey Jones's form of creative work is recorded as song[6].

Product Details

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MusicBrainz — CC0 open music encyclopedia

  • Release type: Song[7]

  • Community tags: train[8]

  • MusicBrainz ID: 54d37539-4230-436f-96b1-482d8d53d35b[9]

Why It Matters

The Ballad of Casey Jones ranks in the top 5% of musical_work_composition entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (405 views/month).[2]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.

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

  1. [7] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  2. [8] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  3. [9] ↑ . 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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APA 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph. (2026). The Ballad of Casey Jones. Retrieved May 3, 2026, from https://4ort.xyz/entity/the-ballad-of-casey-jones
MLA “The Ballad of Casey Jones.” 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph, 4ort.xyz, 3 May. 2026, https://4ort.xyz/entity/the-ballad-of-casey-jones.
BibTeX @misc{4ortxyz_the-ballad-of-casey-jones_2026, author = {{4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph}}, title = {{The Ballad of Casey Jones}}, year = {2026}, url = {https://4ort.xyz/entity/the-ballad-of-casey-jones}, note = {Accessed: 2026-05-03}}
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  1. 6w ago · Kiwigirl3850 · 2026-05-21 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Has characteristic → traditional folk song
    Has edition or translation → Casey Jones
    Freebase id → /m/03hkynn
    Form of creative work → song
    + 8 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-update:2||1 */ [[Property:P1829]]: s:3247"
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