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The Twa Sisters

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The Twa Sisters

Summary

The Twa Sisters is a ballad[1]. It ranks in the top 5% of ballad entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (407 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • The Twa Sisters's instance of is recorded as ballad[3].
  • The Twa Sisters's instance of is recorded as musical work/composition[4].
  • The Twa Sisters's genre is ballad of the supernatural[5].
  • The Twa Sisters's catalog code is recorded as 10[6].
  • The Twa Sisters's catalog code is recorded as SMB 13[7].
  • The Twa Sisters's catalog code is recorded as TSB A 38[8].
  • The Twa Sisters's has characteristic is recorded as traditional folk song[9].
  • The Twa Sisters's form of creative work is recorded as song[10].

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[11]

  • Community tags: child ballad, murder ballad, roud ballad[12]

  • MusicBrainz ID: aa15f9e2-7766-43d8-b9a1-4db1865f84cd[13]

Body

Publication

The Twa Sisters's genre is ballad of the supernatural[5].

Why It Matters

The Twa Sisters ranks in the top 5% of ballad entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (407 views/month).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 7 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[14]

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.

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

  1. [11] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  2. [12] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  3. [13] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [14] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.

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  1. 25d ago · Kiwigirl3850 · 2026-05-07 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Form of creative work → song
    Has characteristic → traditional folk song
    Instance of → ballad, musical work/composition
    Aliases → —
    + 4 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-update:2||1 */ [[Property:P1829]]: s:8"
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