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The Water Is Wide

song performed by Barbra Streisand
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The Water Is Wide

Summary

The Water Is Wide is a musical work/composition[1]. It ranks in the top 4% of musical_work_composition entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (652 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • The Water Is Wide's instance of is recorded as musical work/composition[3].
  • The Water Is Wide's genre is traditional folk music[4].
  • The Water Is Wide was performed by Barbra Streisand[5].
  • The Water Is Wide's has melody is recorded as O Waly Waly[6].
  • The Water Is Wide's form of creative work is recorded as song[7].

Product Details

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MusicBrainz — CC0 open music encyclopedia

  • Release type: Song[8]

  • MusicBrainz ID: 24b18089-d220-4a8b-a98c-35129e592bde[9]

Body

Authorship and Creation

Among the performers on The Water Is Wide was Barbra Streisand[5].

Publication

The Water Is Wide's genre is traditional folk music[4].

Why It Matters

The Water Is Wide ranks in the top 4% of musical_work_composition entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (652 views/month).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 5 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[10]

Related Entities

Barbra Streisand

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.

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

  1. [8] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  2. [9] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [10] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.

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APA 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph. (2026). The Water Is Wide. Retrieved May 3, 2026, from https://4ort.xyz/entity/the-water-is-wide
MLA “The Water Is Wide.” 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph, 4ort.xyz, 3 May. 2026, https://4ort.xyz/entity/the-water-is-wide.
BibTeX @misc{4ortxyz_the-water-is-wide_2026, author = {{4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph}}, title = {{The Water Is Wide}}, year = {2026}, url = {https://4ort.xyz/entity/the-water-is-wide}, note = {Accessed: 2026-05-03}}
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