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The Wayfaring Stranger

traditional song
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The Wayfaring Stranger

Summary

The Wayfaring Stranger is a musical work/composition[1]. It ranks in the top 3% of musical_work_composition entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,043 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • The Wayfaring Stranger's instance of is recorded as musical work/composition[3].
  • The Wayfaring Stranger's genre is American folk music[4].
  • The Wayfaring Stranger's has characteristic is recorded as traditional folk song[5].
  • The Wayfaring Stranger's on focus list of Wikimedia project is recorded as WikiProject Christian Hymns[6].
  • The Wayfaring Stranger'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: b4a46841-4a7e-4321-875b-c7106e9c006d[9]

Body

Publication

The Wayfaring Stranger's genre is American folk music[4].

Why It Matters

The Wayfaring Stranger ranks in the top 3% of musical_work_composition entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,043 views/month).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 7 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[10] It is known by 7 alternative names across languages and contexts.[11]

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.
  3. [11] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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APA 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph. (2026). The Wayfaring Stranger. Retrieved May 3, 2026, from https://4ort.xyz/entity/the-wayfaring-stranger
MLA “The Wayfaring Stranger.” 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph, 4ort.xyz, 3 May. 2026, https://4ort.xyz/entity/the-wayfaring-stranger.
BibTeX @misc{4ortxyz_the-wayfaring-stranger_2026, author = {{4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph}}, title = {{The Wayfaring Stranger}}, year = {2026}, url = {https://4ort.xyz/entity/the-wayfaring-stranger}, note = {Accessed: 2026-05-03}}
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Edit History

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  1. 8d ago · ʍvʌw · 2026-05-24 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Form of creative work → song
    On focus list of wikimedia project → WikiProject Christian Hymns
    Roud indexes roud number → 3339
    Has characteristic → traditional folk song
    + 6 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ [[Property:P2908]]: 68472"
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