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Old Folks at Home

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248:.’ I asked him how Yazoo would do. ‘Oh,’ said he, ‘that has been used before.’ I then suggested Pedee. ‘Oh, pshaw,’ he replied ‘I won’t have that.’ I then took down an atlas from the top of my desk and opened the map of the United States. We both looked over it and my finger stopped at the ‘Swanee,’ a little river in Florida emptying into the Gulf of Mexico. ‘That’s it, that’s it exactly,’ exclaimed he delighted, as he wrote the name down; and the song was finished, commencing, ‘Way Down Upon de Swanee Ribber.’ He left the office, as was his custom, abruptly, without saying another word, and I resumed my work.” Foster himself never saw the Suwannee, or even visited Florida, but nevertheless Florida made "Old Folks At Home" its state song in 1935, replacing " 834:– In the episode, "The $ 99,000 Answer" (#1.19), Ed Norton has a strange habit that before he can play any song he always plays a few notes of "Old Folks at Home"/"Swanee River" to warm up. The first question for Ralph in the game show is "Who is the composer of Swanee River?" The first few notes, the same ones that Ed had played earlier, are played so that Ralph knows the song. With only a few seconds left, Ralph, recognizing the song, but panicking since he didn't care much about it, says "Ed Norton?" 47: 217: 34: 1573: 326:", used in Foster's lyrics, has been amended; for example, "brothers" was sung in place of "darkies" at the dedication of the new Florida state capitol building in 1978. In general, at public performances another word like "lordy", "mama", "darling", "brothers", "children", or "dear ones" is typically substituted. 862:– in Season 13 Episode 20, Jack Benny plays Stephen Foster as he tries to write some of his famous songs. The episode features Connie Francis as Foster's wife, who inadvertently helps Foster break his writer's block by commenting on unusual events around their home. She ends up singing "Old Folks at Home". 243:
Foster had composed most of the lyrics but was struggling to name the river of the opening line, and asked his brother, Morrison, to suggest one. Morrison wrote, “One day in 1851, Stephen came into my office, on the bank of the Monongahela, Pittsburgh, and said to me, ‘What is a good name of two
361:'s second inauguration as governor in 2003, a young black woman gave a moving, nondialect rendition of "Old Folks at Home", except "still longing for the old plantation" came out "still longing for my old connection". Perhaps someone confused Stephen Foster's lyrics with a cell phone commercial. 1742: 133: 318:(1903), as a longing for the people and traditions of Africa, where most of the human beings enslaved in the New World had been free before they were kidnapped and shipped across the Atlantic Ocean in the 150: 396:
considered the issue and ultimately adopted it as the state anthem while retaining "Old Folks at Home" as the state song, replacing its original lyrics with a revised version approved by scholars at the
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In practice, the pronunciation, as written in dialect, has long been disregarded in favor of the corresponding standard American English usage, as demonstrated by the song's performances at the 1955
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printings. As a result, while the song was a success, Foster did not directly profit much from it, though he continued to receive royalties for the song.
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decided not to include the state song, but rather to use in its place, "The Florida Song", a composition written by a black Floridian
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Closeup of Foster's notebook page with first draft of "Old Folks at Home", including substitution of "Pedee" with "Swannee"
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version of the song (using only the first verse and chorus twice over and substituting "Lordy" for "darkies") in 1962 for
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Florida got enlightened in 1978; we substituted "brothers" for "darkies". There were subsequent revisions. At
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inauguration ceremony. However, over time, the lyrics were progressively altered to be less offensive; as
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Written in the first person from the perspective and in the dialect of an African slave (at a time when
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of Florida, "Old Folks at Home" has traditionally been sung as part of a
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Hugh Laurie - Swanee River (From Let Them Talk : Special Edition)
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syllables for a Southern river? I want to use it in this new song of
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19th century minstrel song by Stephen Foster and Florida state song
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label, entitled: "Swanee River Rock (Talkin' 'Bout That River)".
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used it as an inspiration for his 1957 remake of the song on the
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Note several performances on the Florida Memory website, e.g.,
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musician, Charles Atkins. Crist then encouraged state Senator
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Songs of Stephen Foster Prepared for Schools and General Use
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The song enjoyed a revival in the 1930s with versions by
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and also recorded the song commercially the same year.
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Another swing version was recorded by 593:identifies early successful recordings by 390:Florida (Where the Sawgrass Meets the Sky) 32: 1761:The Stephen Foster Collection and archive 791:– sung by the Ale and Quail Club members 1389:"Senate cleans up lyrics of state song" 957: 575:When shall I hear the banjo strumming, 520:Still longing for my childhood station, 511:There's where my heart is turning ever, 1484:Joel Whitburn's Pop Memories 1890-1954 1453:Joel Whitburn's Pop Memories 1890-1954 1422:Joel Whitburn's Pop Memories 1890-1954 1294:"Crist signs state song, state anthem" 542:All ‘round the little farm I wander’d, 533:O dear ones, how my heart grows weary, 456:Oh! darkeys, how my heart grows weary, 25: 1961:Cincinnati Musical Center half dollar 1387:Kleindienst, Linda (April 25, 2008). 1156:from the original on January 16, 2009 1139: 1137: 617:and Columbia Stellar Quartet (1919). 434:Dere's wha my heart is turning ebber, 7: 1325:Langley, Victoria (March 29, 2007). 694:in 1979, omitting the second verse. 498:When will I hear de banjo strumming, 443:Still longing for de old plantation, 1175:Becnel, Tom; Grimes, David (2006), 571:When will I see the bees a humming, 550:When I was playing with my brother, 516:All up and down the whole creation, 465:All round de little farm I wandered 383:Florida Music Education Association 365:In his 2007 inauguration ceremony, 1260:Klinkenburg, Jeff (June 1, 2008). 974:. State of Florida. Archived from 924:film - Sung a cappella by Lionel ( 692:Disney Children's Favorite Songs 2 613:(1915), Taylor Trio (1916) and by 554:Oh, take me to my kind old mother, 546:Then many happy days I squander’d, 477:Oh! take me to my kind old mudder, 392:" was selected as the winner. The 14: 1362:Center for American Music Library 1150:Center for American Music Library 1029:. Psychology Press. p. 114. 1006:Vaughan Williams Memorial Library 903:Dance Dance Revolution: Mario Mix 513:There's where the old folks stay. 507:Way down upon the Suwannee River, 494:When will I see de bees a-humming 473:When I was playing wid my brudder 469:Den many happy days I squandered, 439:All up and down de whole creation 141:"Old Folks at Home" performed by 126: 1829:Jeanie with the Light Brown Hair 1719:Jeanie with the Light Brown Hair 1678:Old Folks at Home (Swanee River) 947:List of best-selling sheet music 632:sang the song in the 1935 movie 567:Still sadly to my memory rushes, 563:One little hut among the bushes, 490:Still sadly to my memory rushes, 45: 2032:Songs of the American Civil War 1997:Songs written by Stephen Foster 1876:My Old Kentucky Home State Park 1697:Ah! 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International Club Crosby 1513:"A Bing Crosby Discography" 1356:Center for American Music. 1144:Center for American Music. 676:recorded it in 1962 on the 654:And His Jazzmen recorded a 197: 106:; 89 years ago 2053: 1394:South Florida Sun-Sentinel 577:Down in my good old home. 556:There let me live and die. 500:Down in my good old home? 18: 2002:United States state songs 1922:Morrison Foster (brother) 1738: 1684:Massa's in De Cold Ground 1616: 1541:. 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Index

The Old Folks at Home (film)

Florida
Stephen Foster
Stephen Foster
Ernestine Schumann-Heink
file
help
Swanee River
minstrel song
Stephen Foster
state song
Florida
original lyrics
revised
Roud Folk Song Index

Suwannee River
E. P. Christy
Christy's Minstrels
sheet music
Florida, My Florida
Antonín Dvořák
Humoresque No. 7
Library of Congress
Alma Gluck
Efrem Zimbalist
Jean Arthur
Gary Cooper
Humoresque No. 7

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