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"Old Folks at Home" (also known as "Swanee River") is a folk song written by Stephen Foster in 1851. Since 1935, it has been the official state song of Florida , although in 2008 the original lyrics were revised . [ 1 ]
Chronicles of Stephen Foster's Family. Associated Faculty Press. ISBN 978-0804617420. O'Connell, JoAnne (2016). The Life and Songs of Stephen Foster: a Revealing Portrait of the Forgotten Man Behind Swanee River, Beautiful Dreamer, and My Old Kentucky Home. Lanham, Maryland: Rowman and Littlefield. p. 321. ISBN 9781442253865.
Two individuals, Stephen Foster and John Denver, have written or co-written state songs for two different states. Foster wrote the music and lyrics for "My Old Kentucky Home", adopted by Kentucky in 1928, and "Old Folks at Home" (better known as "Swanee Ribber" or "Suwannee River"), adopted by Florida in 1935. [1]
Swanee River may refer to: Old Folks at Home , an 1851 song often known unofficially as "Swanee River", written by Stephen Foster Swanee River (1931 film) , an American film
"Old Folks at Home," (also known as "Swanee River", "Swanee Ribber" [from the original lyrics], or "Suwannee River") is a minstrel song written by Stephen Foster in 1851. It has lyrics which are widely considered to be racist, with lines such as "longing for de old plantation" and "Oh! darkies how my heart grows weary"; [8] The state Department ...
Swanee River is a 1939 American biographical musical drama film directed by Sidney Lanfield and starring Don Ameche, Andrea Leeds, Al Jolson, and Felix Bressart.It is a biopic about Stephen Foster, a songwriter from Pittsburgh who falls in love with the South, marries a Southern girl, then is accused of sympathizing when the Civil War breaks out.
This is a list of songs written by Stephen Foster (1826–1864) including those published posthumously. Foster may have written words and/or music for each song. Several of Foster's songs have alternate titles which are included in the "Title" column along with the original title. The original title is always given first.
Like many of Foster's songs, it was originally recorded on the phonograph in the early twentieth century; [20] 1911 saw its first recording, by Billy Murray, originally sung with the American Quartet. [21] The 1939 biopic about Foster Swanee River prominently features a performance of the tune by Al Jolson.