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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 ]
Giant Step/De Ole Folks at Home is the third studio album by American blues musician Taj Mahal. A double album, the first disc (Giant Step) is electric, while the second (De Ole Folks at Home) is acoustic. Esquire included the album at number 27 on its list of "The 75 Albums Every Man Should Own". [4]
Stephen Collins Foster (July 4, 1826 – January 13, 1864), known as "the father of American music", was an American composer known primarily for his parlour and minstrel music during the Romantic period.
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Scrub Me Mama with a Boogie Beat "Scrub Me Mama with a Boogie Beat" is a 1940 hit boogie-woogie popular song written by Don Raye.A bawdy, jazzy tune, the song describes a laundry woman from Harlem, New York whose technique is so unusual that people come from all around just to watch her scrub.
"Swanee" is an American popular song written in 1919 by George Gershwin, with lyrics by Irving Caesar.It is most often associated with singer Al Jolson.. The song was written for a New York City revue called Demi-Tasse, which opened in October 1919 at the Capitol Theater.
"Old Folks at Home" During the Civil War, Johnson remained in the South and performed for Confederate ceremonies. When Col. A. M. Waddell was ordered to raise a Confederate company in Chatham County in 1861, he hired the band to play for Confederate recruiting functions. [11] [5] The War ended in 1865, when Johnson was probably in his 70s. The ...