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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 ]
A retirement home – sometimes called an old people's home, [1] old folks' home, [2] or old age home, although old people's home can also refer to a nursing home [3] – is a multi-residence housing facility intended for the elderly. Typically, each person or couple in the home has an apartment-style room or suite of rooms with an en-suite ...
A copy of "Old Folks at Home" (1851), whose sales are estimated at over 20 million. This list contains some of the best-selling songs in terms of sheet music sales in music publishing history with reportedly copies of over 3 million. Figures on sheet music —as with record sales— reported by publishing firms were not always reliable. [1]
The Old Folks at Home is a 1916 American drama silent black and white film directed by Chester Withey. [1] It is based on the story by Rupert Hughes. [2] Cast.
It is very unfortunate that in the modern era people have misinterpretations of his songs. Old Folks at Home is a song originally meant to express LONGING FOR HOME, FAMILY, CHILDHOOD, AND FRIENDS, and that yes, even "darkies" had the same emotions "whites" had, they were not mindless and incapable as a race as some thought at the time.
Old Folks at Home, an 1851 song often known unofficially as "Swanee River", written by Stephen Foster Swanee River (1931 film) , an American film Swanee River (1939 film) , a film biography of Stephen Foster
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]
Old Folks" is a 1938 popular song and jazz standard composed by Willard Robison with lyrics by Dedette Lee Hill, the wife and occasional colleague of Billy Hill. The lyrics tell of an old man nicknamed "Old Folks" and reference his service in the American Civil War , his habit of smoking with a " yellow cob pipe ", and the prospect of his death.