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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] It is Roud Folk Song Index no. 13880. [2]
[11] Senator Jim King suggested a compromise, in which "Florida (Where the Sawgrass Meets the Sky)" was designated as the State Anthem, and a Bowdlerized version of "Old Folks at Home" remained as the state song. [17] The new lyrics of "Old Folks at Home" were approved by scholars at the Stephen Foster Memorial at the University of Pittsburgh. [18]
It is this emotion that Foster is trying to portray. W.E.B Du Bois stated on this song: "Old Folks at Home is legitimately considered an authentic song of the Negro race, who have adopted it to express their own emotions." In other songs written by Foster, he also tugs on this same emotion. In "Old Kentucky Home" it is a similar theme.
Waves of new residents have recently relocated to Florida, making it the most moved-to state. But which states do Floridians want to move to? How popular is Florida?
Stephen Foster Folk Culture Center State Park is a Florida State Park located in White Springs off U.S. 41, along the Suwannee River in north Florida. Stephen Foster is famous for having written the song " Old Folks At Home ," also known as "Way Down Upon the Suwannee River."
Once considered the ideal place to live out one's golden years, Florida is quickly losing favor with retirement-aged folks. Remote workers and the wealthy are flocking to the state and driving up ...
The population in Fort Mill, South Carolina — home to PuckerButt Pepper Company, the original producer of the world's hottest peppers — once sat at 24,514, but has seen an increase of 37.2% ...
Traditional state song: "Our Great Virginia" Jim Papoulis (arranger), based on "Oh Shenandoah" Mike Greenly: 2015 [14] Popular state song: "Sweet Virginia Breeze" Steve Bassett and Robbin Thompson: 2015 [14] Emeritus state song: "Carry Me Back to Old Virginny" (retired as official song in 1998) James A. Bland [76] 1940 [1] [13] Washington