![]() ![]() The Library of Congress's National Jukebox presents a version with soprano Alma Gluck and violinist Efrem Zimbalist Sr. 7, written in the 1890s, is musically similar and is sometimes played along with "Old Folks at Home". Despite the song's popularity during the era, few people outside of Florida actually knew where the Suwannee River was, or that it was even a real place. ‘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 " Florida, My Florida". We both looked over it and my finger stopped at the ‘Swanee,’ a little river in Florida emptying into the Gulf of Mexico. ‘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. ‘Oh,’ said he, ‘that has been used before.’ I then suggested Pedee. ![]() 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 syllables for a Southern river? I want to use it in this new song of Old Folks at Home.’ I asked him how Yazoo would do. ![]() įoster 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. 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. Christy also asked to be credited as the song's creator, and was so credited on early sheet music printings. Christy for use by Christy's Minstrels, his minstrel troupe. "Old Folks at Home" was commissioned in 1851 by E. Problems playing this file? See media help. ![]()
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