Old Folks at Home
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"Old Folks at Home," also known by its opening line "Way Down Upon the Swanee River," is a famous 19th-century American minstrel song by composer Stephen Foster that became a widely recognized folk standard.
Observed surface forms (1)
| Surface form | Occurrences |
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| "Old Folks at Home" | 1 |
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
19th-century song
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song ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs | Way Down Upon the Swanee River NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| associatedWith | antebellum South imagery ⓘ |
| commissionedBy | E. P. Christy NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| composer | Stephen Foster NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| containsDialectLyrics | African-American dialect caricature ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
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| culturalStatus | widely recognized American song ⓘ |
| decade | 1850s ⓘ |
| designatedStateSongOf | Florida NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| firstLineOfChorus | All the world is sad and dreary ⓘ |
| firstPerformer | E. P. Christy NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| genre |
American popular song
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folk standard ⓘ minstrel music ⓘ |
| hasChorus | Yes ⓘ |
| hasEnduringPopularity | true ⓘ |
| hasMelodicStyle | simple, lyrical melody ⓘ |
| hasRaciallyProblematicContent | true ⓘ |
| includedIn | Stephen Foster song collections ⓘ |
| influenced | American folk repertoire ⓘ |
| inspiredBy | Suwannee River in Florida NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| key | often performed in F major ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| lyricist | Stephen Foster NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| lyricsRevisedToRemove | racially offensive language ⓘ |
| melodyUsedIn | various folk and popular arrangements ⓘ |
| openingLine | Way down upon the Swanee River ⓘ |
| originalMedium | sheet music ⓘ |
| partOf | 19th-century American popular music canon ⓘ |
| performanceTradition | blackface minstrelsy ⓘ |
| placeOfPublication | New York City ⓘ |
| publicationYear | 1851 ⓘ |
| publisher | Firth, Pond & Co. NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| riverMentioned | Suwannee River NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| setIn | American South NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| spellingInLyrics | Swanee River NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| stateSongLyricsRevisedBy | Florida legislature NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| stateSongStatus | official state song of Florida (historically) ⓘ |
| subject |
life in the American South
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longing for home ⓘ nostalgia ⓘ |
| theme |
memory of childhood home
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sorrow ⓘ |
| timeSignature | 4/4 ⓘ |
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"Old Folks at Home"