My Old Kentucky Home
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My Old Kentucky Home is a 19th-century American song by Stephen Foster that has become a traditional anthem of Kentucky and a staple of American folk music.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| My Old Kentucky Home canonical | 2 |
| Old Kentucky Home | 1 |
| song "My Old Kentucky Home" | 1 |
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
19th-century song
ⓘ
song ⓘ |
| adoptedAsStateSongBy | Commonwealth of Kentucky NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| adoptionAsStateSongDate | 1928 ⓘ |
| associatedWithPlace | Kentucky NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| composer | Stephen Foster NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| culturalSignificance |
frequently taught in American music education
ⓘ
symbol of Kentucky identity ⓘ |
| describedAs | traditional anthem of Kentucky ⓘ |
| firstPublisher | Firth, Pond & Co. NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| genre |
folk music
ⓘ
parlor song ⓘ |
| hasAlternativeTitle | My Old Kentucky Home, Good-Night! NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasChorusLine |
For the old Kentucky home, far away
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Oh! weep no more today! ⓘ We will sing one song for the old Kentucky home ⓘ Weep no more, my lady NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasForm | verse-chorus form ⓘ |
| hasMelodicStyle | sentimental ballad ⓘ |
| hasMeter | 3/4 time ⓘ |
| hasNotableRecordingBy |
Bing Crosby
NERFINISHED
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Louis Armstrong NERFINISHED ⓘ Paul Robeson NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasRelatedWork |
My Old Kentucky Home (film)
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
My Old Kentucky Home State Park NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| includedIn | American folk song canon ⓘ |
| inspiredBy | Uncle Tom's Cabin NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| keyTheme |
home and homeland
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loss ⓘ nostalgia ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| lyricist | Stephen Foster NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| lyricsRevised | to remove racist terminology ⓘ |
| officialStatus | official state song of Kentucky ⓘ |
| originalLyricsContained | racially offensive language ⓘ |
| partOfRepertoireOf |
brass bands
ⓘ
community bands ⓘ school choirs ⓘ |
| performanceContext | sung before the Kentucky Derby horse race ⓘ |
| performedAt | Kentucky Derby NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| publicationDate | 1853 ⓘ |
| referencedIn | American popular culture ⓘ |
| setInPeriod | antebellum American South ⓘ |
| subjectMatter |
enslaved African Americans
ⓘ
life on a Kentucky plantation ⓘ |
| usedAs | state song of Kentucky ⓘ |
Referenced by (4)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
song "My Old Kentucky Home"
this entity surface form:
Old Kentucky Home