The Swanee River is 151 years old
"The Swanee River (Old Folks at Home)"
Swanee River - 1939 is rated/received certificates of: Sweden:Btl
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Swanee River was composed and written by Stephen Foster.
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D A D GWay down upon the Swanee River,D AFar, far away,D A D GThere's where my heart is turning ever,D A DThere's where the old folks stay.
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Stephen Foster composed the song in 1851 which has the official title of "Old Folks at Home". Way Down Upon the Swanee Riverare the words from the opening line of the song.
The cast of Eubie Blake Plays His Fantasy on Swanee River - 1923 includes: Eubie Blake as himself
Stephen Foster (1826-1864) is well known penning such iconic American tunes as "The Camptown Races" (recognized by its famous repetitive line "doo dah, dooh dah"), "Old Folks at Home" (also known as "Swanee River" or "Way Down On the Swanee River"), "My Old Kentucky Home," and "Nellie Bly."
Steven Foster, l9Th century Cincinatti area (Troubador). It should be noted the modern song (Swanee) associated with Al Jolson was written by George Gershwin early in his career and is a form of Jazz.