Another Classic by Stephen Collins Foster. This version is featured on my album 'Keeping The Old Songs Alive' Although in Foster's case this is not really ...
Provided to YouTube by Sony Music Entertainment Old Folks At Home (Way Down Upon The Swanee River) · The Mormon Tabernacle Choir / 摩門大教堂合唱團 ...
One of the (many) things that always impressed me about Robeson was the absolute dignity and musical authenticity he brought even to songs like this.
"Old Folks at Home," written by Stephen Foster, was published in 1851. It is largely remembered for its opening line "Way Down Upon the Suwannee River".
The sheet music for this - his most popular and successful hit song - never bore Stephen Collins Foster's name during his lifetime, for he sold the writer credits to ...