"It rain’d all night de day I left, De wedder it was dry, The sun so hot I froze to def. Stephen Foster (1826-1864) is considered “the father of American music” as the first full-time, professional songwriter. I’m mixed… I belong to the HUMAN RACE. De bullgine bust, de horse run off, I realy thought I'd die; I shut my eyes to hold my breath, Susanna, don't you cry. "The song is known to make a joke of conditions for American slaves. Prior to “Oh! It rained all night the day I left The weather it was dry The sun so hot I froze to death Susanna, don't you cry. Susanna” and many other of Foster’s songs have come to be known as children’s songs, Foster originally found great success writing for minstrel shows. Give over for God's sake... stop this nonsense. Susanna” was Foster’s first published and most successful song. Starting with the current POTUS! chorus: Oh, Susanna!
Stephen Foster, often referred to as the Father of American Music, was only 21 years old when he composed it in 1848. "The character of this song is an African American slave who is depicted as dumb and naïve. Lyrics to 'Oh! verses: I come from Alabama With my banjo on my knee I'm goin' to Louisiana My true love for to see. Susanna Oh! verses: I come from Alabama With my banjo on my knee I'm goin' to Louisiana My true love for to see. You should learn a little bit about history before commenting.Blacks did sometimes perform, usually strumming a banjo. Susanna" to a crowd at the Andrews' Eagle Ice Cream … Amidst its success, many versions of the song sprang about, often using Foster’s melody, but altering the lyrics to suit the context of a particular community or population.Though “Oh! Let's chat! Oh!
I had a dream the other night I have a lot of black friends who would laugh at this. Oops the “B” word is racist too, I meant African.Roland of Aragon- “I have a lot of black friends.” Lolol!! A song from 170 years ago with racist lyrics? They have nothing to do with stupidity.If you expect that in the mid 1800 people use 2020 political correct terms, no one would go through. Instead, additional verses have since been appended to the song to paint a more innocuous narrative of a lovesick couple with ironic and nonsensical language.In addition to minstrel tradition, the song borrows from immigrant traditions. This was written by the American songwriter Stephen Foster, who first published it in 1850. At some point after Foster first published the song, a fourth verse with additional racist imagery was incorporated.
Why aren’t these songs considered racist?’cause they weren’t written by a white guy to be sung by white guys in black face at a time when an actual black musician would never be allowed to perform.Blacks did perform in many areas throughout the south not so much in the north but in some cases did as well. If you're not already a Mamamia member, Sure as far as some are concerned, but the Stephen Foster ones and Jimmy cracks corn, well, as a criminal psychologist I believe anyone who reads those connotations into these is a potential pervert, and should be monitored. The only racist thing about it was the word ‘Nigger’ was used once.
"De Camptown ladies sing dis song — Doo-dah! Heck, they still do.The Word actually means Low down dirty person… I have met many Low Down Dirty People… ALL COLOR AND SHADES>>. Stephen Foster used the exact same harmonic structure for his song “Camptown Races,” lending to an identifiable American folk harmonic sound.The success of “Oh! He later wrote, “the two fifty-dollar bills I received (for "Oh! I dont think the n word was any worse that calling a jew a jew or a white a limmy . In contrast, Foster’s song sold over 100,000 copies. Oh, don't you cry for me For I come from Alabama With a banjo on my knee. I love the banjo in this song.Well, the world nigger used even once is all it takes to qualify “brutal racist”.If that is true, then there’s a whole lot of rap that is “brutal racist”, and that IS true!calm down little pink thing – have yourself a nice relaxing hot gasoline enema and go lay down on the railroad tracksShittiest thing you ever read….you don’t read much do you?….let me know if you’d like some real shit to read.Ha-ha that’s funny! Susanna") had the effect of starting me on my present vocation as a songwriter.” In his 37 years of life, Foster wrote more than 200 songs.