Old Folks at home (Way Down Upon Swanee River) - Stephen Foster 1851 - Al Jolson
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- From the movie Swanee River, biography of the american composer Stephen Foster, Fox production 1940.
Last appearance of Al Jolson (creator of Swanee by George Gershwin) on film.
Love this song reminds me of my grand mother who always played it on the piano for us 💕
His perfomance is terrific.
A beautiful song and a magnificent performance.
NO
@@arianna6022 Sorry you don't like it.
@@Bill-uo6cm because it's a dude singing in blackface
@@wannabeawake that makes it even better
@@AssMastersonMD racist
MY TEACHER IN 1984 WROTE THIS AS POEM IN GHANA FOR OUR CLASS woooow beautiful song. The words just reflected in my memories to type and realised it was a beautiful piece ❤️ RIP SIR
It's extra beautiful to hear that this lovely piece of music or poetry made its way to Ghana! It's a beautiful country with such friendly people, I would love to visit some day
@lucianjanusm Infact I loved from day one currently am living in Amsterdam as with my family bless you
Who could ever forget Al Jolson......
I know history wants to...
@@R.e.m.y.H. nah, history will remember him forever and forget the cry babies
'ceptin' it's a racist sont, folks!
internet overlords will scrub him out. download today..
@@R.e.m.y.H. Not HISTORY the protect the contemporary profit moguls, BRAINWASHING the public. FABRICATING the blackface, and HIM. presenting them as total horror. THANK GOD ! THERE IS STILL MILLIONS - true to themselves that don't weaken under peer pressure!
Great Stephen Foster,Great Al Jolson
Stephen Foster was a great song writer!!!👍🇺🇸
John Fogerty claims him as an inspiration in his autobiography.
An excellent, performance by a wonderful artist. Every child in America should be taught in school about Al Jolson and his wonderful voice! I only wish I could have gone to see Al Jolson perform this incredible piece of music in my lifetime, and to have seen a wonderful performance like this. Truly, truly magnificent, unrivaled by anything in today's music or pop culture. God bless you, Al Jolson.
I recall having a kids tape with folks songs about 5 years old. I'm 38.
That version did substitute the word " Lordy" for " darkies" though.
God bless the Black face guy says...the Kaiser. Only on TH-cam.
My guy u sure kids should know bout Al Jolson u say little kids let's not tell more white folks about blackface
Really, okay I'm not saying he didn't have a good voice but why did he have to dress like this, it looks super cringe. And it's not just the stupid face paint but how he's dressed like a caricature. I'm sure no one forced him. I have seen puctures and footage of other sångerska from that time and most of them where not dressed like this, okay 1 or 2 times back then but he's constantly in face paint, surely he must have understood after a while it's a caricature and hurtful, specially if he knew black people. Maybe he loved their music but from the way he dressed it doesn't look like he loved and respected black people. Children at least definitely need to be taught how hurtful this is and to to see other people as human and not make fun of them just because they look different than them.
@@teijaflink2226 It is a 1939 movie, Depicting a time approx 100 years before. Certainly, my personal preference. In this clip it is not the most flattering costuming, and Al Jolson, and others, thousands in fact, white, black other wise over approx 100 years, wore dress of variation, in blackface. The long general broad, contremporary profit brainwashing fabrication, that has bluffed. FRIGHTENED TOO MANY! About it was nothing but total anti colored race! Is not totally factually right, correct, or just! The Book. The Minstrel Show in Mass Media, is a good start to put it into better perspective, context and balance!
This video is crazy to find on TH-cam in 2023
I'm glad it can be found. Showing past mistakes lets us know how far we have gone in just a brief time. I just hate how they stole music and stage time from talented artists because of the evil racism, conducted mostly from one side. Jesus.
Wonderful!
Superb performance by Al Jolson.
My favourite coloured singer
I can't tell if you're joking or not, he's white but doing a minstrel show.
@@randomthings4815 they are kidding (clarifying)
Middle Eastern is hardly European. Look at his dark skin and kinky hair.
Beautiful beautiful song and Al Jolson was a master performer❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️
one of my favorite songs thank you sah.
A song, a song for all the American people, with your leave and permission. I would like to sing it for you!
Wow
beautiful
Lovely melody!
good song out of old dixie thank you sir.
Makes me yearn for happier times.
When you had slaves?
@@ic5662 Just when I thought that Emma Morano (November 29, 1899 - April 15, 2017) was the last living person verified to have been born in the 1800s, you mean to say YellowstoneBound1948 is actually old enough to have had slaves when it was still legal in America?
This is a masterpiece of American history.
Really even now.
A reckoning will come.
Beautiful rendition by Jolie of a great song.
wahhh i need to proform this in my recital
What a voice
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@@westonlord4214Hush, bot.
That is the exact way the song is meant to be played and sung,, Slowly with sorrow,,
The true Florida state song! What a beautiful rendition by Al Jolson!
My god, you are right! Bravo!!!
Beautiful
I always thought this kind of thing was pretty racist but learning about Al Jolson( who was born of European Jews) he thought of it as commiserating between two downtrodden peoples. In fact he was not racist at all and insisted on black performers being treated equally at restaurants.
@Sergeant NPC Al Jolson wanted to be black.
Joe A. Finally!
You obviously know about why he did it and it’s funny to see the comments that he is a racist because he did it . The furthest thing from a racist was AJ. Thanks for your comment it’s refreshing to know there are educated people out there on music .
Sergeant NPC yeah you’re exactly right with your comment question. You’re an idiot for even suggesting he could be a racist. He was the furthest thing from being a racist.
But you wouldn’t know that because you’re uneducated about him and why he did it. Smh
Nope! His ass was racist.
@@melu1987 your ass is fake woke
Today woman are expected to don a provocative persona in order to sell their music. Just like black people were exploited back in the day. He had such a magnificent voice the rest was unnecessary. Thanks for posting.
The worlds greatest entertainer
raise the sound
Al was incredible.
What building is that at 2:14? I am a New Englander.
In the movie, that is Stephen Foster's home.
Alas a time gone by......
Mr. Devils favorite song from the great movie “rabbit proof fence”.
They should do a WHITE FILTER on this
I concur, that tuxedo is dazzling brilliant!
Why is the audio so low?
brill.
I feel sorry for everybody that fear what others will think of them, if they like something! The bashing against Al Jolson, or anywhere, is too frighten everybody away from liking anything old, and that is what he is old. He lived from 1886 to 1950. There is the problem, not the blackness of his face BUT TIME!
delusion is the problem.
Tearing down the past means to disconnect the people from their culture and heritage and from their national nativity tendency. It's disgusting
John Fogerty mentions Stephen Foster in his autobiography. Here's this song with a rock beat from 1959:
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@@fredfosdick4093 Red River Valley with a rock beat, originally recorded by Gene Autry, Bing Crosby and others.
@@margaretthomas8899 Thanks Margaret, something else for me to look up
“Old Folks at Home,” also known as “Way Down Upon the Swanee River,” is a song written by Stephen Foster in 1851. The song expresses a deep longing for home and the comfort of familiar surroundings. The lyrics describe the beauty and tranquility of the Suwannee River in Florida, and the singer’s desire to return to it ... a universal expression of nostalgia and yearning for one’s roots and childhood.
Al Jolson, born Asa Yoelson, was a Lithuanian-born American singer, actor, and vaudevillian. He was one of the most famous and highest-paid stars of the early 20th century, often referred to as "The World’s Greatest Entertainer". Jolson is best known for his dynamic singing style and his role in the first talking picture, The Jazz Singer (1927).
Jolson’s performances, including his rendition of “Old Folks at Home,” were characterized by their emotional intensity and theatricality.
His powerful voice and emotive delivery certainly left a lasting impact on many listeners. VOTE TRUMP November 5 2024 MAGA!!!!
I was with you right up to the last stupid sentence.
Did you know that Foster was from Pittsburgh Pennsylvania
Never fails always brings a tear to my eyes Dixie life ever ✌️
You are a failure to the United States of America and it’s values. Do you believe in a happy slave? Please don’t answer this if you do, for I might gladly ignore you
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Amen!!!
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Jesus Christ is a lie designed to control you 🐏
Don't be a gullible fool
When was it released and who is the original singer?
There was no recorded music in 1851, when the song was published, so you can't speak of it as having been "released" or having an original singer.
@@reichensperger1847 Agreed, though in this case Stephen Foster composed it as a commission for Christy's Minstrels, so they might have some claim to being its original performers.
@@cephalopod7300 That's a nice point. If Christy's Minstrels were continually in existence, they could well claim they represented a living performance tradition. Thanks.
Ed norton
Blackface is only insulting if there is something bad about having a black face. If there isn’t then blackface can be anything from indifferent to respectful. Here it is most obviously respectful.
This is a really intelligent way of seeing things. Imitation is flattery.
@@mattban4136 Thanks. It’s good to hear someone else can see that. Of course, along with the respect there is, I think, a bit of condescension.
Exactly, brilliant.
Ggg
True enough.
I think this is the Florida national song if I am correct.
It's the STATE song of Florida. Florida is a STATE within the UNITED STATES OF AMERICA (USA). The NATIONAL song (National Anthem) of the USA is The Star Spangled Banner. Old Folks at Home is not a national song, but a state song.
@@guitarmusic524 But that's nice of Nathan to point out that it is the State song of Florida, I didn't know that.
Actually Jolson is portraying E.P. Christy
Ahhh, the yellow rose of Texas.
Al was not a racist and we must not judge him by woke standards and I'm woke
Explain? He wrote the song and performed it lol
@@ic5662 I thought Steven Foster wrote the song. I certainly do not approve of any performer today using blackface.
jesus
Coming of Age in Mississippi mentions this song
Made in 1851 ? Wow..
2:07 just….. wow.
By appearing in blackface, Al Jolson was celebrating the talents of the American Negro, not mocking them or disrespecting them.
Why couldn't they have incorporated actual Black people to do it, then? There's where the disrespect lies. Those people of that time would do damn near anything rather than accept Black people. I suppose D. W. Griffith was 'celebrating Blacks when he produced 'Birth of a Nation". Why is it Whites can always excuse the actions of other whites? Maybe if your parents were excluded from the many things for which they were well qualified only because of their skin color, you'd be able to grasp the true meanings of many of the racist activities in this nation. They'd rather have PAID white men (Jolson was a Lithuanian Jew) and women than Blacks. They'd rather socialized with white musicians than Blacks. The bottom line is their disdain for Blacks made this acceptable, regardless of the artistic merit.
The whole concept of a minstrel show was to mock black people. Don’t pretend it’s not racist.
@@yaboi-km2qn don't pretend you have a brain
As a black, it’s mocking and disrespectful
Ok 👌 sure suh
banger
No changing as this is the history of American music.
An appreciation of black music brilliant !!
Sir! They are in black face
is this for real? haha can you not tell
Jolson the first black man to really make it
Meus pecados foram muitos! Mui culpado sou! Porém Teu Sangue põe me limpo, eu para a Pátria vou! 🎵🎶
I don't think there was any ill intent with the makeup, but it seems very very
strange in this day and age.
Mike Taylor
You should educate yourself more about why they did it back then because you’re right he had no ill intent it was to draw that audience in
Scott Stemmer Why couldn’t they draw the audience in as themselves?
@@ZenFox0 Apparently Jolson always tried to move on from his blackface act but the audiences at the time just didn't wanted, unfortunately he was already too known from it after The Jazz Singer. people would comment they were disappointed for not seeing him in his "trademark act". also racist audiences during that time didn't wanted to see a song done by a black artist without the performer being in blackface
FOESHOW
There was. If you truly don't know about it you should read up on the reasons it was used and what that meant in relation to African Americans.
I study music in University, and we've spent sooooo many classes being taught that Jolson was the most racist performer ever and a total disgrace to jazz music. Literally everybody in my music program hates him, and if you dare say you like his music, you're called a racist.
What a society we live in, eh? :(
enterthehatch2 well I do believe that he was slightly racist,but he was one hell of a musically talented racist
@@jacksongrainger9926 Yeah, and I always find it's good to separate the person from the work that they did, and furthermore, to reflect upon the music with the idea in mind of when it was created, and what was acceptable at that time. Politics aside, I really like Jolson, but I'm afraid to show my admiration for him around my classmates.
enterthehatch2 I can understand that
enterthehatch2 isn’t it scary that people are that dumb. Al Jolson didn’t have a racist bone in his body
enterthehatch2 Never be afraid to share your admiration for him. Because once you learn about Him and why he did it.
guess what auto played after this yup wow
What?
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props to the cameraman for bringing his smart toaster back to 1851 to record this
I’m saying😂
It was written in 1851
There is an copy of this song It's called "Linda patria"
Finally found that song that fish on the Lopez show was singing about. Still funny.
Al Jolson
it disgusts me that this is my state song. Every child in the state of Florida learns and sings a minstrel song
blace face was all a part of music history!
Are you saying that to justify it?
@@ic5662 I don't see the OP attempting to 'justify', they are just stating it as fact.
Ed Norton ?
Like the chorus.
Word
Written by Ed Naughton
This dude really painted his face black.
Stephen Foster is spinning in his grave
I never understood why blackface was considered appropriate. Although I have read that even black performers wore black face to meet the segregationist conventions of the time period.
Anyone wondering about the black makeup, this is for you
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So is this a black guy in black face? Or is the video messed up? I used to sing this as a kid, and I had no idea it was about slavery. Learn something new every day.
Those are all white people
Your parents made you sing this? Or school? And it's a white man
Blackface is a makeup, it’s up to the performers how to use it. Jim Crow law has nothing to do with minstrel shows except for borrowing a name.
Look at what Justin Trudeau just did in Canada.
HeyWatchMeGo
Ur an idiot
Educate yourself about Jolson b4 u comment
lmao Jim Crow has nothing to do with minstrel shows? That's the most ignorant shit I've EVER heard
Spot on. Perfect. this should be universily known!
I miss the days when blacks and whites genuinely understood each other lel
That time was 600 years ago, buddy. The African slave trade is quite old and when this was filmed there was still dismay between the ethnicities. I can see by your profile photo that you like confederates, so I’ll leave you to that.
@@FirstnameLastname-md5yq how did different ethnicities understand each other better 600 years ago?
@@Sky-pg6xy they hadn’t enslaved each other yet, it’s a really easy concept to grasp, people don’t like being slaves
@@FirstnameLastname-md5yq No. slaves understand masters more than people that never met each other
@@Sky-pg6xy I don’t think that they would agree with you. All of the supposed accounts from slaves saying that slavery wasn’t that bad were coming from people who were being interviewed by white people standing right in front of them, ready to yell at them if they said it was bad. You should read “my bondage and my freedom” by Frederick Douglass. It’s pretty informative about what slavery held in America.
guys i dont think hes actually black
Na he is
Is that a black face??? 🥴🥴
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Fed
Aside from the black face, can we talk about how the song was composed by a white guy. and the lyrics basically describe African americans missing their lives as slaves
The history is uncomfortable but we cant just erase it either. The lyrics of this song were changed to be less offensive long ago, and most of us probably didnt know its actual history.
With today’s cancel culture and needs for instant gratification, I’m surprised TH-cam hasn’t scrubbed this video. Black face not a good look.
Hardly. It's about a person who misses the simplicity of childhood. In spite of that because he loves his family He talks about roaming. Do you think life all of a sudden became ideal after slavery ended?
@@lagatita1623 Historically, not all slaves were treated terribly and after Emancipation many were at sixes and sevens, they had a certain type of freedom but suddenly were responsible for earning a wage, providing their own housing, among many other responsibilities. Life was by no means any easier, a d in some ways became demonstrably harder. I'm neither condoning nor disparaging slavery here, facts have no feelings. That's all I am doing, stating facts. That being said, I am glad slavery was abolished.
and the composer was a massive abolitionist
he only wanted to be a whistler...
Him and Steve used to argue about it all the time.
Love the song, Al Jolson had to change his name to hide his heritage and he sang in blackface. There's a lot of sadness in America, isn't there?
America is the nation that is built upon death. It started with a genocide, and it will end in a genocide.
@@Bejaardenbus A truly beautiful song. Sorry you can't appreciate it.
@@Bejaardenbus just like most places. History is violent and harsh but parts are beautiful too. Theres just as much goodness as evil. Dont chose to only see the negative.
@@Bejaardenbus Not the kind that you think.
@@Bejaardenbus hopefully just yours
Weres marty then my blood wont flush down the toilet what a mind game if u tried to tell anyone that id look crazy i had to leave it in the toliet thats a lot more sick than i am. Then i asked to go see my aunt marie i said but people have been allowed out for funerals but depends on the individual. This chick is a sick individual haha so funny ive blockbusted them
Thats y im being still treated that way here there so racist
Trying to read this sentence is giving me a stroke.
Good song, shame about the racism
Wow in black face smh
Why is nobody talking about how racist this all is?
And this is how people go about making America great again ?
Because it’s probably racists talking dear
Al jolson was actually anti racist, it was just a different time and doing minstrel shows wasnt considered racist. But yeah Al loved black people.
@@eriktruchinskas3747 he’s singing a song about how black people missed being slaves, and it was written my a white man.
@@FirstnameLastname-md5yq and when I sing "stay wide awake" by enimem its a song about raping and killing girls in the park, what's your point?
I love racism💀💀💀💀💀💀
A jewish guy renforcing racism? now there's a contrary thought, if i ever heard one!
For anyone that even REMOTELY thinks, minus the voices, that this is cool, it shows alot about yourself. Truly. But, things have changed. So, if you're still stuck in the mindset that THIS is acceptable, you are about to be MOST miserable, because the black movement has not only taken over, but WON! So you have two options, either get in the ring or get under the wing.
@GARYPUSSY Your name says it all. At least you are acknowledging what you are.
Hey frack u this is in no way racist, IT IS ART! And it's beautiful, in fact Al Jolson, the star performer, was advocating for blacks in the preforming world and the history of music especially when something big is happening like here should be embraced. You're an unlearned FOOL to think that this is racist!
In dat case, stop complaining.
It’s a great song and I don’t give a damn if clowns like you think it’s offensive. Fuck you, too! Stephen Foster was a great songwriter.
Get a life
Man this is beyond blackface
Can't believe they would actually put that black stuff all over themselves.
hey!!! its nice to know im not the only one interested in old musics
He did it so that the black audience would come see him perform he believed that whites and blacks should be treated equally. But you would never know that by the comments he would read from the uneducated people out there.
it gets you high. Much better than reefer madness.
I no mr trump wont foresake me u can believe what u like i no hes playing ur game its not possible
Back when black face was a thing. Smh 🤦🏻♀️
I like the song, it would be better without the cringey blackface.
Jesus Christ is our savior, he died on the Cross for our sins. Putting your faith in Him is the only way to get to Heaven when you die✝️❤️
@@westonlord4214We heard you the first time, no need to repeat it.