It's amazing just how stupid and shallow you people really are...You miss the love and Truth that transcends all question of race, condition of servitude or class while you twist your panties over the least important and frankly most incidental circumstance in the lyrics. What buffoons.
Instead of calling it racism, learn about the times and why he wrote songs out of respect, and compassion for the blacks, he was a smpathetic interpreter. No he did not have a black slave called Joe.
i used to have collections of tape recordings of short biographies of famous people, which I listened to before bed every night when I was a child. Stephen Foster was one of them and I didn't remember anything but this melody and I'm glad I found it. The story was probably made up, but so memorable; mr. foster's family owned a slave named joe, whom mr. foster loved and it pained him to see Joe get beat and whipped. one day mr. foster wrote this song for his slave whom he loved.
This comment has received too many negative votesshow
This song was to try and reminisce of the "good ol days" when the institution of slavery was strong. Its ironic that a country of "all men who are created equal" were the same people who allowed enforced and perpetuated this type of behavior. Thank god times have changed because looking back on how disgusting and wretched that institution was makes me sick to my stomach.
Did you have to take it so literally? The point is, people treated them like animals. But then again, not near as bad as the natives so I think modern Americans should really stop regretting black slavery so much and remember how "the land of the free" was built on stolen land.
@NormbrettaMod Who did the Indians steal it from? Are you unaware of the growing body of evidence showing that these so-called "natives" themselves stole it? Look into it. And please name some countries for me that weren't founded on conquest.
I wasn't actually aware of that evidence but if you give me some proof I might give you the benefit of the doubt. And the United Kingdom was not built on conquest. England however, was. But the difference is that in the USA, the American people themselves are the result of conquest therefore it is just as bad. How can you be proud of a country that has only since "apologised" to it's conquered because they're now so weak they no longer pose any threat?
@NormbrettaMod Just because it's callous doesn't mean it isn't true.
The victorious will always do what they want to the defeated. This isn't a moral statement I'm making, just one that's been proven by history. Whether you call it a duty or a crime isn't relevant to the fact of the matter, imo.
This has been flagged as spam show
The word "IMMEDIATE" means "FAST FAST FAST" - Saturday, January 28, 2012 (Common Era), 3:18 PM (Earth-Eastern Standard Time)
123ETERNALDEATH 4 weeks ago
I remember singing this song in grade school!
It was written by Stephen Foster.
aswallowa 2 months ago
what a beautiful and meaningful song, and what we as kids used to sing.
bless you all!
mervyn691
Mervyn691 5 months ago
It's amazing just how stupid and shallow you people really are...You miss the love and Truth that transcends all question of race, condition of servitude or class while you twist your panties over the least important and frankly most incidental circumstance in the lyrics. What buffoons.
romanreb 9 months ago 4
gay - that is what i am feeling like now.
jackywong50 10 months ago
heart young and gay.......pfft BWA HA HA HA!!!
hatetotem 11 months ago
Instead of calling it racism, learn about the times and why he wrote songs out of respect, and compassion for the blacks, he was a smpathetic interpreter. No he did not have a black slave called Joe.
affabledj 1 year ago
i used to have collections of tape recordings of short biographies of famous people, which I listened to before bed every night when I was a child. Stephen Foster was one of them and I didn't remember anything but this melody and I'm glad I found it. The story was probably made up, but so memorable; mr. foster's family owned a slave named joe, whom mr. foster loved and it pained him to see Joe get beat and whipped. one day mr. foster wrote this song for his slave whom he loved.
kigger622 1 year ago
As a boy I sat at my dads side as he taught us this beautiful old song. His dad had done the same. I miss him. I miss those days.
cameroncda 1 year ago
I trust you realize this song predates the Civil War and the abolition of slavery.
amrhart87 1 year ago
@amrhart87 Yeah, it's from around 1860 - just before the civil war.
MightyAlz 1 year ago
@MightyAlz What type of music is this?? Ragtime or blues?? Please help, I love this song!
Plunder567 1 year ago
@Plunder567 Its a style of music called Parlour Music.
People used to gather in their parlours around a piano and sing together after dinner. Before radio and television, of course.
twistycat 9 months ago
This comment has received too many negative votes show
This song was to try and reminisce of the "good ol days" when the institution of slavery was strong. Its ironic that a country of "all men who are created equal" were the same people who allowed enforced and perpetuated this type of behavior. Thank god times have changed because looking back on how disgusting and wretched that institution was makes me sick to my stomach.
richardfigueroa 2 years ago
@richardfigueroa
All the Blacks on the federal gov't's "welfare plantation" turns my stomach...
bobalu1000 1 year ago
@richardfigueroa
Ah yes but negroids weren't exactly considered men in those days were they?
NormbrettaMod 1 year ago
@NormbrettaMod Yes, they were. Read this book:
Vindicating the Founders by Thomas G. West
Jitpring 10 months ago
@Jitpring
Did you have to take it so literally? The point is, people treated them like animals. But then again, not near as bad as the natives so I think modern Americans should really stop regretting black slavery so much and remember how "the land of the free" was built on stolen land.
NormbrettaMod 10 months ago 2
@NormbrettaMod Who did the Indians steal it from? Are you unaware of the growing body of evidence showing that these so-called "natives" themselves stole it? Look into it. And please name some countries for me that weren't founded on conquest.
Jitpring 10 months ago
@Jitpring
I wasn't actually aware of that evidence but if you give me some proof I might give you the benefit of the doubt. And the United Kingdom was not built on conquest. England however, was. But the difference is that in the USA, the American people themselves are the result of conquest therefore it is just as bad. How can you be proud of a country that has only since "apologised" to it's conquered because they're now so weak they no longer pose any threat?
NormbrettaMod 10 months ago
@NormbrettaMod The duty of conquerors is not to apologize to the conquered, but to rule them. It's an ancient story.
And watch this video:
First Americans Were Caucasian
Jitpring 10 months ago
@Jitpring
That's a very callous outlook isn't it? Come on, try a little harder to justify mass genocide and cultural cleansing.
And I'll watch it...
NormbrettaMod 10 months ago
@NormbrettaMod Just because it's callous doesn't mean it isn't true.
The victorious will always do what they want to the defeated. This isn't a moral statement I'm making, just one that's been proven by history. Whether you call it a duty or a crime isn't relevant to the fact of the matter, imo.
Dogar230 6 months ago
@Jitpring
read the communist manifesto
oh wait you already have
YOU COMMIE
theherooftime4 8 months ago