Oh Susanna!

Song lyrics and download available here: http://www.balladofamerica.com/music/indexes/songs/ohsusanna

Artist: Matthew Sabatella & the Rambling String Band

Description: Stephen Foster was only 21 years old when he composed this song, and he later wrote, "the two fifty-dollar bills I received [for Oh 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. He visited the South only once, yet many of his songs portrayed blacks and slave life and were frequently performed by blackface minstrel singers. Oh Susanna! was beloved by '49ers during the California gold rush, helping it to become the most popular song in America.

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Category:

Music

Tags:

• sabatella
• traditional
• american
• folk
• stephen
• foster
• gold
• 49er
• banjo
• fiddle

[Dyscrasia357]

Where can I download this song :) It's nice :)

[balladofamerica]

Thank you. Our studio recording of this song (very similar) is available on Ballad of America Volume 2: America Singing. You can find it at most major download sites, including iTunes.

[mortson978]

That was beautiful, the sound quality for this video was excellent.

[MegaKledian]

yes very good

[A1yeah]

Original, nice camera work. This and Daisy, daisy...answer do.., among my favourites. Perfect 10: Rambling String Band!

[superpie50]

I acutely do come from alabama

[zanelliful]

oh! my god...

[uiozsgaming]

suddenly, i felt an urge to listen to this song.



[ProPyro07]

Oh Susanna, ich will ein Kind von dir,

deine himmelblauen Augen sagen, du gehörst zu mir!

[savannh551]

my music teacher teached us this song

[susennazou]

it's really amazing .a very beautiful voice .

[hoakina1111]

i like his voice. :D

[wellskimmy94]

my great grandpa sings this around the campfire

[Jnmcda0]

Stephen Foster lived in Cincinnati in 1848 when he wrote this song. He worked at his brother's steamship shop which can be seen in this early daguerreotype picture taken in September 1848:

rochester.edu/news/photos/dagP­late2.html

If you zoom in, you can see the Foster shop (the one with the white awning, next door to the Athearn & Hibbero company) directly behind the Embassy steamboat.