"Oh! Susanna" - American Folk Song [LYRICS]

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Description: "Oh! Susanna," written in 1847 and published in 1848, made Stephen Foster an instant success as a composer and launched his musical career. Inspired by blackface minstrel groups he encountered while working for his brother in Cincinnati, Foster wrote "Oh! Susanna" in the minstrel tradition. "Susanna" was published by Peters & Field, a local music store, but a New York publisher pirated the song, publishing it under the name E. P. Christy. The song quickly gained popularity by means of Christy's minstrels in Manhattan as well as a new polka fad sweeping the United States. "Oh! Susanna" is considered the first minstrel song to enter the middle-class market.
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[@SUPERDICKMENKANNONNEN]

0:36 i remember this part a bit differently...

[@ArchivumMusicum21]

🤨

[@Talulah_Enjoyer]

sus lyrics

[@TheOneWhoAsked777]

swimmers

[@Am3rican_Empire]

I don’t get it.

[@TheOneWhoAsked777]

@@Am3rican_Empire Oh Susana original lyrics earth that up

[@theamerican3970]

Best version of Oh Susanna, thanks for uploading this masterpiece.

[@camdenirwin4960]

Definitely not made by southerners but it's good

[@koi81019]

not best version

[@Kapheria14]

@@koi81019 which version is best for you?

[@tomasz8614]

@@Kapheria14 original

[@thecosmocat9750]

@@tomasz8614 pov me only knowing this version and the 2nd South Carolina String Band version.

[@jadenharris1822]

0:42 I... you know what... nevermind.

[@seronymus]

This was weird yet beautiful, especially the ending, I can't believe it lul

[@Swissswoosher]

Best version I heard yet. Real epic and spine tingling!

[@Thaierd]

0:44 Something feels off

[@albertmak5496]

Not just off, the original says killed 500 N word, but he... why learn from the past? The US is on it's way back to these "Great times" so why not?

[@aeoe665]

Ni-

[@littleantukins4415]

500 ni-

[@kingofgringos1007]

0:43 hmm, I wonder what the original lyrics would have been for them to have to change it...

[@TheOneWhoAsked777]

swimmers

[@Shadow-cc7br]

diggers ⛏👨🏿

[@buzzinggz556]

nuttelers

[@KTheChristianArtist]

Something that rhymes with riber...

[@hitmanzirelli7079]

My mom hates the song because it's her name a running joke with my family in anybody that knows her she had to sing in an elementary school😂

[@JUNGLESTRIKEOFDOOM]

Such a powerful and emotional song 🥲

[@John280]

Well it hits different when you live the southern part of US

[@edmacy51]

Beautiful 😻

[@kazsolan]

Minor correction: To keep the rhyme, this version has "round the bend" instead of "down the river."

[@yoshii63]

Lyric correction: fourth verse is actually "If I do not find her then I'll surely die" not "if I do not find her no one will surely die"

[@albertmak5496]

What a load of BS, the fourth verse is: If i do not find her then this "Darkie" will surely die. This version is sanitized, this song is racist AF

[@yoshii63]

@@albertmak5496 I'm gonna feel SO BAD when you realize what the second verse actually says in the original version. Also this version being "sanitized" is good. Since I wanna sing this wonderful love song. But I don't wanna say "darkie" or the n-word.

[@albertmak5496]

@@yoshii63 I know the second verse. But okay boy, sing this "wonderful" song waving the confederate flag, drink a Bud and raise another statue for people who fought AGAINST the USA.

[@yoshii63]

@@albertmak5496 then Union Dixie would be a Confederate song. The Northern Abolitionists loved Dixieland. However thy didn't wanna sing a pro-Confederate song. So they created Union Dixie. They're doing the exact same here. Sure it isn't exactly anti-Confederate. However they removed most if not all of the racist lyrics that still shames the song today.

[@albertmak5496]

@@yoshii63 I'm afraid you are missing my point. By sanitizing history the facts will be forgotten. And i (agreed, my personal opinion) have a great problem with that.

[@betalr4794]

The south is a beautiful place, love that song

[@marswoes544]

euphonious❤

[@Ronaldthevelociraptor1457]

This music is better than the music nowadays

[@SoToClarify]

0:41 Doze aint da dern mouth words!

[@MokomakaKeatsTheScout]

I think there's 2 versions, north and south.

[@Theodore2512]

Thank you , it's pretty❤

[@randomyankee8923]

0:43 This isnt the original lyrics, its "And killed five hundred N[CENSORED]"

[@deutschekanadische]

That's the Jim Crow version. That is not the original version.

[@randomyankee8923]

@@deutschekanadische are you sure

[@potatosalad1081]

​@@deutschekanadische it is the original version

[@kingofgalaxy9061]

This is a great version of the song, it’s quite loud but I like that, it’s very uplifting.

[@Theodore2512]

A very American song

[@AbdullahQecibegCH]

Hmm,i feel something's familiar

[@JoseGarcia-fe1xj]

Love from Mexico ❤

[@emojinews2330]

0:40 Im Impressed that they changes the n word with five hundred men and some versions also included "chiggers" and "kittens" or "dogs"

[@BrownFoxWarrior]

Never actually heard most of the lyrics. Usually only the refrain and maybe the first verse.

[@BrownFoxWarrior]

@ogSlyBot Oh no, I'd never have known!

[@cassiedazz]

Oh Susana is old song and cosplay mixue😂👍👍

[@rabbiezekielgoldberg2497]

Now, now, we all know what word rhymes with _river_ and it certainly isn't _men_ .

[@tednash5440]

he got a sister in louisiana? dang, long distance family.

[@whatnot1235]

from the slave trade

[@shawnmendrek3544]

Some grown from grit, some grown from concrete. Concrete sinks. Get it?

[@Yoghurtslinger]

The origional song was the best.

[@JohnDoe-in2gk]

What album/video is this one from?

[@whatnot1235]

It's an old song, not really a video/album (this version is clean, the real version is very racist so watch at your own will)

[@JohnDoe-in2gk]

@@whatnot1235 I mean this specific recording

[@dsfsdggfggdfd3791]

Kept all of the original lyrics except changing the hard r to "men"

[@arshaanz22]

🇺🇸🇺🇸

[@buzzinggz556]

censored version

[@wxnted__8583]

South version is better

[@drrohanjacob]

😂the traitor version you mean

[@__mindflayer__]

This IS the south version. It just has more verses…

[@karolgoofit7901]

​@@__mindflayer__i think he ment the version with the n-word.

[@__mindflayer__]

@@karolgoofit7901 that’s the Jim Crow version and not the original.

[@sigmundwayneramos5471]

The cottonfield version is better

[@-omarpasa7022]

Everything was fine at first but it suddenly became noisy

[@ArchivumMusicum21]

Yeah. Its recommended to listen with earphones.

[@aammaarr88]

I am an Arab from Iraq I love this song❤

[@BoliceOccifer]

they put too much sauce on it

[@archangelcrusader7617]

you could atleast upload original one

[@whatnot1235]

its an old song, so if you wanted the original playing of it, well its impossible because the guy who made it and played it first is dead now

[@user-mu9bu1cz8l]

The song is covered by yankees

[@felixtheredfox1778]

The song isn’t American in origin, it’s Dixie

[@abandonthis]

Both the same thing , ain 't it ?

[@felixtheredfox1778]

@@abandonthis not really, it’s like the difference between Scottish and English, wouldn’t call Jacobite songs “British music”

[@edwardcumpstey9061]

@@felixtheredfox1778 The difference between Jacobite music is that it's political in origin. There's nothing political about "Oh, Susana." It's an American folk song to the rest of the world.

[@felixtheredfox1778]

@@edwardcumpstey9061 i was more saying that Jacobite songs are *typically* Scottish. Whilst Scottish people are technically British because they live in Britain, many would either reject the label or prefer Scottish. Same with Dixie, we are technically American because we‘re in the US, but Dixie is a separate culture from the rest of the US with its own traditions, food, music, and dialect.

[@edwardcumpstey9061]

@@felixtheredfox1778 That's understandable.

[@loslingos1232]

Honestly I prefer this one over the racist one. I just wish it wasn’t really a chorus.

[@nazalostizsrbije]

Whats the racist one

[@lucianjanusm]

What's the deal with that terroristic profile pic lmao

[@opinioesaleatorias9129]

​@@nazalostizsrbije n-word

[@puppykittyyo]

​@@nazalostizsrbije The original had the N word in the lyrics.