Swanee River ('Old Folks at Home',1851)

Swanee river
PERFORMER(S)
Reed, Henry; harmonica
Duration: 57 seconds
NOTES
Composed by Stephen Foster in 1851, "Old Folks at Home" (or "Swanee River," as it is often known) has become virtually universal in American culture. Henry Reed here "varies" it by first playing it on the harmonica, then repeating it with extra graces and flourishes. 
MUSICAL FEATURES
Key: Meter: 4/4
Strains: 2 (low-high, 8-8)
Rendition: 1-2-1-2
Phrase Structure: ABCDABEF QRSTABEF
Compass: 8 
ALTERNATE TITLE(S)
Old Folks at Home
Suwanee River 
COMPOSER(S)
Stephen Foster, 1851 
GENRE(S)
Airs
Instrumentals--harmonica 
SPOKEN
ALAN JABBOUR and HENRY REED: [Laugh] 
COLLECTOR(S)
Jabbour, Alan
Jabbour, Karen Singer 
CREATED/PUBLISHED
1967/07/17 
LOCATION
Reed family home, Glen Lyn, Virginia (Giles County) 
FORMAT
sound recording 
CALL NUMBER
LWO 5379 reel 3A, AFS 13705A:53 
DIGITAL ID
afcreed 13705a53