History should be shown as it is, not as how people want it to be.

@lando6420

2 жыл бұрын

Exactly

@neon_mossstone9246

2 жыл бұрын

Yeah I agree manigga

@jacksonguillory8114

2 жыл бұрын

@@neon_mossstone9246 you have to use a hard "er" with it to be historically accurate...

@aleksatorbica2890

2 жыл бұрын

Yeah but it's art man it's good melody and it could be a good song only if it's not racists as it was so why not changing for audiences

@jacksonguillory8114

2 жыл бұрын

@@aleksatorbica2890 imagine being a liberal 👁👄👁

As a black man I am happy to learn the original lyrics, history should be shown to all and not hidden.

@flap7024

10 ай бұрын

Happy to learn, disappointed that it had to be this way. Not that you said this, but never be happy to see and hear how your people were called out of their names.

@gtworldzhd4137

9 ай бұрын

Of course we should learn about history to prevent it from happening. Should we glorify certain things then? No, but it should definitely not be hidden.

@Smiljana2226

9 ай бұрын

Amen!🙏

@Deontjie

9 ай бұрын

Great. I don't mind you calling me names. Sometimes it is a joke, other times I deserve it.

@hegeliansours1312

8 ай бұрын

​@@DeontjieExactly! Integration requires consideration from all sides involved. No one rolls over and gives up without anything in return and expect the relationship to last long.

History should never be erased. Even the worst part of history should always be shown.

@TheRealist2022

6 ай бұрын

@derekvanderwoude3407 The problem is... that on the whole, " history is written by the victors". Captain John Price, 22 SAS.

@tonypastor705

6 ай бұрын

derekvanderwoude3407- Yes, just like Roots the Mini series was an important thing to show.

@gus.1997

5 ай бұрын

Yes, but not with pride. It must be exposed as something negative, always accompanied by a context explaining why it is something bad and that it should not be forgotten or appreciated.

@tonypastor705

5 ай бұрын

@@gus.1997Absolutely

@iamthegreenarrow762

5 ай бұрын

Even though this song may be racist, it’s very catchy, sounds better than most modern music to me

As a person of color, not offended by the song at all ,i was very surprised to discover there more lyrics then I'd ever knew about!! Thanks for the story!!

@zeeqayum4834

5 ай бұрын

How is this not offensive? I’ve read dumb comments but this takes the cake. Uncle Tom would be proud of you

@THECONTINENTALMAN

3 ай бұрын

i learnt it on piano in like 10 mins lol

@BEP4LIFE

2 ай бұрын

You're not even Black

@trentrez6643

Ай бұрын

So, you dont get offended by someone trying to offend you. Great, lol. $100 says you think you are a Republican too

@crunchnmunchsweettreats

Ай бұрын

“As a person of color” Oh brother…

This is a perfect example of how music really can really tell a story of a time period.

@zay_gzs5635

2 жыл бұрын

@@chopholtz4950 Exactly back then they didn’t really know no better it’s wrong but all of human history not just white people every race and ethnic group of people and religion has done it to one another it’s even going on in China right now with Muslims it’s basically their holocaust

@Zulf85

Жыл бұрын

Ikr? It's always fascinating to see the prejudices of a previous time period. It's also funny to see the right-wing snowflakes get upset over the concept of someone performing their own version of these song that represents modern standards.

@UTO7

Жыл бұрын

@@Zulf85 Which is hilarious because the same people do a 180 when you point out how their portrayal of native americans as bloodthirsty and primitive is not accurate, or how the founding fathers owned slaves. They're ok with that stuff being revised, but god forbid they can't sing the n-word in a verse.

@Zulf85

Жыл бұрын

@kay van oof, some little baby snowflake got upset I see. Hope someone kisses your boo-boos better

@nigerianprince_1443

Жыл бұрын

You can say that again!

Sang this in grade school in NYC in the 1950’s. The second verse, as you say, was omitted, and the rest of the song was carefully edited to remove any hint of the narrator’s race. No faux black dialect, no reference to “darkies”, etc. In fact, given what’s known about the attitudes of the day, it’s surprising how few words need to be changed to clean it up to suit modern sensibilities. I never knew the song was about a black man until later in life when I heard versions closer to the original.

@wix7657

Жыл бұрын

I am British and I can remember singing this a primary school in the 1980s. If any teacher had children sing this song now they would be serving a jail sentence! It’s sad how times have changed in such a short time!😔

@doraran2138

Жыл бұрын

@@wix7657 Go to Canda, where this song will still get you jailed, byt at least current Canadian CDC is promoting 'glory holes'.

@chewy99.

Жыл бұрын

@@doraran2138 Wow I just researched that and that is absolutely the one of if not the stupidest thing I’ve heard about…

@doraran2138

Жыл бұрын

@@chewy99. The glory hole thing was right off the Canadian CDC site. After so much controversy by people who actually pay attention, it got pulled. Apparently you limit your research to Candian Broadcast Co, CNN, MSNBC and other places tha selectively feed their sheep, I mean subjects, what strained information necessary to keep the blissfully obedient.

@thinkwithurdipstick

Жыл бұрын

Hmm, sounds like northern bigotry against the southern accent to me. For shame, NYC

I remember singing this as a child. I learned it in elementary school. It's part of history.

@heythislookslikeakidsgame

Жыл бұрын

what you do when n word part

@depair112

Жыл бұрын

​​@@heythislookslikeakidsgamerobably was cut out

@Persun_McPersonson

3 ай бұрын

And you sang the altered version that tries to hide the racism of its history.

@jad2290

24 күн бұрын

​@@heythislookslikeakidsgame Just sing it?? Lol It's fine to say nword in songs

@blaze_dynamo

18 күн бұрын

The whole point of the song... ​@@heythislookslikeakidsgame

Stephen Foster was a genius songwriter and was not a racist at all. His songs are full of sympathy for the slaves and he was a northerner, and sympathetic to the abolitionist cause. He should be honored.

@AshanBhatoa

7 ай бұрын

Correct, simultaneously we can condemn or morally analyse his earlier sentiments. As long as that's acknowledged, it's pretty simple. It's a product of the day and currently we understand better.

@syourke3

7 ай бұрын

@@AshanBhatoa The word “nigger” was not used as a racial slur in those days. It comes from “negro”, the Spanish word for “black”. Most of the slaves from Africa went to South America, only around ten percent went to the USA. We should not think of Foster’s use of the word as a racial slur any more than we should think of Mark Twain’s use of the word as a racial slur.

@thetoastedhippies1997

7 ай бұрын

Foster had the same power in his rhythms as Beethoven, but he was able to access them in a simpler format.

@MrChrisdube

7 ай бұрын

Simply being a northerner does NOT make one sympathetic to the abolitionist cause. As a matter of FACT, there is an Ivy League school that is named for a slave trader (Brown University who paid the institution to change its name from Rhode Island College). he got his money shipping slaves and making hugh profits. To be fair, one of his sons, Moses Brown, knew how revolting the slave trade was and became an abolitionist.

@syourke3

7 ай бұрын

@@MrChrisdube No one ever said that being a northerner made you an abolitionist sympathizer. I said that he was a northerner and was sympathetic to the cause of abolitionism. So what’s your point?

Thank you for this original version. History should not be wiped out.

@francesrude3007

Жыл бұрын

it's DECEPTION, not wiped out, but hidden on purpose.

@KelpyGYT

Жыл бұрын

@@francesrude3007 not a good idea even the most evil vile history should be shown as a reminder of what never to repeat

@jack002tuber

Жыл бұрын

Hiding the TRUTH about the past can only result in repeating it. Tell it, show it. You don't have to agree with it, but don't hide it or lie about it.

@krokuke

Жыл бұрын

@@KelpyGYT How does this song show history? It is just a racist song, with no purpose. What are we supposed to take away from it? Don't write racist songs?

@mhdfrb9971

Жыл бұрын

@@krokuke meanwhile Gangsta rap nigga:

You know given the time, This could have been a lot worse, I was kind of expecting a progression where each verse got increasingly more racist in a comedic manner, but that might just be because I’ve watched too many key and Peele sketches.

@Zulf85

Жыл бұрын

Ikr lmao? As someone who isn't part of US culture (UK is close enough though), I'm glad to have heard this version and its story today. If we don't learn from history, we really are doomed to repeat it and make fools of ourselves. Also Key and Peele is some top-shelf stuff.

@inventions178

Жыл бұрын

@Emmanuel Goldstein So nothing wrong with the part where it says he kills 500 black people. Okay.

@OrangPasien

Жыл бұрын

Ordeath; I agree that one would expect the natural progression of verses to include the “n” world used once or twice more. I think the reason the word was used so frugally is that it wasn’t considered as derogatory (if at all derogatory) as it is now. Thus there was no intent to be “edgy” when he wrote it, that’s just the way people spoke. The Tom Sawyer and Huck Finn books support that idea as well. When did this change occur? I could be wrong but it would seem that it happened post-Civil War during reconstruction when the klan became a real force. The word was coupled with anger and hate thus becoming the vitriolic slur as we know it today. But the initial anger and hate was actually directed towards the Federal government in the south who was trying to ensure the hard won freedoms (to vote) of the CW to which blacks were entitled. Thus it was the Federal Gov, of primarily Republicans (party of Lincoln), trying to ensure those rights, against the klan, primarily Democrats (anti-Lincoln, anti-Rep) who were trying to steal them away. In fact the CW was as much R vs D as it was N vs S (R-N vs D-S). Many people are unaware of all this because they’d rather burn books, tear down statues, block web sites, and silence Twitter accounts. This is the value of understanding history.

@michalC92

Жыл бұрын

The banjos are a-strumming and the drums are a-banging, let's get the boys together and have ourselfs a han....

@TazmilyGum

Жыл бұрын

@@michalC92 WHAT?! IM TALKING ABOUT TIRES!

I'm 70 yrs old and NEVER HEARD this song sung like this and I live in Louisiana. We sang this song always a child, sang to my babies as a put to sleep song. Never have I ever heard this version!!!!!!!

@TexanChristianConservative

4 ай бұрын

I live in Texas and I've heard the original plenty of times

@strahinjadrobnjak7646

2 ай бұрын

you lived on the moon all your life apparently

i often speak about "iconic potential" in melody, when discussing music with friends. to me it seems the prevalence of this song, despite it's dark history, is due to the strength of it's melody. it is undeniably iconic. "iconic potential" is immediately palpable in a melody. you know it when you hear it. at least, that's my theory.

@signbear999

22 күн бұрын

that's my theory... a Music Theory

@Dafoodmaster

21 күн бұрын

@@signbear999 thanks for reading

Still uses the N word 499 less times than your average rap lyric.

@LuznoLindo

21 күн бұрын

There's no point in trying to explain to you how a modern rap song using the word is different from a song from the 1800s using the word. You aren't going to listen, and I'm just happy virtually nobody here bothered engaging you.

@Riskmangler

21 күн бұрын

@@LuznoLindo Congratulations - You are "virtually nobody." Still just happy smarty-pants?

@TheLordOfNothing

19 күн бұрын

@@LuznoLindo You screwed up that wordin' pretty bad. You just admitted you're "virtually nobody". Oh wait 74 people agreed with him

@Yoghurtslinger

19 күн бұрын

Never met an educated black person who uses the word 'N'. Real Africans are embarrassed by blacks in the USA.

@mercifulhorror4935

18 күн бұрын

​​​​​@@LuznoLindothere isn't any difference, everyone has free will and are able to say it, no matter WHO or WHAT says it, it is still a hateful word. So you can't possibly prove anything, that word hasn't changed since the 1800s, so the meaning is the same, kinda funny how you say it's not worth it trying to explain so, (because you don't actually have good reasoning) but the fact you commented a comment, while saying it's useless to explain a point, you have that nobody in the comment section, seems to share.

If one erases the past they are doomed to make the same mistakes.

@oppressormk2op547

Жыл бұрын

Don't even got to erase it to make the same mistakes

@hotchocolateconnoisseur

Жыл бұрын

@@oppressormk2op547 but erasing it makes it 100 times easier to make those mistakes

@fvjisinferno207

Жыл бұрын

@@oppressormk2op547 noob

@shaunpatrick8345

Жыл бұрын

Take a look around and have a think about whether they made mistakes back then compared to now. Attempts to impose equality and end disparate outcomes are leading to societal decline, based on not wanting to repeat "mistakes".

@Zulf85

Жыл бұрын

@@shaunpatrick8345 oof, some little boy got triggered today

I understand why the second verse is removed when sung in modern day. But it is important to remember history and understand the true historical meaning of songs. This is a very informative video 👍

@THECONTINENTALMAN

3 ай бұрын

yes

Less offensive than most Rap music

@holyfool5605

12 күн бұрын

"art disturbs the comforted" applies to you.

@BetYoManIsWantMeDoCuzIThikk

7 күн бұрын

@@holyfool5605 By your idiot logic you must view this song as an artistic masterpiece.

You just dug up a childhood memory I forgot existed, I'm from Poland and we had to learn this song on the recorder at school. The lyrics in the textbook were in Polish and completely innocent, now I feel weird

@saturnas

Жыл бұрын

I'm brazilian and I identify with your comment. Lots of non north american people know this song based on local translations only. I never learnt it on school, but I recognize it from old cartoons and tv shows. In brazilian portuguese, the song even lost the verses about weather and all; it's literally just a man traveling by horse on a road full of bumps and holes.

@ccane978

Жыл бұрын

Same as an Italian

@cheezdoodle96

Жыл бұрын

Same here as a Norwegian. My mom used to sing this to me when I was a child, and it was always one of my favourites. The Norwegian version was written by one of Norway's most beloved (primarily children's) writers, Thorbjørn Egner, and tells the tale of a guy named Ferdinand who does nothing but play his guitar all day and ends up travelling the world trying to make some gold so he and his dear Susanne (with an e) can get married. He tries several different vocations without luck, but finally finds a place his knack for playing the guitar comes in handy: The radio, who happes to be in need of a guitarist. He finally starts making some gold and the two sweethearts can get married at last.

@donut9719

Жыл бұрын

Im quite surprised on the global reach this song had. Poland, Brazil, Italy, Norway? Pretty different places. I wonder why honestly

@niagarafallski3

Жыл бұрын

"(...) Jutro będę w Alabamie, no a tam najmilszą mam. O, Zuzanno! Nie płacz, no już dość. Ja jadę z banjo na kolanie, twój z Południa gość". I think it was in 60. - in Polish TV, there was a program with American country music with Polish lyrics.

My grandpa used to sing this to me when I was little, back in the 1960’s, I had no idea where the song came from, and he only ever sung the chorus, so really liked this explanation. And enjoyed hearing it again .

@royale7620

8 ай бұрын

@@theflipbook1280 cry more wokie kid

@shellnexus1

7 ай бұрын

@@theflipbook1280😂😂

Shit I’ma nigga and this song hot as shit 😂😂😂.. Ain’t no worse than our music today

@TexanChristianConservative

4 ай бұрын

You aren't a thug, right?

@THECONTINENTALMAN

3 ай бұрын

​@@TexanChristianConservativelmao

@Persun_McPersonson

3 ай бұрын

Except the part where this was a white man making fun of black people?

@Aaron067

3 ай бұрын

​@@TexanChristianConservativethank you for proving that people like you are racist rednecks. Good job!

@joanyow7952

3 ай бұрын

@@Persun_McPersonson , you don't think that is a two-way street?

I see that the title of this says with original racist and offensive lyrics. I hadnt realised I had given someone else authority to decide on my behalf what I should be finding offensive.

Sang this in grade school in the late 70s, never knew it was from a black perspective. As for the contrary lyrics such as so hot i froze to death, I remember a lot of old folk songs had similar absurd lyrics. I thought it was done for humor, not to depict someone as ignorant. But when you realize that black-face was wildly popular for 100 years in the USA, this song is par for the course.

@standingbear998

Жыл бұрын

black face was never racist. look at who is condemned for it and who is defended for it? it isn't about race, it is about who does it. creating racial problems by making stuff up.

@butterflyslinky

Жыл бұрын

I vaguely recall learning the censored version of this song in school, and I think the explanation my (Black) music teacher gave was that the "rain" on the night the day he left was a metaphor for the narrator's sorrow over having to leave Susanna to begin with. I don't remember how she explained the freezing hot sun though since that was over 20 years ago.

@FalonGrey

Жыл бұрын

I always thought it being dry was because all the water had fallen, and been absorbed into he ground, and the "froze to death" was referring to heat shivers you get when too hot.

@redbullsauberpetronas

Жыл бұрын

Majority of people who are alive today and who have ever lived are racist, it's just natural in-group preference

@emptyhand777

Жыл бұрын

@@redbullsauberpetronas - it's in our DNA. We were safe in our clans, and everyone in our clan looked similar. Other clans were a threat and looked different. It is basic survival, hard to overcome.

I’m not offended or horrified. It’s of its time and still a great tune.

@wandasetzer1469

Жыл бұрын

I'd just as soon not hear the full song.

@dansheffield4021

Жыл бұрын

You aren't even of your time

@ladymacbethofmtensk896

Жыл бұрын

As it was stolen from a Hungarian/Austrian called Josef Gung'l, but of course!

@the-letter_s

Жыл бұрын

@@dansheffield4021 rude

@dansheffield4021

Жыл бұрын

Sorry, Sister

This is a good representation of how music can tell a story. There can be so much history behind a song.

This is why I prefer contextual information over revision; revision can blind the audience of the actual "taste" of the past, while contextual information gives an understanding of it. I'm one of the few who assumes revision of a finished work as a censorship, no matter the intentions of the people revising it. This is the stance I hold adamantly.

A 175 year old song reflective of it's time. In a way it'd be fun to go to the Year 2195 to see see how future social justice warriors judge today's filthy and talentless pop and rap music the way this song is judged.

@whereis99

2 жыл бұрын

difference is rap and pop isn’t racist. dummy

@samraizshoaib585

2 жыл бұрын

I mean if they (or you) look into the underground rap then it'll be hard to say rap was talentless.

@WillCamx

Жыл бұрын

There's more chance they'll still be playing this song than 95% of the crap produced today.

@fieldagentryan

Жыл бұрын

NWA was african americans until they wuz saved by BLM a largely white masked gruop of burners of sanctuary cities .. ah suure this america is great - and they killed billy the kid so henry mccarthy and his irish roots would be scottish ... be the hokoey

@robmartin217

Жыл бұрын

Rap is n crap......bye communist...

I find the glimpse into true history refreshing and educational, the song has power the way it was written, and it would be a shame to have anyone other than Stephen Foster tell me what I can and cannot hear.

@josie4065

Жыл бұрын

This.

@ilovebeinggay6794

Жыл бұрын

Indeed. It should be shown or listened to in all it's splendor and glory. Everyone needs to know the true history of the dirty maggot-infested country we live in.

@caioaugusto3138

Жыл бұрын

- 👴🏻

@jeannebouwman1970

Жыл бұрын

People perform the way they want. The author doesn't have sole authority on how a piece of music is to be performed, the performer has that right. You can seek out different performances, like this one, that are closer to the original if you want. Music is the art of giving your own spin to what has come before, no music is truly original

@0g0mogosepikworld31

Жыл бұрын

I agree. We shouldn't forget that these people were horrible racists and omitting the facts doesn't change the truth

0:59 most replayed 💀

The second verse is not “ racist “ . People continue to misuse that word . It may be “ prejudice “ or foul but not racist it the true sense of the word. Nor is it “ indefensible “ . Get out of your safe place . 🙏

The trick, when listening to this song, is to remember that "offense" is *_taken,_* not *_given..._*

@deaddocreallydeaddoc5244

Жыл бұрын

That's always been the strategy, to become the victim of a word, not master it. Many Germans moved into the South in the 19th century. "Neger" is a German word that just means "black."

@bipedalbob

Жыл бұрын

An interesting perspective.

@richardreinertson1335

Жыл бұрын

An enlightened comment

@amiralsrbani24

Жыл бұрын

You are a true philosopher!

@amiralsrbani24

Жыл бұрын

We need to take that Obama Nobel peace prize back and give it to you , which is well deserved !

Heard a modern rap far more offensive than this.

@AwRighttttt

Жыл бұрын

Every single rap song is more 'offensive' than this yet the traitors call it all normal

@lenney872

Жыл бұрын

Certain people today: *insert cookie cutter song about murdering friends and family for drug money and abusing women* “wow this is a banger”

@vanity1602

2 ай бұрын

The things some people say just so they can deflect historical reality that paints things they like in bad light. Crazy how you immediately jumped to "what about [insert]" If you have problems with rap, sure, there might be a discussion that could be had. But why are you bringing up here on this video? What compelled you to mention that? You don't have to become defensive just because a song you liked was found to promote racist stereotypes and make fun of black people. Pointing the finger at black music just make it look like you're looking for a reason to ignore the things presented in the video. Just accept and move on. No need to say this.

@Soundeagle3456

2 ай бұрын

@@vanity1602 why are you soo salty?

who cares if its racist or offensive to anyone , don't listen to it if your weak mind has issues

It is art and history in a single song. Of course millions of people neglect the entire lyrics. Even in cartoons, movies, we hear only the nice and permitted lyrics. Thanks for publishing it.

There is nothing to be gained and much to be lost by sanitizing history to avoid hurting feelings.

@williamdrybread8925

Жыл бұрын

Fuck feelings

@TheBrooklynbodine

Жыл бұрын

Yep. Last time i checked the Constitution guaranteed free speech. Not one word, however, about having the right not to have your feelings hurt.

@a.verosa8228

Жыл бұрын

@@TheBrooklynbodine spoken like a man who's never received any injustice for his race

@wilmer89

Жыл бұрын

@@a.verosa8228 but... but muh feelins

@rope7741

Жыл бұрын

@@a.verosa8228 hey I'm black and have experienced racism and I agree with Gary plus this song is really funny and nice

I remember this tune from when I was a kid. While we hear this song and how offensive it is, for its time this song was nothing out of the norm. I wouldn’t be surprised if someone said the same about the rap music we play today in a hundred years.

@jospeciale1361

2 жыл бұрын

drugs gangbanging and murder is fine, but a song about old dan tucker

@ambrosiobertodazo

2 жыл бұрын

The problem with leftist, democrats, media and black Americans is you always dig every little thing you can find in the past to use today for your hateful propaganda against the whites for the crimes of their great grand fathers and the few who remained ignorant. We Filipino Americans were enslaved by the Spaniards for over 300 years until 1898 and we as a people were treated perhaps 5 times worse than how black slaves are treated by whites. At that time the antagonism was so intense that it culminated in several very violent and brutal but failed rebellions. But in only less than a decade after the Spaniards left us in 1898 we have stopped hating them and the only evidence of their atrocities are contained in the documents and the books and the writing inside dark prison wall but no longer in our hearts. The Spaniards that stayed in the Philippines mingled with Filipinos and were not constantly assessed about their sins in the past. I know the stories because my great grandfather was a 30 years old Spanish soldier who used undue influence to intimidate and marry my 17 yrs. old great grandmother. We Filipinos surely have so many bad traits but seeking and promoting vengeance for crimes committed against us centuries ago is not one of them.

@masondixon2675

Жыл бұрын

I don't consider "rap," music.

@rayvoith1344

Жыл бұрын

@@masondixon2675 line

@harvey1954

Жыл бұрын

Nobody is gonna give a rat's ass about rap 100 years from now.

racist and offensive lyris ? hahahahhahahaha

As a grown up, it has always puzzled me why so many people are "offended" by name calling. If your kid comes to you and says "Freddie called me names"!... what do we say? We say "ignore him"...and yes, that's the best advice. Since when did "sticks and stones" stop being relevant?

Wow. 48 years old and a history buff and this is the first I've ever heard this version.

@janicem9225

Жыл бұрын

I don't think it's original, but was actually inserted later to cause outrage.

@randymerlo4070

Жыл бұрын

What outrage it's a nice song and there is nothing racist about it

@Zerosen89

Жыл бұрын

@@janicem9225 Actually it is the 1848 original lyrics

@Ronaldthevelociraptor1457

Жыл бұрын

@@randymerlo4070 idiot it’s racist

@Bewefau

5 ай бұрын

that's why our education system is so screwed lol

Those who forget history tend to repeat it there's nothing wrong with learning the past

@monoped8437

6 ай бұрын

i'm not as worried about the past, as i am, the future

@ralphbooger4756

4 ай бұрын

just dont forget that those writing and teaching history are fully aware of this fact... this is why history keeps repeating itself! the parts of history that you are not allowed to question are the most important to question!!!

@monoped8437

4 ай бұрын

history is getting banned@@ralphbooger4756

@plusultra4961

2 ай бұрын

​@@ralphbooger4756everyone teaching history will tell u this is bullshit, history cant never be repeated because historical context its always different. Hitler, Napoleon, Caesar or Stalin, all are products of their era and they will never come back

Wow, that was... interesting. But man, I wonder if Foster wanted to omit the second verse or if like it said in the presentation people who sang it wanted to be more lighthearted. Really interesting how songs change like that over time. Very informative video thank you!

How many songs has the N-word been used in over the past 30 years? Honestly, this is probably the least offensive use of it in a song.

@mictianabsterges1313

Жыл бұрын

Try being a man first

@chetthedebt2169

Жыл бұрын

@@mictianabsterges1313 - Good one.

“This was the tunes back in my day 👴🏻”

@thenotoriousf-a-t4967

Жыл бұрын

It is pretty good tho

@eminemthegoatfrnocap2032

Жыл бұрын

@@thenotoriousf-a-t4967 fr tho

I don’t think it’s offensive. It is a piece of history. History isn’t offensive, it is just what it is - history. A musical picture of another time. Censoring does never any good.

@HTJB60

2 жыл бұрын

I agree in part because I'm white. I can see why it's offensive to other's. I'm also a Brit, so American History, is just that, American History.

@willscorner8423

Жыл бұрын

@@HTJB60 doesn’t matter it’s history. And when black people call themselves their “bad n word” their hypocrites when they feel offended when other people do it or it appears in very old songs. They should take an example of the American Chinese people for example, they aren’t pussies about anything just because japanese or ya even the white California people treated them like dirt - they got the fuck over it and ya know why? Because every culture has dirt and blood on it’s hands. Just like black people who in fact alongside Arabs sold their own people into slavery and treated themselves much much worse. There aren’t innocent victims in any cultural history. The one who play the innocent victim card are hypocrites- nothing more.

@Oprey22

Жыл бұрын

People who feel history isn't offensive are usually not the people who have experienced the sharp end of it.

@alandavies55

Жыл бұрын

@@Oprey22 People who do not feel history, both good and bad, are unlikely to truly feel anything real.

@meltzerboy

Жыл бұрын

As long as you apply the same standards of freedom of choice without censorship to violent or sexually explicit imagery. Do you?

Yep, can not find a single copy of 'Song of the South'; may I borrow yours?

Thanks for posting this. I remember this song from watching Bugs Bunny, back in the 80's. I thought I knew all the lyrics. We should present history exactly as it was, without revising it(omitting the n-word, removing phrases, "cleaning" things up etc), to help show how far we've come as Americans over the generations. Unfortunately, too many people use history to dig up issues to divide us. But we need to teach children how to separate the past from the present and judge people on an individual bases (as opposed to judging strangers based on the actions of other people who look like them (who lived in the past and are no longer alive today)).

It’s a catchy tune and is very historical, but the second verse can offend many. It is interesting to learn about the real and raw lyrics.

If you don’t like the song don’t listen to it.. leave history the way it is ..

@CavinLee

Жыл бұрын

I’m fine with this song being available. But if it’s something you enjoy, you’re racist.

Idc how racist this song is it goes hard

This song is part of history like many other things - no need to hide or destroy things like this, but use it as a stepping stone for how far we have come over the years.

As I recall back in the 1950’s I sang this in music class in one of the many schools that I attended in the North! It was an abbreviated version This is the first time I’ve heard the whole lyrics!

@harpsichordkid

Жыл бұрын

Stephen Foster was a Northerner, living in Pennsylvania, New Jersey, Ohio, & New York. His only time In the South was during his honeymoon. His music, though meant to depict Southern Culture, was written for Northern audiences who were strangely repelled and attracted to an almost mythical view of the South. This juxtaposition played itself out in Foster’s life as he wrote music for minstrel shows, but also supported abolitionists. I’m sure there’s things we don’t give a second thought to today which in 200 years folks will look back on us with the same confusion. And if we could look into the future, what would seem blatantly hypocritical to us, won’t cause people of the future any guilt at all.

@ojmikey

Жыл бұрын

bro how old are you 80??

@ojmikey

Жыл бұрын

71 💀

@Soundeagle3456

2 ай бұрын

@@ojmikey ageist.

I can remember singing this in elementary school, but I’m sure they removed that second verse - at least I hope - it was the 70’s…

@fkthedemlibscum7026

Жыл бұрын

The second verse was cute... Why remove anything? You must be a Dem/Lib... LOL

@aljoschalong625

Жыл бұрын

@@fkthedemlibscum7026 I'm sorry to hear you're insane.

@fkthedemlibscum7026

Жыл бұрын

@@aljoschalong625 .... Yes, I agree the D/L's are hypocrites, that's so very true, and the D/L's are bad people too.... There are so many older, newer & current "RAP" noise songs with "THE SAME WORDS" as in the words in this fun Country/Folk song, so if the people of today can use the same words, why be sad, angry & miserable over this very old historical song???... So yes, I agree the D/L's are deplorable hypocrites, and very bad people.... and yes, that makes them the INSANE ones, not me... LOL

@Oprey22

Жыл бұрын

Yes. I'm 62 and in the gap between my primary schooldays and my son's, the well known nursery rhyme became "Catch a spider by his toe/If he squeals, let him go". About a third of my son's classmates were black or brown.

@TheBrooklynbodine

Жыл бұрын

@@Oprey22 I'm 59, and it was "Catch a TIGER by the toe."

I’m a black man (65) and all while I was growing up and old, I have sung the song and never heard the verses as sung in this video. My response? So what! I still wouldn’t know those verses if the social justice warrior who feels the need to right all wrongs of the past hadn’t posted this. There will be some that will vow never to sing this song again and that’s their choice. I’m not that thin skinned. If I should ever hear the song or sing it again, I will do so without the inclusion of the racial lyrics and just sing it as I was taught. By the way, I really detest troublemaking social justice warriors who through their efforts to expose past transgressions do so much damage to any existing peace and harmony.

@user-wi1de8mv8x

7 ай бұрын

Well said - form Old Rob in Australia.

@iisraelnascimento1686

7 ай бұрын

Brilhante resposta voce deu amigo parabens

@Guitarman7133

16 күн бұрын

YOU AND ME WERE RAISED THE RIGHT WAY.

@dannyeagle1965

7 күн бұрын

right on brother

@Tonyandfloyd

7 күн бұрын

And, I want Uncle Ben and Aunt Jemima back where they belong. Pancakes and Converted Rice hasn’t been the same since the left the building.

That Key and Peele skit wasn't lying xD

That was the vernacular of the day. Offensive to us, but not to a nineteenth century American.

@apprenticelee

2 жыл бұрын

Yes indeed. If you disregard the racisim, the song actually sounds quite sympathetic towards the poor guy.

@aljoschalong625

Жыл бұрын

Yes, sure. The 19th century black Americans were probably absolutely happy to be regarded as subhumans.

@vzxvz9929

Жыл бұрын

@@aljoschalong625 Dang dog, excellent 150 year old virtue signaling!

@Oprey22

Жыл бұрын

Not to a white nineteenth century American. And if you weren't white, who gave a shit what you thought?

@beaglaoich4418

Жыл бұрын

Well it wouldn’t offend white people and black people would’ve had bigger problems in the south than how they were labelled and hardly in a position to demand respect from these people

There are so many cookie cutter responses here, are y'all the same sock puppet account? Though I am at least partially in agreement, it's better that the original lyrics are known, lest we fall into the trap of assuming the past was ideal, the good old days were good, and that the issues of yesteryear weren't actually a big deal. We should know the lyrics and truth of the song so that we can analyze and criticize who we were before, and have it serve as a reminder to be better.

@nicholasjeremyson

Жыл бұрын

Lol

I love all the context you give to the song through the video. Acknowledging how thing were but giving context to it and not glorifying the racism in it

We tend to forget that presentism is a modern woke attitude being applied, in this case to a song written almost 200 years ago. I remember playing golf with a dark skinned guy that I had never met before. Setting the tone for the rest of the day he pushed his way to the front of the tee, and announcing he was first by simply saying "N"s up! So the question has to be asked - if blacks can use the word about blacks.........

The demand for racism exceeds the supply, so dig up the past.

@stuartestrine1234

Жыл бұрын

Racist alert.

@tabs4788

Жыл бұрын

That’s brilliant.

No one: 14 year olds in COD lobbies: 1:03

@Bewefau

5 ай бұрын

lol

@THECONTINENTALMAN

5 ай бұрын

real

I don't hear anything racist

It's like a god damn jumpscare

OMG!! I am 80 yrs old( in Nov.) this is the 1st time I ever heard these lyrics. I actually brought tears to my eyes. Thank you for posting this.

@l.salisbury1253

Жыл бұрын

Happy birthday to you... Happy birthday to you...

@Hclann1

Жыл бұрын

Why did it bring tears to your eyes

@francesrude3007

Жыл бұрын

@@Hclann1 because i sang this to my children when they were little, and the lyrics were hidden, and it's racial.

@francesrude3007

Жыл бұрын

@@Hclann1 and also it's PURPOSELY HIDDEN to DECEIVE, as I stated in another comment.

@Hclann1

Жыл бұрын

@@francesrude3007 well that’s your opinion, you may be right, but you may also be wrong and should consider that.

Black lives matter but people need to stop getting offended by a song made in the 1800's

@Gunslinger353

3 жыл бұрын

I disagree with you, I think only human lives matter. those people have too much melanin to be considered humans.

@Ar-xo2qt

3 жыл бұрын

@@Gunslinger353 Melanin doesn't define if you are human or not

@simon_eats_beans

3 жыл бұрын

@@Gunslinger353 You are a such a sad person that you have to hate on black people for just existing to make yourself feel better about your pathetic excuse of a life.

@simon_eats_beans

3 жыл бұрын

@@Ar-xo2qt I agree with you logo frontier

@devdixit2440

3 жыл бұрын

@Manifest Destiny Because humans need to care about other human lives, its what is morally right, no matter what religion, race or creed you are from. Black, white, brown, we are all human. Clearly your parents taught you neither manners, nor basic human decency. Yet you criticize the humanity of others. 'Those in glass houses, do not cast stones at others'.

Is Polly Wolly Doodle from same opera (: ? Why so many people is go to Susanna (including Celentano)?

I have a question that may be a bit stupid but I'm curious: So, in several parts of the song there are misspelled words such as "riber", and "realy" in the second verse, and in other verses not shown in the video "odder", and "ebery thing". Are these geniuane spelling mistakes made by Foster, are they intentional errors made for the context of the song, or were the words just spelled differently back then?

@player17wastaken

2 ай бұрын

They are intentional misspellings meant to mock the African-American English of the time it was writen.

As popular as this song was, I’d argue that “Beautiful Dreamer “ was his most popular.

@peggydoglover

Жыл бұрын

And also ,"I Dream Of Jeannie", which I think says more about this very sensitive man. Didn't he lose his girlfriend, wife,? and wrote beautifully about that in those two songs? I sing both songs in videos on my KZread channel as background music for two reasons. One, they're beautiful, and two, they are public domain, meaning royalty free since they're so old, and belong to us all.

@47ejecting2

Жыл бұрын

I'd argue that his two state songs ("My Old Kentucky Home" and "Old Folks at Home") are more popular than "Beautiful Dreamer," as is "Camptown Races" and "Old Black Joe." Regardless, "Oh! Susanna" is certainly one of his most recognizable tunes.

I had no idea! Thanks for bringing this to attention.

We were singing this version up until the 90's in California, We had an ancient music teacher who had a mimeograph of an original draft of the song. Mrs KIng made sure to tell us all about the antebellum south, and why these songs were important, so long as we understood the context of the music.

To translate, as best I can figure out, he seems to be talking about using the telegraph to tell someone he's coming (or else getting on a steamship named the Telegraph). He then observes or causes the electricity to go up in magnitude (sees primitive electric lights get brighter as pressure is building up in the boiler more, generating more electricity, or else he is using a primitive electric control to make the pressure higher in the steam engine). This he says killed 500 people as the steam engine boiler (bullgine) will then catastrophically burst, presumably the thing that does the killing of 500 as in other steam ship accidents. And a horse ran off and he figured he'd die. Presumably as this was for minstrel shows it was intended to be an indication he caused this as he was in a hurry to see the woman, or else the ship was incompetently run, and it was carrying 500+ black people.

My Granddad used to sing this to me as a little girl in 1960s England.

@nickmiller76

Жыл бұрын

Yeah, I can remember singing it at primary school on the Isle of Wight in the early sixties. I never realised there was a "troublesome" verse that had been excised.

Some of the people who left comments here are kinda sus.

@domenik8339

Жыл бұрын

It's weird how they seem to only be interested in protecting racist history and nothing else isn't it?

History like this shouldn’t be hidden, no matter how horrible it is. We must learn from our mistakes or else we may repeat them.

They could never make a movie like Blazing Susanna today!

oh good lord, get over yourself, it's a song based in a time period that accepted every word, black or white.

@Persun_McPersonson

3 ай бұрын

You mean it's a song from a time period where racism was socially accepted.

@deplorabledegenerate2630

3 ай бұрын

Yes.

@vanity1602

2 ай бұрын

Huuuh???

@player17wastaken

2 ай бұрын

Presenting it without the context given here would be giving undue weight to outdated and harmful ideas. And none of the song is censored. This is how it should be presented.

@Licw-Luxus

Ай бұрын

@@Persun_McPersonson This song is not racist, lol.

Thank you, been searching original lyrics of famous childrens song.

In grade school, maybe 3rd grade in music/singing class there was a small note that referenced the original lyrics. I don’t remember where it was, but I looked it up in the school library. Mid ‘70’s

Does anybody know what the second verse is based on?

The way I learned it, it had no offensive lyrics. I'm NOT offended.

@poorfesor

Жыл бұрын

We sang it in school, minus the second verse, along with Old Black Joe. Of course we also sang the National anthem and America the Beautiful and Christmas songs at Christmas time.

@Gwestytears

Жыл бұрын

It's the walmart national anthem

@CavinLee

Жыл бұрын

So you’re just okay with racism, huh?

@MrCakewalker

Жыл бұрын

It wasn't "racist" then, and it's not now. Maybe there's a RACIST under your bed. Be careful...they bite.

@CavinLee

Жыл бұрын

@@MrCakewalker IT WAS RACIST BACK THEN. THEY JUST DIDNT CARE. YOU’RE LITERALLY RACIST IF YOU DONT THINK ITS RACIST!!!

Well that escalated quickly

@LucidWanderer

2 жыл бұрын

Oh Susanna, don't you cry.

@jrexx2841

2 жыл бұрын

killed five hundred what?

@Jcaeser187

2 жыл бұрын

@@jrexx2841 reduced the crime rate by half

@RobertBrown-kw4of

2 жыл бұрын

@@Jcaeser187 💀 good dark humour

@Peter..Griffin

2 жыл бұрын

@@Jcaeser187 💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀

What exactly were the copies sold? Paper sheets with music and lyrics?

MÚSICA MUITO LINDA NÉ !!!

Rap says stuff worse than that on every line

@owihinape

Жыл бұрын

yeah but those arent sung by whites

@tooleyheadbang4239

Жыл бұрын

@@owihinape An offensive term is an offensive term, no matter who uses it.

@owihinape

Жыл бұрын

@@tooleyheadbang4239 This is where its a bit more complex. I understand what youre trynna say but the n word was reclaimed by black people, They are allowed to say it. When they say it, the original intent is “wiped away”

@tooleyheadbang4239

Жыл бұрын

@@owihinape It only becomes 'a bit more complex' if you are a racist trying to justify racism. The idea that it's OK to say 'the N-Word' if you are one, is nothing more than open, clear racism.

@owihinape

Жыл бұрын

@@tooleyheadbang4239 no it isnt bruh😭

The guy in the story/song is black He referred to himself as "darkie" So he has the n-word pass

How is this racist ?

@bobevans9996

5 ай бұрын

today everything is racist - history facts truths ...

@InfiniteDimensionalRifts

10 күн бұрын

The song uses the N-word to refer to black people, which was (and still is) considered to be a racist term. To be fair, though, it's usage in this song isn't quite as racist as usual.

"Oh, Susanna, don't you cry for me I'll dig n dig for lots of gold- V for Victory!" -Elmer Fudd c.1943

I remember Elmer Fudd and Bugs Bunny singing this song 🎶

This is how you present this stuff. Not hiding anything, but providing a lot of context.

HI , Im from Nepal. When i was child i hear this song first time in he tom and jerry . And still its my one of the best song ever. ❤❤❤

Fascinating story on this song! Thank you for sharing it with us. When we sang it in elementary school I thought it was trying to make people from the south look stupid, like my mother said they were. Nothing racial. (My mother was prejudiced against the south after being stationed there in the 1940's and observing its racism).

@adxre0

Жыл бұрын

Ur joking 💀

I would point out that it’s not that the song can be “reinterpreted” as frivolous, but that it’s original point WAS to be be frivolous. It is, quite literally, a joke, not a dick, so don’t take it so hard XD

@beaglaoich4418

Жыл бұрын

It was frivolous but that’s part of its mocking nature. It’s just benignly frivolous when you remove the verse that spoke about people getting killed. The reason it’s frivolous is because it’s a common Minstrel trope called stump speech where you say nonsensical lines such as: “The sun so hot I froze to death” “I jumped aboard the telegraph and traveled down the river” “I shut my eyes to hold my breath” It’s a mockery of black people

a lot of white old people saying stuff like "this song its ok for its time"

@headshotmaster138

Жыл бұрын

Cry about it.

@Anonymity038

Жыл бұрын

I mean It was a Okay thing in The south at this time it's not okay anymore of course

@zackkilgore528

Жыл бұрын

@@Anonymity038 Why? Because it said The N-Word once? Dude listen to modern music, even white rappers say that word way more then necessary.

@Soundeagle3456

2 ай бұрын

@@Anonymity038 read the history the southerners banned this song, the song was written by a northerner who visited the south only once. and the whole song is supposed to mock southerners for their 'stupidity' and poverty. the n word here is only used as a descriptor and holds little meaning to the song.

I'm really sorry if it sounds offensive, it's absolutely not my intencion. I'm not from north america and english isn't my first language, so I don't understand well the lyrics and what are the racists parts. Especially the events narrated in the second verse I did not understand. Neither understand which are the racists parts (besides de "n"). Could someone explain? Again, I'm sorry if I sound disrespectful.

@TheRambunctious

2 ай бұрын

The whole thing is written from the point of view of a black man and is overwhelmingly nonsensical, implying he is so stupid he tried to "close his eyes to hold his breath", or that he tried to "jump on a telegraph to travel down a river" despite the fact a telegraph travels through a small thing wire

Only 5 hundred? What a rookie number

"With Original Racist and Offensive Lyrics" Ah, just my kind of music

@Calyrekt

Жыл бұрын

gotta respect that title lol

We sang this in primary school in Scotland in the ‘50s. The full lyrics with no redactions. Likewise a song that I think was called Polly Wolly Doodle or something similar where the singer states he “jumped upon a n….. for I thought he was a hoss” I don’t think we became a nation of racists because of it, we were intelligent kids and knew the references were historic. Scotland is a very tolerant multi cultural society these days despite what the Woke Brigade would have us believe.

@env0x

Жыл бұрын

well scotland did participate in the transatlantic slave trade too so, if anyone considers your nation racists i'm pretty sure it wasn't just because of the songs

@MrPaulMorris

Жыл бұрын

@@env0x Yet many Scottish (and English, Welsh and Irish) men served in the Royal Navy--often giving their their lives--in order to suppress the West African slave trade in the 19th Century at a time when the American constitution still protected the 'peculiar institution' and African rulers were more than willing to sell their own people into bondage. Let us also not forget that for centuries before the Atlantic slave trade was established, East Africa had been similarly used to supply slaves to the Arab states, a trade that was not ended in some states until the 1960s (eg Saudi Arabia) with the Mauretania being the final country to criminalise slavery as recently as 2005! Moreover, Britons were themselves frequent targets of slavers being regularly raided by North African traders (the so called Barbary Coast pirates) up to the 19th century. Some estimates put the total number of white Europeans taken as slaves by African traders during this period at well over million. Slavery, as an institution, existed in virtually all societies, whether European, African, Asian or American (including pre-Columbian societies), and at all times. To identify one group as profiting and another as victims one needs to carefully select an historical and geographical window otherwise the results can easily be reversed--victims become oppressors and vice versa. History is rarely as black and white as some might care to paint it...

@admiralnelson5851

Жыл бұрын

Think the west is racist? Go to Liberia. You will be happier there they have the American constitution and diversity

@dominicgrandon7955

Жыл бұрын

Why the hell would you even want to be multicultural? What's wrong with your own culture?

@kalburgy2114

Жыл бұрын

In the USA we aren't multicultural. Just one culture with lots of flavors.

Is that version available on vinyl? Who is singing here?

How can we grow if we're not allowed to know? I'd find it suspicious if suddenly this becomes someone's favorite version. But it's usual information.

I have heard this beat before, never knowing the actual meaning. After learning about it it is very sad.

When I listen to the way people talk to each other today, I find it offensive that they criticize one or two words in a 175 years old song. That oh so offensive word in the 2nd verse is used as a greeting among friends as often as it is used as an insult today! No matter how much the speech regulators scream at us, some words that they find offensive, including ain’t, are NOT going away. Too many people like talking the way THEY prefer, not how SOMEONE ELSE prefers.

@marianotorrespico2975

Жыл бұрын

@@FrugalGal --- REALLY!? | Have you ever heard of Donald Trump or of the Republican Party?

@marktwain2053

Жыл бұрын

@@marianotorrespico2975 Have you ever heard of Hillary Clinton, and the Socialist Democratic Party? I don't recall ever hearing Trump say that liberals should be imprisoned, or taken out and shot (well, except for some of the criminals that want to turn the USA into the new USSR), just because they are opposed to them. Or conservatives say that Obama's, or Biden's, staff should be assaulted if they show their faces in public. The Democrats have brought us closer to World War Three than at any time since the Cuban Missile Crisis (under another Democrat), but I suppose that's Trump's fault as well, right? Since he gets the blame for everything back to the fall of the Roman Empire. Grow up, and quit believing the leftist propaganda, you might actually find a little bit of humanity in yourself.

@mundanestuff

Жыл бұрын

@@marianotorrespico2975 Donald Trump's staff was more diverse than Ruth Bader Ginsberg's and likely at least as diverse if not more so than others in the office before him. He's not known for being a racist, and wasn't known to be one before the election. Joe Biden was known to be a racist before the election and continues to be one after the election. He's an overt racist, and makes it clear regularly that he is one. The Republican party in general is not any more racist than they ever were, and the Republican party voted for the voting rights act, the desegregation acts and other civil rights acts in more numbers than the Democrats did. The Democrats today assume minorities are dumb, incapable half-wits who can't figure out how to get an ID, let alone which candidate has their best interests at heart.

@marianotorrespico2975

Жыл бұрын

@tecumseh g -- THE VOLCANO ERUPTED and THEY DID NOT SEE IT. | Correct, but Trump's glorious gutting and destruction and voiding of white supremacy has left the Herrenvolk adrift, without a squad leader.

@ayodejiolowokere1076

Жыл бұрын

Don't you see irony in telling people what to be critical of?

Hey there, son. Stephen Foster was America's first great songwriter. By performing "Oh! Susanna," you are -- in a musical sense -- cashing in on his talent. It does not reflect well on you that you then turn around and indulge in moral exhibitionism by proclaiming one of his verses to be "racist and offensive." I would have no problem with it if you simply didn't perform that verse. That's what almost all players do today. (So would I.) But to deliberately include the offensive words and then put a curse on them (and by extension, Stephen Foster) is just virtue signaling.

“Those who do not learn history are doomed to repeat it.” George Santayana