19 June 2007
Old Folks at Home
The state song, Old Folks at Home, by Stephen Foster, has some words in it's lyrics which in todays context, are, to most people, racist.
This is a slightly redacted version of the song with the offensive line changed. The performers are Tallahassee treasure Doug Gauss and Blountstown fiddle hero, Wayne Martin. The signer is Diane Desloge from the FSDB in St. Augustine. The clip is from the 50th annual Florida Folk Festival on the banks of the Suwannee River in White Springs.
