Old Folks at Home

SCR Old Folks at Home STEPHEN COLLINS POSTER Way down up-on de Swan-ee Riv-er, Far, far away Dere's wha' my heart am turn-ing ev-er, Dere's wha de old folks stay. STEPHEN COLLINS FOSTER COMPOSER BORN JULY 4, 1826 AT PITTSBURGH-EDUCATED AT ATHENS ACADEMY AND JEFFERSON COLLEGE HE WROTE HIS FIRST PUBLISHED SONG AT 16. BECAUSE OF HIS LACK OF CONFIDENCE, MANY OF HIS SONGS WERE PUBLISHED WITHOUT HIS NAME REMUNERATION FOR HIS SONGS WAS PITIFUL AND HIS LATER YEARS WERE SPENT IN POV ERTY HE COMPOSED OVER 125 SONGS HE DIED JAN. 13,1864 CSTEPHEN ANDERSON 18 MAY 3 9-AM 1940 KY. IRST STEPHEN COLLINS FOSTER 19 STEPHEN COLLINS FOSTER сада ССС N.Y. 19 Donald James 3595 Bainbridge Ave Bronx 19 STEPHEN COLLINS FOSTER STEPHEN COLLINS FOSTER *****