Oh Susanna
Gold Rush anthem
"Oh!
Susanna" is a folk song written by Stephen Foster in 1848, among the most recognizable American songs ever composed.
Its bouncy melody and nonsense lyrics about traveling to Louisiana made it an anthem of the California Gold Rush, sung by prospectors heading west.
The song remains a staple of American folk music, often taught to children learning banjo or guitar.
- banjoFretted drum-stringed instrument
- folk songTraditional community music
- folk musicCommunity-born acoustic songs
- AppalachiaEastern U.S. mountain region
- minstrelTraveling performer of songs
Alabama · cotton fields · campfire · campfire song · sing-along · knee · dream · plantation · riverboat · American · frontier · westward expansion · fiddle · hoedown · square dance · covered wagon · wagon · gold rush
- Cowboy SongsRed River Valley, El Paso, cowboy songs
- Famous SongsJingle Bells, Silent Night, Amazing Grace, Auld Lang Syne, Ode to Joy
- Campfire SongsKumbaya, Tarzan
Oh SusannaAmazing Grace
Hymn about divine mercy
hymn · sacred music · Ave Maria · church music · gospel song
Oh SusannaGo Down Moses
African American spiritual hymn
Taps · Strange Fruit · dirge · lament · requiem