Samuel Woodworth's most famous song, "The Bucket," is now known as "The Old Oaken Bucket," and was published in the New York Republican Chronicle on 3 June 1818. The song illustrates memories the poet has of his childhood, his father's "plantation," and the pleasures of rural life. It was reprinted many times in the nineteenth century, frequently anthologized, and remained popular for more than one hundred years. Samuel Kettell, in his Specimens of American Poetry (1829), called the song "a very happy performance, natural in thought and expression. Woodworth created the song out of his memories. Woodworth's song "The Hunters of Kentucky," originally called "New Orleans," was great for decades and was still sung by folk-song enthusiasts well into the twentieth century. "Noah Ludlow, a traveling player, received a copy of the song in 1821 and performed it, in his words, to "tremendous applause" and a standing ovation: "I had to sing the song three times that night before they would let me off."" It seems as though this was just a mear Folk song that he wrote maybe while in kentucky. http://go.galegroup.com/ps/retrieve.do?sgHitCountType=None&sort=RELEVANCE&inPS=true&prodId=LitRC&userGroupName=down54663&tabID=T001&searchId=R3&resultListType=RESULT_LIST&contentSegment=&searchType=AdvancedSearchForm¤tPosition=1&contentSet=GALE%7CH1200010528&&docId=GALE|H1200010528&docType=GALE#thehuntersofkentucky this site will give you all you need to know about his songs and what was going through his mind.
Samuel Woodworth’s works were mostly songs. He did not write a lot of poems but he edited a lot of works for different magazines. In his song “ The Bucket” now called “The Old Oaken Bucket” it portrays the memories of his childhood, like Tal stated already. He explains the different things he saw on his father plantations. It seems like one of the most vivid memories he had of the plantation was the bucket that hung over the well. For me, I don’t really see any type of romanticism writing in the piece. His other song, that was not as popular as “The Old Oaken Bucket”, was “The Hunter’s of Kentucky”. It is suppose to praise the leadership of Andrew Jackson with his victory in the War of 1812. Throughout all the pieces I have read from Samuel Woodworth, I see no resemblance to any other Romanticism author.
"The Old Oaken Bucket", by Samuel Woodworth, is a song that he wrote about some of his childhood memories. The old oaken bucket, is a bucket from the well on his fathers plantation. Samuel Woodworth is mostly known for this piece of his work. "The Old Oaken Bucket" was earlier first know as simply, "The Bucket". It was published in 1818. Like Laila, i do not see any form of romanticism in this piece of literature.
Samuel Woodworth's other song, "The Hunters of Kentucky", which was originally know as "New Orleans", is not as famous as "The Old Oaken Bucket". However it is still sung by people today. It is said that it congratulates Andrew Jackson's leadership during the war of 1812.
As i said i do not see any form of romanticism in either of Samuel Woodworth's pieces of literature.
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Samuel Woodworth's most famous song, "The Bucket," is now known as "The Old Oaken Bucket," and was published in the New York Republican Chronicle on 3 June 1818. The song illustrates memories the poet has of his childhood, his father's "plantation," and the pleasures of rural life. It was reprinted many times in the nineteenth century, frequently anthologized, and remained popular for more than one hundred years. Samuel Kettell, in his Specimens of American Poetry (1829), called the song "a very happy performance, natural in thought and expression. Woodworth created the song out of his memories.
Woodworth's song "The Hunters of Kentucky," originally called "New Orleans," was great for decades and was still sung by folk-song enthusiasts well into the twentieth century. "Noah Ludlow, a traveling player, received a copy of the song in 1821 and performed it, in his words, to "tremendous applause" and a standing ovation: "I had to sing the song three times that night before they would let me off."" It seems as though this was just a mear Folk song that he wrote maybe while in kentucky.
http://go.galegroup.com/ps/retrieve.do?sgHitCountType=None&sort=RELEVANCE&inPS=true&prodId=LitRC&userGroupName=down54663&tabID=T001&searchId=R3&resultListType=RESULT_LIST&contentSegment=&searchType=AdvancedSearchForm¤tPosition=1&contentSet=GALE%7CH1200010528&&docId=GALE|H1200010528&docType=GALE#thehuntersofkentucky
this site will give you all you need to know about his songs and what was going through his mind.
Samuel Woodworth’s works were mostly songs. He did not write a lot of poems but he edited a lot of works for different magazines.
In his song “ The Bucket” now called “The Old Oaken Bucket” it portrays the memories of his childhood, like Tal stated already. He explains the different things he saw on his father plantations.
It seems like one of the most vivid memories he had of the plantation was the bucket that hung over the well.
For me, I don’t really see any type of romanticism writing in the piece.
His other song, that was not as popular as “The Old Oaken Bucket”, was “The Hunter’s of Kentucky”. It is suppose to praise the leadership of Andrew Jackson with his victory in the War of 1812.
Throughout all the pieces I have read from Samuel Woodworth, I see no resemblance to any other Romanticism author.
"The Old Oaken Bucket", by Samuel Woodworth, is a song that he wrote about some of his childhood memories. The old oaken bucket, is a bucket from the well on his fathers plantation. Samuel Woodworth is mostly known for this piece of his work. "The Old Oaken Bucket" was earlier first know as simply, "The Bucket". It was published in 1818. Like Laila, i do not see any form of romanticism in this piece of literature.
Samuel Woodworth's other song, "The Hunters of Kentucky", which was originally know as "New Orleans", is not as famous as "The Old Oaken Bucket". However it is still sung by people today. It is said that it congratulates Andrew Jackson's leadership during the war of 1812.
As i said i do not see any form of romanticism in either of Samuel Woodworth's pieces of literature.
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