You may have heard the old traditional American songs Oh! Susanna, Camptown Races and My Old Kentucky Home.

你可能听过古老的美国传统歌曲《哦！苏珊娜》、《坎普顿赛跑》和《我的肯塔基故乡》。

Stephen Foster began writing songs when he was fourteen. In eighteen forty-seven, he wrote his first successful song, Oh! Susanna.

斯蒂芬·福斯特14岁时开始写歌。在1847年，他写了他的第一首成功的歌曲，《哦！苏珊娜》。

" Oh, Susanna, don't you cry for me, " the fiddle wailed, and Pa began to sing.

“哦，苏珊娜，你不要为我哭泣，”小提琴哀鸣着，爸爸开始唱歌。