Samuel Woodworth the Poet

Samuel Woodworth: Poet and Author
Music in background is "The Old Oaken Bucket", sung by
the 1908 "Knickerbocker Quartet". If not playing in the background, click here to hear.

*Links to other Samuel sites:* *Ancestry of Samuel Woodworth*
The Life of Samuel Woodworth	1. Walter 2. Joseph 3. Benjamin 4. Benjamin 5. Benjamin 6. Samuel (the poet) Woodworth b Scituate, MA., 13 Jan1784; d New York City, NY, 9 Dec 1842.
Samuel Woodworth per Wikipedia
1937 News Article -- San Francisco Chronicle
Old Oaken Bucket -- Words & Music
Old Oaken Bucket music sheet
Indiana/Purdue Football trophy -- the Old Oaken Bucket
The Poems, Odes, Songs, and Other Metrical Effusions of Samuel Woodworth, Pub. 1818
Melodies, Songs, and Ballads by S. Woodworth
The Haydn Quartet sings "THE OLD OAKEN BUCKET" as played on an antique cylinder player
Bing Crosby sings the "OLD OAKEN BUCKET" in 1941


Samuel T. Woodworth 13 Jan 1784 - 9 Dec 1842 Descended from Walter (born about 1612) Woodworth 1, Joseph 2, Benjamin 3,4,5, and Samuel (above) 6	The well and old oaken bucket. Changes from the past include rock around the well in place of wood painted white, and the bucket has been cemented in place due to frequent theft. (The counterbalanced pole arrangement is a "wellsweep", or "sweep".)

Above: Samuel's "Old Oaken Bucket" on right

Above: Same home, different view

The house is 1/2 block from "Woodworth Lane", at the base of "Walter Woodworth Hill", and roughly two or three miles from where our Walter first lived.

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