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MY OLD KENTUCKY HOME
STEPHEN O. FOSTER
Slowly
NEDONNE
1. The sun shines bright in the old Ken-tuck-y home, 'Tis sum-mer, the dark-ies are gay; The corn-top's ripe and the mead-ow's in the bloom,While the
young folks roll on the little cab-in floor, All mer-ry, all happy and bright; By'n by hard times comes a-knock-ing at the door, Then my
2. They hunt no more for the pos-sum and the coon, On the mead-ow the hill and the shore; They sing no more by the glim-mer of the moon, On the
day goes by like a shad-ow o'er the heart, With sor-row where all was de-light. The time has come when the dark-ies have to part,Then my
3. The head must bow and the back will have to bend, Wher-ever the darkey may go; A few more days, and the trou-ble all will end, In the
few more days for to tote the wea-ry load, No mat-ter, 'twill never be light; A few more days till we tot-ter on the road, Then my
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FINI
REFRAIN
THOU
old Ken-tuck y home, good night!
1. birds make mu-sic all
2. bench by the old
the day;
in door,
grow
cab
3. field where the su-garcanes
lady,
old Ken-tuck-y home, good night! 1-3. Weep no more, my
old Ken-tuck-y home, good night!
Sibel &.&
day!
weep no more to
old Ken-tuckay home, far away.
We will sing one song for the old Ken-tuck-y home, For the
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