My old Kentucky home (Listen to midi)

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1. The sun shines bright in the old Kentucky home,

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'tis summer, the darkies are gay.

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The corn top's ripe and the meadow's in the bloom

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while the birds make music all the day.

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The young folks roll on the little cabin floor,

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all merry, all happy and bright.

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By'n by Hard Times comes a knocking at the door,

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then my old Kentucky Home, good night!

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Weep no more, my lady, oh! weep no more to-day!

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We will sing one song for the old Kentucky Home,

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for the old Kentucky Home, far away.

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2. They hunt no more for the possum and the coon,

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on the meadow, the hill and the shore,

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they sing no more by the glimmer of the moon,

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on the bench by the old cabin door.

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The day goes by like a shadow o'er the heart,

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with sorrow where all was delight :

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The time has come when the darkies have to part,

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then my old Kentucky Home, good-night!

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Weep no more, my lady, oh! weep no more to-day!

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We will sing one song for the old Kentucky Home,

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for the old Kentucky Home, far away.

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3. The head must bow and the back will have to bend,

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wherever the darkey may go:

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A few more days, and the trouble all will end,

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in the field where the sugar-canes grow.

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A few more days for to tote the weary load,

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no matter 'twill never be light,

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a few more days till we totter on the road,

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then my old Kentucky Home, good-night!

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Weep no more, my lady, oh! weep no more to-day!

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We will sing one song for the old Kentucky Home,

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for the old Kentucky Home, far away.

(Stephen C. Foster)