Songs That Live 



1505 



A SONG OF HOME MEMORIES BY AMERICA'S BEST-KNOWN 



"OLD SONG" WRITER 



Stephen C. Foster 



MY OLD KENTUCKY HOME 



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2. They hunt no more for 



3. The head must bow and 



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 the pos - suin and the coon, 

 the back will have to bend, 



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'Tis sum-tner, 

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gat; The corn-top's ripe and the meadow's in the bloom, While the birds make mu-eic all the 

 shore; They sing no more by the glinimcr of the moon. On the bench by the old cab-ia 

 go; A few more days, and the troub-lc all, will end. In the field where the su- gar- canes 



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day. The young folks roll on the lit - tie cab -in floor, Allmer-ry, all hap-py and bright; 

 door 'J'he day goes by like a shad-ow o'er the heart. With sor-row where all was de-light; 

 grow, A few more days for to tote the wea - ry load, — No mat-ter, 'twill nev - er be light; 



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By'm-by hard times comes a-knocking at the door. Then my old Ken-tuck-y home, good-night I 



The time has come when the darkies have to part. Then my old Ken-tuck-y home, good-night I 



A few more days till we lot-ter on the road, Then my old Ken-tuck-y home, good-night! 



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