Correction to last line given by REX:
"But there, up there, 'tis heart to heart." 'Up there' italicized in sheet music.
The DT is correct but authors not credited Also pointed out by Masato in thread 14713.
Lyrics- Rev. H. D. L. Webster. Music, J. P. Webster. Sheet music 1857.

Not to be confused with the song "Lorene," found in Texas along with Lorena; another song of parting. (First line, "The bright light was shining in heaven."
Not to be confused with the slavery song of parting, "Lorena."

Lyr. Add: LORENA 2 (Slavery)

It was down upon the old plantation
Where in youth ole master owned me as a slave
There lived a colored girl, called Lorena
An' we courted where the wild bananas wave
O, the moon shown o'er my Lorena
As we sat an' watched the possum playing in the corn
An' the moon shown o'er the wild bananas
An' the ole owl hooted like a horn.

Chorus:
O Lorena, dear Lorena,
Won't you come, come, come again to me.
O Lorena, dear Lorena,
Won't you come, come, come again to me.

For four long years we had courted
An' had joined ourselves together both as one.
By hard labor, ole master, we supported
An' our happiness in life had just begun.
Till one day, ole master sold my Lorena
An' I thought this darkies heart would surely break
For he sold her 'way down to ole Virginia
An' left me to mourn for her sake.

For two long years, we were parted
But the thought of her was ever in my heart
Till one day ole massa read me a letter
Telling me my Lorena was dead
Then I knew that her spirit gone on to heaven
An' she never more would know this darkies pain.
There's a bright and starry crown for her awaiting
An' she never more shall wear a slavers chain.

Sung in Real Audio in the Max Hunter Collection by Mrs. George Ripley, Milford, MO, 1959.
A peculiar song. Echoes of other songs can be picked out. Relationship to the published Lorena of 1857?
Lorena
MFH #374.