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12 Sep 13 - 12:36 PM (#3558423) Subject: Lyr Add: DOWN AMONG THE CANE-BRAKES (S Foster) From: Q (Frank Staplin) Separate thread for song unrelated to Nancy Till and its versions posted in thread 1995. Down in the Cane Brakes Lyr. Add: DOWN AMONG THE CANE-BRAKES Stephen Collins Foster, 1860 1 Once I could laugh and play, When in life's early day, Then I was far away Down among the cane-brakes. Chorus- Down among the cane-brakes on the Mississippi shore Oh! those happy days, those happy days are o'er! Oh! those happy days will come back no more! 2 Yes I was free from care; All was bright summer there; Dark days to me were fair Down among the cane-brakes. 3 There lived my mother dear (Gone from this world I fear) There rang our voices clear Down among the cane-brakes. 4 There lived a lovely one, Who like the rest has gone, She might have been my own Down among the cane-brakes. 5 Long years have glided by Since then I breathed each sigh, May I return to die Down among the cane-brakes. http://www.stephen-foster-songs.de/foster007.htm With midi. |