Lyr/Chords Req: My Old Kentucky Home (S Foster)

04 Feb 02 - 11:10 PM (#642659)
Subject: My old Kentucky home
From: Charcloth

Hey folks I need the words & such for the Steven Foster song " My old Ky. Home" I could also use an audio version of the song. I gotta do this one for Derby Day at a retirement center. Thanks Charcloth

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04 Feb 02 - 11:24 PM (#642670)
Subject: RE: Lyr/Chords Req: My old Kentucky home
From: catspaw49

It's in the DT of course and we've had discussions about the "darkies are gay" versus the more PC language.

You can also get the "Official" version with a MIDI HERE

Spaw

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04 Feb 02 - 11:53 PM (#642695)
Subject: Lyr/Chords Add: MY OLD KENTUCKY HOME^^^
From: GUEST,Andrew

For what it's worth, here are my chords:

My Old Kentucky Home

  
  
In A­1:   
    The sun shines bright in the old Kentucky home  
    'Tis summer, the darkies are gay,  
    The corn top's ripe and the meadow's in the bloom  
    While the birds make music all the day.  
    The young folks roll on the little cabin floor  
    All merry and happy and bright.  
    By 'n by hard times comes a-knocking at the door,  
    Then my old Kentucky home, good night.   
A A7 D A/ AE B7 E E7/ A A7 D A/ A E7 A -  
A A7 D A/ AE B7 E E7/ A A7 D A/ AD E A -  
  
Chorus:  
    Weep no more, my lady,  
    Oh weep no more today.  
    We will sing one song for the old Kentucky home,  
    For the old Kentucky home far away.   
A D A C#7/ D - A - (Dm)/ A A7 D A/ AD E A -  
  
2. They hunt no more for the 'possum and the coon  
    On meadow, the hill and the shore.  
    They sing no more by the glimmer of the moon  
    On the bench by that old cabin door.  
    The day goes by like a shadow o'er the heart  
    With sorrow where all was delight.  
    The time has come when the darkies have to part  
    Then my old Kentucky home, good night.  
Chorus:   
  
3. The head must bow and the back will have to bend  
    Wherever the darky may go.  
    A few more days and the trouble all will end  
    In the field where sugar-canes may grow.  
    A few more days for to tote the weary load.  
    No matter, 'twill never be light.  
    A few more days till we totter on the road,  
    Then my old Kentucky home, good night.  
Chorus: 

Line Breaks <br> added.
-Joe Offer-

^^^

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05 Feb 02 - 12:01 AM (#642701)
Subject: RE: Lyr/Chords Req: My old Kentucky home
From: Dicho (Frank Staplin)

A well-set-up website for Stephen Foster songs:
Foster
A lot of other material there as well.

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05 Feb 02 - 12:09 AM (#642708)
Subject: RE: Lyr/Chords Req: My old Kentucky home
From: GUEST,Andrew

Wow, didn't know all the formatting would be lost when I pasted it in. Guess that's just worthless garble. Sorry.

Andrew

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05 Feb 02 - 02:50 AM (#642762)
Subject: RE: Lyr/Chords Req: My old Kentucky home
From: masato sakurai

For some of the Foster song sites, see the links I posted HERE. Levy has the greatest sheet music collection of Foster available ("My Old Kentucky Home" is HERE).

~Masato

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05 Feb 02 - 07:35 AM (#642857)
Subject: RE: Lyr/Chords Req: My old Kentucky home
From: masato sakurai

Five recordings (1901 etc.) by Harry Macdonough (1871-1931) are HERE.
~Masato

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05 Feb 02 - 07:49 AM (#642869)
Subject: RE: Lyr/Chords Req: My old Kentucky home
From: RangerSteve

If you're worried about the "Darkies" part, I heard Garrison Keillor sing it as "Tis summer, the clouds roll away".

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05 Feb 02 - 08:39 AM (#642896)
Subject: RE: Lyr/Chords Req: My old Kentucky home
From: Charcloth

Thanks every one. I tried to find it in the data base but must have looked in the wrong places. Thanks again, Charcloth

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13 Oct 13 - 04:31 PM (#3566617)
Subject: RE: Lyr/Chords Req: My Old Kentucky Home (S Foster)
From: Q (Frank Staplin)

The DT has the title as "Old Kentucky Home;" it should be "My Old Kentucky Home, Good Night."
The entry is sloppy. Verses two and three are run together, and lines of these stanzas also are run together.

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