{"id":1158,"date":"2018-12-19T21:20:00","date_gmt":"2018-12-19T21:20:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/?page_id=1158"},"modified":"2023-05-26T19:02:20","modified_gmt":"2023-05-26T19:02:20","slug":"my-old-kentucky-home","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/my-old-kentucky-home\/","title":{"rendered":"My Old Kentucky Home"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">[Disclaimer: the racial terms and images in this song do not represent the attitude of sheet music singer. They are from the time when slavery was practiced in the United States. This recording is presented in original form as a part of musical history.]<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">a 1853 popular song<br>words and music by Stephen C. Foster<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">This song was inspired by a visit to extended family in Bardstown, Kentucky. They had slaves and slave children there. Minstrel songs like this, and the book Uncle Tom&#8217;s Cabin, presented a slave&#8217;s viewpoint. This put a human face on slavery which made the condition of slavery real for many who did not live in a slave state. It probably had the effect of increasing sympathy for the slave, leading to emancipation ten years later. It is the official song of the state of Kentucky.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The sheet music:\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div data-wp-interactive=\"core\/file\" class=\"wp-block-file\"><object data-wp-bind--hidden=\"!state.hasPdfPreview\" hidden class=\"wp-block-file__embed\" data=\"https:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/My-Old-Kentucky-Home-SHEET-MUSIC.pdf\" type=\"application\/pdf\" style=\"width:100%;height:600px\" aria-label=\"Embed of My Old Kentucky Home - SHEET MUSIC.\"><\/object><a id=\"wp-block-file--media-8bc6dc69-871a-4cc2-b6eb-7dfa8afd62f8\" href=\"https:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/My-Old-Kentucky-Home-SHEET-MUSIC.pdf\">My Old Kentucky Home &#8211; SHEET MUSIC<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/My-Old-Kentucky-Home-SHEET-MUSIC.pdf\" class=\"wp-block-file__button wp-element-button\" download aria-describedby=\"wp-block-file--media-8bc6dc69-871a-4cc2-b6eb-7dfa8afd62f8\">Download<\/a><\/div>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Accompaniment:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-file\"><a id=\"wp-block-file--media-16cea4fb-af20-4610-a967-2e528323100b\" href=\"https:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/My-Old-Kentucky-Home-MIDI.mid\">My Old Kentucky Home &#8211; MIDI<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/My-Old-Kentucky-Home-MIDI.mid\" class=\"wp-block-file__button wp-element-button\" download aria-describedby=\"wp-block-file--media-16cea4fb-af20-4610-a967-2e528323100b\">Download<\/a><\/div>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Lyrics<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">1. The sun shines bright in the old Kentucky home<br>\u2019Tis summer, the darkies are gay<br>The corn top\u2019s ripe and the meadow\u2019s in the bloom<br>While the birds make music all the day<br>The young folks roll on the little cabin floor<br>All merry, all happy, and bright<br>By\u2019n by Hard Times comes a knocking at the door<br>Then my old Kentucky Home, good night!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Chorus<br>Weep no more, my lady<br>Oh! weep no more today!<br>We will sing one song<br>For the old Kentucky Home<br>For the old Kentucky Home, far away<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">2. They hunt no more for the possum and the coon<br>On the meadow, the hill and the shore<br>They sing no more by the glimmer of the moon<br>On the bench by the old cabin door<br>The day goes by like a shadow o\u2019er the heart<br>With sorrow where all was delight<br>The time has come when the darkies have to part<br>Then my old Kentucky Home, good night!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">3. The head must bow and the back will have to bend<br>Wherever the darkey may go<br>A few more days, and the trouble all will end<br>In the field where the sugar-canes grow<br>A few more days for to tote the weary load<br>No matter \u2019twill never be light<br>A few more days till we totter on the road<br>Then my old Kentucky Home, good night!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;-<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Sung here by Fred Feild:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"youtube-player\" width=\"840\" height=\"473\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/4MN-vnRg_-0?version=3&#038;rel=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;showinfo=1&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;fs=1&#038;hl=en-US&#038;autohide=2&#038;wmode=transparent\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" style=\"border:0;\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox\"><\/iframe><\/span>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[Disclaimer: the racial terms and images in this song do not represent the attitude of sheet music singer. They are from the time when slavery was practiced in the United States. This recording is presented in original form as a part of musical history.] a 1853 popular songwords and music by Stephen C. 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