My Old Kentucky Home [43]

Stephen Foster

Melody: mi-mi-mi\do

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The s	un shines bright on my	old Kentucky h	ome

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Tis s	ummer, the p	eople are g	ay

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The c	orn top’s ripe and the m	eadow’s in bl	oom

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While the b	irds make m	usic all the d	ay

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The y	oung folks roll on the l	ittle cabin fl	oor

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All m	erry, all h	appy and br	ight

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By ’n b	y hard times come a-kn	ocking at the d	oor

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Then my	old Kentucky h	ome good n	ight

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W	eep no m	ore, my l	ady, Oh, w	eep no more, tod	ay

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We will s	ing one song for the	old Kentucky h	ome

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For the	old Kentucky h	ome far aw	ay

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They h	unt no more for the ‘p	ossum and the c	oon

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On m	eadow, the h	ill and the sh	ore

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They s	ing no more by the gl	immer of the m	oon

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On the b	ench by that	old cabin d	oor

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The d	ay goes by like a sh	adow o’er the h	eart

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With s	orrow where	all was del	ight

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The t	ime has come when the p	eople have to p	art

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Then my	old Kentucky h	ome, good n	ight

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W	eep no m	ore, my l	ady, Oh, w	eep no more, tod	ay

	D	G	D
We will s	ing one song for the	old Kentucky h	ome

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For the	old Kentucky h	ome far aw	ay

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The h	ead must bow and the b	ack will have to b	end

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Wher	ever the p	oor folks may g	o

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A f	ew more days and the tr	ouble will	end

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In the f	ield where s	ugar-canes may gr	ow

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A f	ew more days for to t	ote the weary l	oad

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No m	atter, ’twill n	ever be l	ight

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A f	ew more days till we t	otter on the r	oad

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Then my	old Kentucky h	ome, good n	ight

	D	G	D	G	D
W	eep no m	ore, my l	ady, Oh, w	eep no more, tod	ay

	D	G	D
We will s	ing one song for the	old Kentucky h	ome

	D	A7	D
For the	old Kentucky h	ome far aw	ay