====== #121 - Old Folks at Home ======
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  *Composer:
    *++Stephen Collins Foster|{{search>"Stephen Collins Foster" @cobs}}++ (1826-1864), 1851
  *Also known as:
    *Swanee River
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  *++Lyrics:|\\
Way down upon the Swanee River, far, far away\\
That's where my heart is turning ever\\
That's where the old folks stay\\
All up and down the whole creation, sadly I roam\\
Still longing for the old plantation\\
And for the old folks at home\\
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All the world is sad and dreary everywhere I roam\\
Oh d---ies, how my heart grows weary\\
Far from the old folks at home\\
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All 'round the little farm I wandered, when I was young\\
Then many happy days I squandered, many the songs I sung\\
When I was playing with my brother, happy was I\\
Oh, take me to my kind old mother, there let me live and die\\
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One little hut among the bushes, one that I love\\
Still sadly to my mem'ry rushes, no matter where I rove\\
When shall I see the bees a humming, all 'round the comb\\
When shall I hear the banjo strumming, down by my good old home\\
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A copy of the original 1851 sheet music for the song, with\\
essentially identical lyrics in dialect, is held in the United\\
States Library of Congress and may be viewed online at loc.gov\\
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    *++Stephen Collins Foster|{{search>"Stephen Collins Foster" @cobs}}++ (1826-1864), 1851