LIBRARY 
 
 UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA 
 DAVIS 
 
CHRISTINE NILSSON 
 
 AS SHE APPEARED WHEN SINGING "THE SWANEE RIVER.' 
 
OLD FOLKS AT HOME 
 
 WAY DOWN UPON DE SWANEE RlBBER " 
 
 OTritten antj 
 BY 
 
 STEPHEN COLLINS FOSTER 
 ILLUSTRATED 
 
 BOSTON 
 
 TICKNOR AND COMPANY 
 
 211 arremont Street 
 
 1889 
 
 OF CALIFORNIA 
 DAVIS 
 
Copyright, 
 
 1851, BY FIRTH, POND, & Co.; 
 1879, BY MRS. S. C. FOSTER AND MRS. MARION FOSTER WELCH; 
 
 1887, BY TlCKNOR AND COMPANY. 
 
 All rights reserved. 
 
 Used by permission of OLIVER DITSON & Co., owners of the Copyright. 
 
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 JOHN WILSON AND SON, CAMBRIDGE. 
 
BY CHARLES COPELAND. 
 
 Drawn, engraved, and printed under the supervision of 
 A. V. S. ANTHONY. 
 
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OLD FOLKS AT HOME. 
 
 WAY down upon de Swanee ribber, 
 Far, far away, 
 Dere 's wha my heart is turning ebber, 
 
 Dere's wha de old folks stay. 
 All up and down de whole creation 
 
 Sadly I roam, 
 
 Still longing for de old plantation, 
 And for de old folks at home. 
 
 CHORUS. 
 
 All de world am sad and dreary, 
 
 Ebry where I roam ; 
 Oh, darkeys, how my heart grows weary, 
 
 Far from de old folks at home! 
 
 All round de little farm I wander'd 
 
 When I was young ; 
 Den many happy days I squander'd, 
 
 Many de songs I sung. 
 When I was playing wid my brudder, 
 
 Happy was I ; 
 Oh, take me to my kind old mudder ! 
 
 Dere let me live and die. CHORUS- 
 
 One little hut among de bushes, 
 
 One dat I love, 
 Still sadly to my mem'ry rushes, 
 
 No matter where I rove. 
 When will I see de bees a-humming 
 
 All round de comb ? 
 When will I hear de banjo tumming, 
 
 Down in my good old home ? CHORUS. 
 
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 and drea^ -S"^ Eb - ry where I roam 
 
 grows wea - ry, Far from de old folks at home. 
 
 , 1851, by FIRTH, POND, & Co. ; 1879, by Mrs. S. C. FOSTER and Mrs. MARION FOSTER WELCH ; 
 1887, by TICKNOR AND COMPANY. All rights reserved. 
 
 
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