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 OLD FOLKS AT HOME 
 
 WAY DOWN UPON DE SWANEE RIBBER" 
 
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 BY 
 
 STEPHEN COLLINS FOSTER 
 ILLUSTRATED 
 
 BOSTON 
 
 TICKNOR AND COMPANY 
 
 211 Fremont Street 
 
 1889
 
 Copyright, 
 
 1851, 11Y FlRTII, I OND, & CO.; 
 
 1879, IIY MRS. S. C. FOSTER AND MKS. MARION FOSTER WELCH; 
 
 1887, BY TlCKNOR AND Co.Ml ANY. 
 
 All rights reserved. 
 
 Used by permission of OLIVER DITSON & Co., owners of the Copyright. 
 
 (Hntocrsttj) }3rrss: 
 
 JOHN WILSON AND SON, CAMBRIDGE.
 
 ^lustrations 
 
 BY CHARLES COPELAND. 
 
 Drawn, engraved, and printed under the supervision of 
 A. V. S. ANTHONY.
 
 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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 COPYRIGHT, 1851, by FIRTH, POND, & Co.; 1879, by Mrs. s. C. FOSTER and Mrs. MARION FOSTER WELCH 
 1887, by TlCKNOR AND COMPANY. yY// rights reserved.
 
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