Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, ed. Poems of Places: An Anthology in 31 Volumes.
America: Vols. XXV–XXIX. 1876–79. | | | | Southern States: Suwanee, the River, Fla. | | Old Folks at Home | | Stephen C. Foster (1826–1864) |
| | | WAY down upon de Swanee ribber, | |
| Far, far away, | |
| Dere ’s whar my heart is turning ebber, | |
| Dere ’s whar de old folks stay. | |
| All up and down de whole creation, | 5 |
| Sadly I roam, | |
| Still longing for de old plantation, | |
| And for de old folks at home. | |
| All de world am sad and dreary, | |
| Ebry whar I roam, | 10 |
| Oh, darkeys! how my heart grows weary, | |
| Far from de old folks at home. | |
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| All round de little farm I wandered, | |
| When I was young, | |
| Den many happy days I squandered, | 15 |
| 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. | 20 |
| All de world, etc. | |
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| One little hut among de bushes, | |
| One dat I love, | |
| Still sadly to my mem’ry rushes, | |
| No matter where I rove. | 25 |
| 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? | |
| All de world, etc. | 30 | | | |
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