Stephen Collins Foster Poems

The morn of life is past,
And ev'ning comes at last;
It brings me a dream of a once happy day,
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1 I came from Alabama
2 wid my ban jo on my knee,
3 I'm g'wan to Louisiana,
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De time is nebber dreary if de darkey nebber groans;
De ladies nebber weary wid de rattle of de bones:
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De
Glendy Burk
is mighty fast boat,
Wid a mighty fast captain too;
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1 Gone are the days when my heart was young and gay,
2 Gone are my friends from the cotton fields away,
3 Gone from the earth to a better land I know,
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Thou wilt come no more, gentle Annie,
Like a flower thy spirit did depart;
Thou art gone, alas! like the many
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ROUND de meadows am a-ringing
De darkeys' mournful song,
While de mocking-bird am singing,
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1 Way down upon de Swanee ribber,
2 Far, far away,
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1 The sun shines bright in the old Kentucky home,
2 'Tis summer, the darkies are gay,
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My wife is a most knowing woman,
She always is finding me out,
She never will hear explanations
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