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Old Folks at Home (Swanee River)

from The Father of American Music by Stolie

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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 down de whole creation
Sadly I roam
Still longing for de old plantation
And for de old folks at home

All de world am sad and dreary
Eb'ry where I roam
Oh! darkeys how my heart grows weary
Far from de old folks at home

All round de little farm I wandered
When I was young
Dem many happy days I squandered
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

All de world am sad and dreary
Eb'ry where I roam
Oh! darkeys how my heart grows weary
Far from de old folks at home

One little hut among de bushes
One dat I love
Still sadly to my mem'bry 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?

All de world am sad and dreary
Eb'ry where I roam
Oh! darkeys how my heart grows weary
Far from de old folks at home

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from The Father of American Music, released December 23, 2010

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Stolie Chicago, Illinois

Stolie has been releasing original music since 1996, has toured the US, Canada, England and Mexico, learned the biz working for a record label and PR firms and also plays music for kids as Super Stolie (www.superstolie.com).

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