On this the Eve of the Eve of the Kentucky Derby

My Old Kentucky Home, Good-Night (1853)
Words & music by Stephen Collins Foster (1826-1864)
1.The sun shines bright in the old Kentucky home,'Tis summer, the darkies are gay, The
corn top's ripe and the meadows in the bloom,While the birds make music all the
day.The young folks roll on the little cabin floor,All merry, all happy and bright:By'n by
Hard Times comes a knocking at the door,Then my old Kentucky Home, good night!

CHORUS: Weep no more, my lady,Oh! weep no more to-day! We will sing one song for the old Kentucky Home,For the old Kentucky Home far away.

2.They hunt no more for possum and the coonOn the meadow, the hill, and the shore,They
sing no more by the glimmer of the moon,On the bench by the old cabin door.The day
goes by like a shadow o're the heart,With sorrow where all was delight:The time has
come when the darkies have to part,Then my old Kentucky Home, good-night!

(CHORUS)

3.The head must bow and the back will have to bend,Wherever the darkey may go:A few
more days, and the trouble all will endIn the field where the sugar-canes grow.A few more
days for to tote the weary load,No matter, 'twill never be light,A few more days till we
totter on the road,Then my old Kentucky Home, good-night!

(CHORUS)

Just in case anyone doesn't know the KENTUCKY DERBY is this Saturday (5/5/07). It is the most exciting 2 minutes in sports...BTW, Queen Elizabeth will be in Louisville for the Derby..I wonder if she has a horse in this years Derby? When I was in Kneeneland in 2000, I was at the race track at the same event she was...I was so excited...I saw her from a distance...I did try to meet her...although her body guards have less of a sense of humor than George W. Bush's body guards....