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Posted on 9/21/22 at 8:58 am to Old Sarge
Posted on 9/21/22 at 8:58 am to Old Sarge
Kentucky has the tradition of everyone standing together and singing "My Old Kentucky Home" on Senior Day. There certainly seems to be a lot of reference to "darkies".
1st Verse
The sun shines bright in the old Kentucky home,
‘Tis summer, the darkies are gay;
The corn-top’s ripe and the meadow’s 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, goodnight.
2nd Verse
They hunt no more for the possum and the coon,
On 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’er the heart,
With sorrow, where all was delight,
The time has come when the darkies have to part,
Then my old Kentucky home, goodnight.
1st Verse
The sun shines bright in the old Kentucky home,
‘Tis summer, the darkies are gay;
The corn-top’s ripe and the meadow’s 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, goodnight.
2nd Verse
They hunt no more for the possum and the coon,
On 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’er the heart,
With sorrow, where all was delight,
The time has come when the darkies have to part,
Then my old Kentucky home, goodnight.
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Posted on 9/21/22 at 9:26 am to madmaxvol
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Kentucky has the tradition of everyone standing together and singing "My Old Kentucky Home" on Senior Day. There certainly seems to be a lot of reference to "darkies".
The second verse is never sung at the end of games and the modern version replaces "darkies" with "people." Good try though.
This post was edited on 9/21/22 at 9:30 am
Posted on 9/21/22 at 9:42 am to madmaxvol
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Kentucky has the tradition of everyone standing together and singing "My Old Kentucky Home"
Stephen Foster was a Yankee and wrote the song for commercial purposes. He was writing for a market that paid well for black minstrel songs. He also wrote the State song of Florida.
quote:
‘Tis summer, the darkies are gay;
So Foster had a thing for homosexual black men?
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