Stephen Collins Foster

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    “Sadly I roam,
    Still longing for de old plantation,
    And for de old folks at home.”
    —Stephen Collins Foster (1826–1884)

    “Oh! Susanna, do not cry for me;
    I come from Alabama with my banjo on my knee.”
    —Stephen Collins Foster (1826–1864)

    “‘Way down upon de Swanee ribber,
    Far, far away,
    Dere’s where my heart is turning ebber,
    Dere’s where de old folks stay.”
    —Stephen Collins Foster (1826–1884)

    “And Truth, in sunny vest arrayed,
    By whose the tarsel’s eyes were made;”
    —William Collins (1721–1759)

    “Sadly I roam,
    Still longing for de old plantation,
    And for de old folks at home.”
    —Stephen Collins Foster (1826–1884)