Stephen Collins Foster

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    ‘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)

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

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

    De Camptown racetrack five miles long—
    Oh! doo-dah-day!
    —Stephen Collins Foster (1826–1864)