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)

    Massa’s in de cold, cold ground.
    —Stephen Collins Foster (1826–1864)

    The sun shines bright in the old Kentucky home;
    ‘Tis summer, the darkeys are gay;
    The corn-top’s ripe, and the meadow’s in the bloom,
    —Stephen Collins Foster (1826–1884)

    Beautiful dreamer, wake unto me,
    Starlight and dewdrops are waiting for thee;
    Sounds of the rude world heard in the day,
    Lull’d by the moonlight have all pass’d away.
    —Stephen Collins Foster (1826–1864)