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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)
“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)
“Two voices are there: one is of the deep;
It learns the storm-cloud’s thunderous melody,”
—James Kenneth Stephen (1859–1892)
“Massa’s in de cold, cold ground.”
—Stephen Collins Foster (1826–1864)
“Gone are the days when my heart was young and gay,
Gone are my friends from the cotton fields away,
Gone from the earth to a better land I know,
I hear their gentle voices calling “Old Black Joe.””
—Stephen Collins Foster (1826–1864)