All up and down the whole creation,
Sadly I roam,
Still longing for the old plantation,
And for the old folks at home.
— Stephen Foster
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All the world is sad and dreary,
Everywhere I roam.
I jumped aboard de telegraph,
And trabbled down de riber,
De lectric fluid magnified,
And killed five hundred nigger.
Oh! Susanna (1848)
Oh, Susanna, don't you cry for me
For I come from Alabama,
With my banjo on my knee.
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.
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, good night!
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