Content Tagged ‘Adaptations’

Nannie Ringo Mitchell and the Paris, Kentucky United Daughters of the Confederacy, “My Old Kentucky Home, Good Night” from Songs of the Confederacy and Plantation Melodies (1901)

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The sun shines bright in the old Kentucky home, ‘Tis summer, the darkies are gay, The corn top’s ripe and the meadow’s in the bloom, While the birds make music all the day. The young folks roll on the little cabin floor, All merry, all happy and bright; By’n by Hard Times comes a knocking […]

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“The Mountains of Light” Spiritual Songs for Circles (1912)

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Air—“My Old Kentucky Home” The skies are fair in the spirits’ happy home, The flowers never wither or blight, And the music is sweet of the voices that we love On the Beautiful Mountains of Light. Chorus We sing for joy, ye children; Sing with the angels who come; The beautiful band who visit earth-land, […]

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