
Joseph S. Cotter, “My Present Day Old Kentucky Home” (1921)
The sun shines bright in the old Kentucky home, ‘Tis summer, the Negroes 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 at […]
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