My Old Kentucky Home, Good Night Songtext
von Stephen Foster

The sun shines bright on my old Kentucky home
′Tis summer, my darkies are gay
My corn top's ripe and the meadow′s in the bloom
While the birds make music all the day

The young folks roll on my little cabin floor
All merry, all happy and bright
By an' by hard times comes a knocking at the door
Then my old Kentucky home, good night


Weep no more, my lady
Oh! Weep no more today
We will sing one song for the old Kentucky home
For the old Kentucky home, faraway

They hunt no more for the possum and the coon
On the meadow, on the hill and the shore
They sing no more by the glimmer of the moon
On my bench by the old cabin door

A day goes by like a shadow o'er the heart
With sorrow where all was delight
My time has come when the darkies have to part
Then my old Kentucky home, good night


My lady, weep no more, my lady
Oh! Weep no more today
We will sing one song for the old Kentucky home
For the old Kentucky home, faraway