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"My Old Kentucky Home, Good-Night!", typically shortened to "My Old Kentucky Home", is a sentimental ballad written by Stephen Foster, probably composed in 1852. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] [ 3 ] It was published in January 1853 by Firth, Pond, & Co. of New York.
Oh! my poor Nelly Gray, they have taken you away, And I'll never see my darling any more; I'm sitting by the river and I'm weeping all the day. For you've gone from the old Kentucky shore. When the moon had climbed the mountain and the stars were shining too. Then I'd take my darling Nelly Gray, And we'd float down the river in my little red canoe,
Dear old Southland, I hear you calling me. And I long how I long to roam, Back to my old Kentucky home. Verse 1 Dear old Southland, For you my heart is yearning, And I long just to see once more, The land I love the Swanee shore. Verse 2 I want to stray the town I was born, my home town, my little home town.
Opinion: KY's state song, 'My Old Kentucky Home,' evokes a racist past and should be banished to the archives of historical shame. We need a new song.
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In Dylan's version, Kentucky was changed to Colorado; [13] changing the state of origin in this song is common, [4] for example, Kentucky is changed to California in "Girl of Constant Sorrow" by Joan Baez and "Maid of Constant Sorrow" by Judy Collins. Aside from the lyrics, the melody also shows some significant differences between versions. [15]
On May 17, 1875, a Monday afternoon, Kentucky Derby winner Aristides ran the then-1 1/2-mile race in 2:37 3/4, a world-record time for a 3-year-old. Oliver Lewis, a 19-year-old Kentucky native and ...
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