X:186
T: Old Black Joe.
C: Stephen C. Foster 1860.
C: Arr. by J. S. Fearis.
B: "The Everyday Song Book", 1927
F: http://www.library.pitt.edu/happybirthday/pdf/The_Everyday_Song_Book.pdf
Z: 2017 John Chambers <jc:trillian.mit.edu>
M: 4/4
L: 1/8
F:http://roaringjelly.org/~jc/music/book/EverydaySongBook/186_Old_Black_Joe.abc	 2024-11-24 000328 UT
K: D
%%center Arrangement copyright, 1911, by The Cable Company.
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w: 1.~Gone are the days when my heart was young and gay;* Gone are my
w: 2.~Why do I weep when my heart should feel no pain?*   Why do I
w: 3.~Where are the hearts once so hap-py and so free?    The chil-dren so
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w: friends from the cot-ton-fields a-way; Gone from the earth to a
w: sigh that my friends come not a-gain?  Griev-ing for forms now de-
w: dear that I held up-on my knee?        Gone to the shore where my
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w: bet-ter land I know,   I hear their gen-tle voi-ces call-ing,
w: part-ed long a-go,     I hear their gen-tle voi-ces call-ing,
w: soul has longed to go, I hear their gen-tle voi-ces call-ing,
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w: "Old Black Joe!"  I'm com-ing,  I'm com-ing,  For my head is bend-ing
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w: low;  I hear those gen-tle voi-ces call-ing, "Old Black Joe!"
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