My Old Kentucky Home, from Cathy Fink, "Doggone My Time"

from Cathy Fink's album, "Doggone My Time'
(Rooster Records,1982; Sugarhill, 1990)
http://www.cathymarcy.com

Words and music by
Stephen Foster
July 4, 1826 - January 13, 1864

Wikipedia (http://bit.ly/zN169): "'My Old Kentucky Home'... is the state song of Kentucky. It was published by Stephen Foster in 1853 and was adopted by the Kentucky General Assembly as the official state song on March 19, 1928.

"The song describes a scene of life on a slave plantation. The abolitionist Frederick Douglass believed the song was sympathetic to slaves. In 1986, the Kentucky General Assembly adopted a version unlikely to cause offense in which the original word 'darkies' was changed to 'people.'"

"My Old Kentucky Home"
(as sung by Cathy Fink)

The sun shines bright on my old Kentucky home,
'Tis summer, and everyone is gay;
The corn-top's ripe and the meadows are in bloom,
And the birds are making music all the day.

The young folks roll on the little cabin floor,
All happy, merry, and bright;
By 'n' by Hard Times come a-knocking at the door,
And then my Kentucky home, goodnight.

Weep no more, my lady,
Weep no more today!
Let us sing one song for the old Kentucky home,
For the old Kentucky home far away.

We hunt no more for the possum and the coon,
On the meadows, the hills and the shore,
We sing no more by the glimmer of the moon,
On the bench by the old cabin door.

The day goes by like a shadow o'er the heart,
With sorrow, where once was delight,
The time has come when the minstrels have to part,
And then my Kentucky home, goodnight.

Weep no more, my lady,
Weep no more today!
Let us sing one song for the old Kentucky home,
For the old Kentucky home far away.

The head must bow and the back will always bend,
Wherever the minstrels may go;
Just a few days more, and our troubled times will end,
In fields where the sugar-canes grow;

A few days more for to tote the weary load,
No matter, 'twill never be light;
Just a few days more for to travel on the road,
And then my Kentucky home, goodnight.

Weep no more, my lady,
Weep no more today!
Let us sing one song for the old Kentucky home,
For the old Kentucky home far away.

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[PHJimY]

Lovely!

[68ootani]

キャシー・フィンクの歌、なんて素晴らしい！アメリカの古き心と­云える、フォスターのメロディを豊かに歌っている。とても、好い­ですね。

[acefiddle]

I have to agree with rondemlow, The "new country hotties" dont sing, they scream and strain. And it all sound the same, Now this is good!! Thank you Cathy

[MislaidAlbum]

-sways-

[LesDominiques]

I sing this song also since my youth! Very good version with this beautiful voice.

[katmamajams]

Oh, I have looked for this recording for so long - thinking it was someone else who had done it. It's my favorite recording ever of this song!

[rondemlow]

She sounds a bit like Emmylou Harris. Easy listening,with no straining like these "New Country" hotties!