Stephen Foster: Quotes about home

Stephen Foster was American songwriter. Explore interesting quotes on home.

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“All up and down the whole creation,
Sadly I roam,
Still longing for the old plantation,
And for the old folks at home.”

Old Folks at Home

“The head must bow, and the back will have to bend,
Wherever the darkey may go;
A few more days, and the trouble all will end,
In the field where the sugar-canes grow.
A few more days for to tote the weary load,—
No matter, 't will never be light;
A few more days till we totter on the road:—
Then my old Kentucky home, good-night!”

My Old Kentucky Home. As quoted at Anthology of American Poetry, by George Gesner, (1983).

“The day goes by like a shadow o’er the heart,
With sorrow where all was delight;
The time has come when the darkies have to part:
Then my old Kentucky home, good night!”

My Old Kentucky Home. Reported in Bartlett's Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. (1919).

“Sadly I roam,
Still longing for de old plantation,
And for de old folks at home.”

Old Folks at Home