My Old Kentucky Home, Good Night! Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABCBDEDE BFAB GDGDHEHE BFAB IJIJKEKE BFAB| The sun shines bright in the old Kentucky home | A |
| 'Tis summer the darkies are gay | B |
| The corn top's ripe and the meadow's in the bloom | C |
| While the birds make music all the day | B |
| The young folks roll on the little cabin floor | D |
| All merry all happy and bright | E |
| By'n by Hard Times comes a knocking at the door | D |
| Then my old Kentucky Home good night | E |
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| Chorus Weep no more my lady oh weep no more to day | B |
| We will sing one song | F |
| For the old Kentucky Home | A |
| For the old Kentucky Home far away | B |
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| Solo They hunt no more for the possum and the coon | G |
| On the meadow the hill and the shore | D |
| They sing no more by the glimmer of the moon | G |
| On the bench by the old cabin door | D |
| The day goes by like a shadow o'er the heart | H |
| With sorrow where all was delight | E |
| The time has come when the darkies have to part | H |
| Then my old Kentucky Home good night | E |
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| Chorus Weep no more my lady oh weep no more to day | B |
| We will sing one song | F |
| For the old Kentucky Home | A |
| For the old Kentucky Home far away | B |
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| Solo The head must bow and the back will have to bend | I |
| Wherever the darkey may go | J |
| A few more days and the trouble all will end | I |
| In the field where the sugar canes grow | J |
| A few more days for to tote the weary load | K |
| No matter 'twill never be light | E |
| A few more days till we totter on the road | K |
| Then my old Kentucky Home good night | E |
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| Chorus Weep no more my lady oh weep no more to day | B |
| We will sing one song | F |
| For the old Kentucky Home | A |
| For the old Kentucky Home far away | B |
Stephen C. Foster
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