Author: Berry A. BrownPublisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 20
Book Description
Memories of My Old Kentucky Home, and Other Poems
Author: Berry A. BrownChildhood Memories of My Old Kentucky Home
Author: Howard C. IveyIndianola and Other Poems
Author: Jefferson McLemorePublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Texas
Languages : en
Pages : 198
Book Description
My Old Kentucky Home (Classic Reprint)
Author: Stephen Collins FosterPublisher: Forgotten Books
ISBN: 9780331863017
Category : Poetry
Languages : en
Pages : 40
Book Description
Excerpt from My Old Kentucky Home Weep no more, my lady; Oh, weep no more today! We will sing one song for the Old Kentucky Home, For the Old Kentucky Home far away. They hunt no more for the possum and the coon On the meadow, the hill, and the shore; They 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 all was delight. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
An Anthology of Verse by American Negroes
Author: Newman Ivey WhitePublisher:
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Category : African Americans
Languages : en
Pages : 276
Book Description
Harper's Cyclopædia of British and American Poetry
Author: Epes SargentPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : American poetry
Languages : en
Pages : 1000
Book Description
My Old Kentucky Home
Author: Emily BinghamPublisher: University Press of Kentucky
ISBN: 1985901323
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 417
Book Description
"The sun shines bright in the old Kentucky home." So begins an American standard, first published as a minstrel song, that became dear to the hearts of millions and ultimately was enshrined as the Kentucky Derby's sonic centerpiece—a popular selling point for Kentucky tourism. Emily Bingham's masterful decoding of Stephen Foster's 1853 ballad reveals that the song was always about slavery and how white Americans wanted to remember it. Acknowledging her own entanglement in this legacy, Bingham takes readers on the journey of a melody, from its inception by a white northerner, to its enormous success on the blackface circuit, in recordings by Al Jolson and Bing Crosby, and on the pages of Margaret Mitchell's Gone with the Wind, to its countless screen appearances, including Shirley Temple movies, The Simpsons, and Mad Men. For almost two centuries, "My Old Kentucky Home" has never been just a song—it continues to be a resonant, changing emblem of America's original sin, whose blood-drenched shadow haunts us still. My Old Kentucky Home: The Astonishing Life and Reckoning of an Iconic American Song investigates the tune's hidden history, lodged in the nation's cultural DNA, and ends with a startling solution for what to do with this artifact of race and slavery.
In Our Own Sweet Time
Author: George WratneyPublisher: Xlibris Corporation
ISBN: 1450020704
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 138
Book Description
This amusing tale is a biography, of sorts. For it is a biography not of one individual but of a portion of the generation of kids born in America in the mid-1940s. Their adventures and misadventures, missteps and mischief, and learning and yearning spring forth as they thrive in what many today consider far simpler and happier times. And, in this nostalgic look at part of America's past, the reader might discover ways to help future generations of children grow into their own sweet time and prevent perils imposed by others.
The Critic
Author: 'Pon My Word of Honor
Author: Velma MartinPublisher:
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Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 174
Book Description
I am Velma Glee Church Martin and I have been writing bits and pieces of my life for over sixty years. I live in the beautiful Appalachian Mountains of Eastern Kentucky where the scenery changes from day to day. I am currently approaching 83 years old, and my husband and I have four children, five grandchildren, and two most precious great grandchildren. I have seen hard times, I have seen good times and the best years are the ones I am living now. God has blessed me in the later years of my life. This book, Pon My Word of Honor, will give you an intimate look across several generations of my family's life and several decades of my life. These stories and poems are filled with life, love, family, and faith.