My Old Kentucky Home
5 5 5 4 The sun shines bright
-4 5 -5 5 -5 -6 6 in the old Ken-tuck-y home.
-5 5 -4 4 ’tis sum-mer the
4 -3 4 -4 dark-ies are gay.
-4 5 5 4 The corn top’s ripe
-4 5 -5 5 -5 -6 6 and the mea-dow’s in the bloom,
4 -4 5 5 While the birds makin'
-4 4 5 -4 4 mus-ic all the day.
5 5 5 4 The young folk roll
-4 5 -5 5 -5 -6 6 on the lit-tle cab-in floor.
-5 5 -4 4 All mer-cy all
4 -3 4 -4 hap-py and bright.
-4 5 5 4 By’n by hard times
-4 5 -5 5 -5 -6 6 come a knock-in’ at the door.
4 -4 5 4 -5 5 -4 Then my old Ken-tuck-y home,
-3 4 good night.
6 5 -5 -6 6 5 -4 Weep no more my la-dy, oh,
4 -4 4 -3 4 Weep no more to-day.
4 -4 5 5 4 We will sing one song
-4 5 -5 5 -5 -6 6 of my old Ken-tuck-y home,
4 -4 5 4 -5 5 -4 For the old Ken-tuck-y home
-4 -3 4 far a-way.