. Famous American songs. grows weary, Far from de old folks at home! All round de little farm I wanderdWhen I was young, 39 jfamoujgj american ^onag Den many happy days I squanderd, Many de songs I I was playing wid my brudder Happy was I,Oh I take me to my kind old mudder, Dere let me live and die. One little hut among de bushes, One dat I love,Still sadly to my memry rushes, No matter where I will I see de bees a-humming All round de comb?When will I hear de banjo tumming Down in my good old home? About the time Foster composed OldFolks at Home he received a requestfrom C
. Famous American songs. grows weary, Far from de old folks at home! All round de little farm I wanderdWhen I was young, 39 jfamoujgj american ^onag Den many happy days I squanderd, Many de songs I I was playing wid my brudder Happy was I,Oh I take me to my kind old mudder, Dere let me live and die. One little hut among de bushes, One dat I love,Still sadly to my memry rushes, No matter where I will I see de bees a-humming All round de comb?When will I hear de banjo tumming Down in my good old home? About the time Foster composed OldFolks at Home he received a requestfrom Christy, the famous Negro min-strel, then appearing with his companyin New York, for a new song with theright to sing it before it was also desired to have at leastone edition bear his own name as au-thor and composer. Foster showedChristys letter to his brother, whodrew up an agreement whereby theminstrel undertook to pay five hun-dred dollars for the privileges he had requested, and despatched it to40. CHRISTY, THE FAMOUS MINSTREL WHO FIRST SANGOLD FOLKS AT HOME mh i[om at f ome Christy, who sent it back, duly signed,by return mail. This explains whyChristys name appears on the title-page of the first edition of Old Folksat Home. This song and Home, Sweet Homeprobably are the most widely knownsongs in the English language, and itis a singular coincidence that bothhave longing for home as their under-lying sentiment. Old Folks at Homehas been called the song of the home-sick and the potency of its appeal isillustrated by an anecdote. During thecivil war a Northern regiment had itspay so long delayed that most of thesoldiers, in a state bordering on mu-tiny, broke through the sentry lines,made for a town near camp and at nightreturned in a condition of riotous in-ebriety. In vain the officers and the fewmen who had remained sober tried tosubdue the bedlam that had brokenloose and bring about some semblanceof order. At last, when even the colo- 41 iffamoujS amet
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