X:1
T:Old Folks at Home
% Four-part piano arrangement for standard notation.
C:Stephen C. Foster, 1851/Stephen C. Foster
S:From "The One Hundred and One Best Songs" / The Cable Company / 1919 / Chicago, Illinois
M:4/4
L:1/8
Q:1/4=120
%%staves [(1 2) (3 4)]
K:C             %transposed from D
V:1 clef=treble
|:"C"E4 "G"DCED | "Am"C2 c2 "F"A c3 | "C"G4 E2 C2  | "G7"D6 z2 |
w:1.~~'Way down up-on the Swa-nee Riv-er, Far, far a-way,
w:~~~All up and down de whole cre-a-tion, Sad-ly I roam;
w:2.~~All roun' de lit-tle farm I wan-dered, When I was young;
w:~~~When I was play-ing with my broth-er, Hap-py was I;
w:3.~~One lit-tle hut a-mong de bush-es, One that I love,
w:~~~When will I see de bees a-hum-ming, All roun' de comb?
V:2 clef=treble
|:C4 B,CB,B, | C2 E2 F F3 | E4 C2 C2 | B,6 z2 |
V:3 clef=bass
%%MIDI transpose -24
%%jsastem=dn
|:g4 fegf | e2 g2 f a3 | c'4 g2 e2 | g6 z2 |
V:4 clef=bass
%%jsastem=dn
|:c4 ccGG | c2 c2 f f3 | c4 c2 c2 | G6 z2 |
V:1
"C"E4 DCED | "Am"C2 c2 "F"A c3 | "C"G2 E > C "G7"D2 (D > D) | "C"C6 z2 :|
w:Dere's wha my heart is turn-ing ev-er, Dere's wha de old folks* stay.
w:Still long-ing for de old plan-ta-tion, And for de old folks at home.
w:Den man-y hap-py days I squandered,* Man-y de songs I* sung.
w:Oh! take me to my kind old moth-er, There let me live and* die.
w:Still sad-ly to my mem-'ry rush-es, No mat-ter where I* roam.
w:When will I hear de ban-jo tum-ming, Down in my good old* home?
V:2
C4 B,CB,B, | C2 E2 F F3 | E2 C > C C2 (B, > B,) | C6 z2 :|
V:3
g4 fegf | e2 g2 f a3 | c'2 g > e f2 (f > f) | e6 z2 :|
V:4
c4 ccGG | c2 c2 f f3 | g2 G > G G2 (G > G) | c6 z2 :|
V:1
"G7"B3 c d2 G2 | "C"G3 A G2 c2 | "F"c2 A2 F2 A2 | "C"G6 z2 |
w:
w:All de world is sad and drear-y, Ev-'ry-where I roam;
V:2
F3 F F2 F2 | E3 F E2 G2 | A2 F2 C2 F2 | E6 z2 |
V:3
d'3 c' b2 b2 | c'3 c' c'2 c'2 | c'2 c'2 a2 c'2 | c'6 z2 |
V:4
g3 g g2 g2 | c3 c c2 e2 | f2 f2 f2 f2 | c6 z2 |
V:1
E4 "G7"D C E D | "Am"C2 c2 "F"A c3 | "C"G2 E > C "G7"D2 D > D | "C"C6 z2 |]
w:
w:Oh! dark-ies, how my heart grows wear-y, Far from de old folks at home.
V:2
C4 B, C B, B, | C2 E2 F F3 | E2 C > C C2 B, > B, | C6 z2 |]
V:3
g4 f e g f | e2 g2 f a3 | c'2 g > e f2 f > f | e6 z2 |]
V:4
c4 c c G G | c2 c2 f f3 | g2 G > G G2 G > G | c6 z2 |]