The sun shines bright
in the old Kentucky home
Tis summer, the children all play
The corn tops ripe
and the meadows in the bloom
While the birds make music all day
The young folks row
on the little cabin floor
All merry, all happy and bright
By and by hard times
come a -knockin' at the door
Than my old Kentucky home,
good night
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 Meadow, the hill, and the shore
They sing no more
By the glimmer of the moon
On the bench by that old cabin door
The day goes by like a shadow o the heart
With sorrow where all was delight
The time has come
when old friends have to part
And my old Kentucky home goodnight
We no more, my lady
Oh, we no more today
We will sing one song
for the old Kentucky home
For the old Kentucky home far away
The head must bow
and the back will have to bend
Wherever the weary may go
A few more days and the
trouble all will end
In the field where sugar canes may grow
A few more days for to tote the weary load
No matter, it will never be light
A few more days till we totter on the road
Then my old Kentucky home, goodnight
We no more, my lady
Oh, we no more today
We will sing one song
For the old Kentucky home
For the old Kentucky home far away
We no more, my lady,
oh we no more today
We will sing one song
for the old Kentucky home
For the old Kentucky home far away