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Foster, Stephen CollinsStephen Collins Foster
United States (USA) United States (USA)
(1826 - 1864)
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› Not attributed 1
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Old Black Joe

Old Black Joe
Stephen Collins Foster


Piano solo
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Composer
Stephen Collins Foster
Stephen Collins Foster (1826 - 1864)
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Piano solo

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Song

Arranger
Stephen Collins Foster
Bizzarri, Bruno (1956 - )
KeyC major
LyricistStephen Collins foster
LangageEnglish
Date1860
CopyrightPublic Domain
"Old Black Joe" è una canzone scritta dal compositore statunitense Stephen Collins Foster e pubblicata nel 1860. Sembra che la figura del "vecchio nero Joe", di cui parla la canzone, sia da individuare in un servitore nella casa del suocero di Foster. La canzone, molto simile ad uno spiritual afro-americano, è secondo alcuni la migliore fra quelle scritte nella parlata dei neri del sud degli Stati Uniti.
Sheet centralOld Black Joe (5 sheet music)
Added by brunobizzarri, 28 Sep 2022

LYRICS
Gone are the days when my heart was young and gay
Gone are my friends from the cotton fields away
Gone from the earth to a better land I know
I hear their gentle voices calling "Old Black Joe."

(Chorus)
I'm coming, I'm coming, for my head is bending low
I hear their gentle voices calling "Old Black Joe."

Why do I weep when my heart should feel no pain?
Why do I sigh that my friends come not again?
Grieving for forms now departed long ago
I hear their gentle voices calling "Old Black Joe."

(Chorus)

Where are the hearts once so happy and so free?
The children so dear that I held upon my knee
Gone to the shore where my soul has longed to go
I hear their gentle voices calling "Old Black Joe."

(Chorus)

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