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==Music files==
==Music files==
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*{{PostedDate|2010-04-18}} {{CPDLno|21465}} [[Media:12_Old_Black_Joe.pdf|{{pdf}}]] [[Media:12_Old_Black_Joe.svg|{{SVG}}]] [[Media:12_Old_Black_Joe.mid|{{mid}}]] [[Media:12_Old_Black_Joe.mxl|{{XML}}]] [[Media:12_Old_Black_Joe.sib|{{sib}}]] (Sibelius 4)
*{{CPDLno|21465}} [{{filepath:12_Old_Black_Joe.pdf}} {{pdf}}] [{{filepath:12_Old_Black_Joe.mid}} {{mid}}] [{{filepath:12_Old_Black_Joe.sib}} Sibelius 4]
{{Editor|Ashley Etzkorn|2010-04-18}}{{ScoreInfo|18.7 x 26.4 cm|1|114}}{{Copy|Public Domain}}
{{Editor|Ashley Etzkorn|2010-04-18}}{{ScoreInfo|18.7 x 26.4 cm|1|114}}{{Copy|Public Domain}}
:'''Edition notes:'''
:{{EdNotes|}}


==General Information==
==General Information==
'''Title:''' ''Old Black Joe''<br>
{{Title|''Old Black Joe''}}
{{Composer|Stephen Collins Foster}}
{{Composer|Stephen Collins Foster}}


{{Voicing|4|SATB}}<br>
{{Voicing|4|SATB}}
{{Genre|Secular|Partsongs}}
{{Genre|Secular|Partsongs}}
{{Language|English}}
{{Language|English}}
{{Instruments|Optional piano}}
{{Instruments|Optional piano}}
'''Published:''' 1917
{{Pub|1|1917}}
 
{{Descr|This song is similar to others composed by Stephen C. Foster. It has always been a favorite with men and boys. Considerable freedom is allowed in the tempo of the chorus. The use of an echo choir in the singing of the chorus can produce a lovely effect.}}
'''Description:''' This song is similar to others composed by Stephen C. Foster. It has always been a favorite with men and boys. Considerable freedom is allowed in the tempo of the chorus. The use of an echo choir in the singing of the chorus can produce a lovely effect.
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'''External websites:'''
 
==Original text and translations==
==Original text and translations==
{{Text|English}}
{{Text|English|
<poem>
1.
1.
Gone are the days when my heart was young and gay;
Gone are the days when my heart was young and gay;
Gone are my friends from the cottonfields away;
Gone are my friends from the cottonfields away;
Gone from the earth to a better land I know,
Gone from the earth to a better land I know,
I hear their gentle voices calling, "Old Black Joe!"


R.:
R.:
I hear their gentle voices calling, "Old Black Joe!" I'm coming,
I'm coming,
I'm coming,
I'm coming,
For my head is bending low;
For my head is bending low;
I hear those gentle voices calling, "Old Black Joe!"  
I hear those gentle voices calling, "Old Black Joe!"
 
2.
2.
Why do I weep when my heart should feel no pain?
Why do I weep when my heart should feel no pain?
Why do I sigh that my friends come not again?
Why do I sigh that my friends come not again?
Grieving for forms now departed long ago,
Grieving for forms now departed long ago,
R.
I hear their gentle voices calling, "Old Black Joe!"
 
3.
3.
Where are the hearts once so happy and so free?
Where are the hearts once so happy and so free?
The children so dear that I held upon my knee?
The children so dear that I held upon my knee?
Gone to the shore where my soul has longed to go,
Gone to the shore where my soul has longed to go,
R.
I hear their gentle voices calling, "Old Black Joe!" }}
</poem>


[[Category:Sheet music]]
[[Category:Sheet music]]
[[Category:Romantic music]]
[[Category:Romantic music]]

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  • (Posted 2010-04-18)  CPDL #21465:          (Sibelius 4)
Editor: Ashley Etzkorn (submitted 2010-04-18).   Score information: 18.7 x 26.4 cm, 1 page, 114 kB   Copyright: Public Domain
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General Information

Title: Old Black Joe
Composer: Stephen Collins Foster

Number of voices: 4vv   Voicing: SATB
Genre: Secular, Partsong

Language: English
Instruments: Optional piano

First published: 1917
Description: This song is similar to others composed by Stephen C. Foster. It has always been a favorite with men and boys. Considerable freedom is allowed in the tempo of the chorus. The use of an echo choir in the singing of the chorus can produce a lovely effect.

External websites:

Original text and translations

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1.
Gone are the days when my heart was young and gay;
Gone are my friends from the cottonfields away;
Gone from the earth to a better land I know,
I hear their gentle voices calling, "Old Black Joe!"

R.:
I'm coming,
I'm coming,
For my head is bending low;
I hear those gentle voices calling, "Old Black Joe!"

2.
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!"

3.
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!"

 

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