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{{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}} | ||
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==General Information== | ==General Information== | ||
{{Title|''Old Black Joe''}} | |||
{{Composer|Stephen Collins Foster}} | {{Composer|Stephen Collins Foster}} | ||
{{Voicing|4|SATB}} | {{Voicing|4|SATB}} | ||
{{Genre|Secular|Partsongs}} | {{Genre|Secular|Partsongs}} | ||
{{Language|English}} | {{Language|English}} | ||
{{Instruments|Optional piano}} | {{Instruments|Optional piano}} | ||
{{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.}} | |||
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==Original text and translations== | ==Original text and translations== | ||
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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'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, | ||
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, | ||
I hear their gentle voices calling, "Old Black Joe!" }} | |||
[[Category:Sheet music]] | [[Category:Sheet music]] | ||
[[Category:Romantic music]] | [[Category:Romantic music]] |
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- Editor: Ashley Etzkorn (submitted 2010-04-18). Score information: 18.7 x 26.4 cm, 1 page, 114 kB Copyright: Public Domain
- Edition notes:
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
English text
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!"