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OLD UNCLE NED by STEPHEN FOSTER Lyrics Words BEST TOP POPULAR Sing Along Song

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"OLD UNCLE NED" by STEPHEN FOSTER There was an old farmer They called him Uncle Ned, He's dead long ago, long ago' He had no wool on the top of his head, The place where the wool ought to grow, Then lay down the shovel and the hoe, Hang up the fiddle and the bow; No more hard work for poor Old Ned, He's gone where the good farmers go. His fingers were long like the cane in the brake, He had no eyes for to see, He had no teeth for to eat the corn cake So he had to let the corn cake be. Then lay down the shovel and the hoe, Hang up the fiddle and the bow; No more hard work for poor Old Ned, He's gone where the good farmers go. When Old Ned die, Master take it mighty bad, The tears run down like the rain, Old Missus turn pale and she gets very sad, 'Cause she never see Old Ned again. Then lay down the shovel and the hoe, Hang up the fiddle and the bow; No more hard work for poor Old Ned, He's gone where the good farmers go. St …...more
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OLD UNCLE NED by STEPHEN FOSTER Lyrics Words BEST TOP POPULAR Sing Along Song
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2018Jun 25
"OLD UNCLE NED" by STEPHEN FOSTER There was an old farmer They called him Uncle Ned, He's dead long ago, long ago' He had no wool on the top of his head, The place where the wool ought to grow, Then lay down the shovel and the hoe, Hang up the fiddle and the bow; No more hard work for poor Old Ned, He's gone where the good farmers go. His fingers were long like the cane in the brake, He had no eyes for to see, He had no teeth for to eat the corn cake So he had to let the corn cake be. Then lay down the shovel and the hoe, Hang up the fiddle and the bow; No more hard work for poor Old Ned, He's gone where the good farmers go. When Old Ned die, Master take it mighty bad, The tears run down like the rain, Old Missus turn pale and she gets very sad, 'Cause she never see Old Ned again. Then lay down the shovel and the hoe, Hang up the fiddle and the bow; No more hard work for poor Old Ned, He's gone where the good farmers go. Stephen Collins Foster (July 4, 1826 – January 13, 1864), known as "the father of American music", was an American songwriter known primarily for his parlor and minstrel music. Foster wrote over 200 songs; among his best-known are "Oh! Susanna", "Hard Times Come Again No More", "Camptown Races", "Old Folks at Home" ("Swanee River"), "My Old Kentucky Home", "Jeanie with the Light Brown Hair", "Old Black Joe", and "Beautiful Dreamer". Many of his compositions remain popular more than 150 years after he wrote them. His compositions are thought to be autobiographical. He has been identified as "the most famous songwriter of the nineteenth century" and may be the most recognizable American composer in other countries. His compositions are sometimes referred to as "childhood songs" because they have been included in the music curriculum of early education. Most of his handwritten music manuscripts are lost, but copies printed by publishers of his day can be found in various collections. In 1846, Foster moved to Cincinnati, Ohio, and became a bookkeeper with his brother's steamship company. While he was in Cincinnati, Foster penned his first successful songs in 1848–1849, among them "Oh! Susanna", which became an anthem of the California Gold Rush. In 1849, he published Foster's Ethiopian Melodies, which included the successful song "Nelly Was a Lady" as made famous by the Christy Minstrels. A plaque marks the site of Foster's residence in Cincinnati, where the Guilford School building is now located. Then he returned to Pennsylvania and signed a contract with the Christy Minstrels. It was during this period that Foster would write most of his best-known songs: "Camptown Races" (1850), "Nelly Bly" (1850), "Ring de Banjo" (1851), "Old Folks at Home" (known also as "Swanee River", 1851), "My Old Kentucky Home" (1853), "Old Dog Tray" (1853), and "Jeanie with the Light Brown Hair" (1854), written for his wife Jane Denny McDowell. Many of Foster's songs were of the blackface minstrel show tradition popular at the time. Foster sought, in his own words, to "build up taste ... among refined people by making words suitable to their taste, instead of the trashy and really offensive words which belong to some songs of that order". Many of his songs had Southern themes, yet Foster never lived in the South and visited it only once in 1852, by riverboat voyage on his honeymoon on his brother Dunning's steamboat the Millinger, which took him down the Mississippi River to New Orleans. In 1862 during the Civil War in a response to Abraham Lincoln's call for volunteers, Foster among other composers set the poem "We Are Coming, Father Abra'am" to music. Foster's last four years were spent in New York City. Biographical information during this period of his life has not been located or remains lost, though correspondence to, from, and between other family members has been preserved. VIDEO AND Vocals/Instrumentals COPYRIGHT (c) 2018 by CHARLES ELMER SZABO, BMI

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