Oh the sun shines bright on my old Kentucky home
The summer is fading away
The corn tops are right and the meadow's in the bloom
While the birds sings music all the day
The young folks roll on the old cabin floor
All merry all happy and bright
By and by hard times comes knocking on the door
In my old Kentucky home good night
So weep no more my lady
Oh weep no more today
We will sing one song for my old Kentucky home
For my old Kentucky home far away
We will hunt no more for the 'possum and the coon
On the meadows by the hill and the shore
We will sing no more by the glimmer of the moon
In the yard by the old cabin door
The days goes by like a shadow on my heart
With sorrow where there was delight
The time has come when we all have to part
In my old Kentucky home good night
So weep no more my lady
Oh weep no more today
We will sing one song for my old Kentucky home
For my old Kentucky home far away
The head must bow and the back must bend
Wherever we may all go
A few more days and the trouble will all end
In the field where the sugarcane grows
A few more days to tote the weary load
No matter it never will be light
A few more days till we totter on the road
In my old Kentucky home good night
So weep no more my lady
Oh weep no more today
We will sing one song for my old Kentucky home
For my old Kentucky home far away
For my old Kentucky home far away