Old Black Joe

Lyricist(s): Stephen Foster Composer(s): Stephen Foster singer(s): American song

"Old Black Joe" is a parlor song by Stephen Foster (1826–1864). It was published by Firth, Pond & Co. of New York in 1860.

Sheet music

• Old Black Joe numbered （英文歌词） 2025-02-03 18:56:33
• Old Black Joe numbered 2025-02-03 18:56:01

Lyrics

1. 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 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".
   Chorus

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".
   Chorus

update：2025-02-03 19:01:15