LATE 1800's early 1900's
APPALACHIAN CANDY RECIPE
HONEY CANDY RECIPE
1 cup plain or chunky peanut butter
1 cup instant dry milk
1 cup honey
1/2 teaspoon vanilla
Mix together.
shape into balls.
refrigerate
app~ 24 balls
CIVIL WAR MILK PIE RECIPE
(updated)
Unbaked pie shell
1 cup white sugar
Milk
1/4 cup flour Butter
1/4 tsp. salt
Cinnamon or nutmeg (optional)
Mix the dry ingredients lightly
Pour Whole milk over the dry ingredients.
Adding a little at a time until
ingredients resemble thick pudding.
Mix well and pour into shell.
Dot the top with butter,
Bake for 15 minutes at 400 degrees then
Turn oven down to 350 and continue baking
an additional 35 - 40 minutes.
Top should be slightly browned.
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Wednesday, January 25, 2006
Wednesday, January 18, 2006
ORANGE DROP COOKIE & ORANGE FROSTING RECIPE
Are you still a little tired of Chocolate ?
Lets try a new orange drop cookie recipe.
These are very different and the orange frosting
sounds good enough to try on other home made goodies.
ORANGE DROP COOKIE &
ORANGE FROSTING RECIPES
2/3 Cup crisco
1/2 cup orange juice
3/4 cup sugar
2 cups flour
1 egg
1/2 tsp salt
1/2 tsp baking soda
1/2 tsp baking powder
Combine all ingredients into one bowl
STIR BY HAND till well blended.
Drop by teaspoonful on UNGREASED baking sheets
2 inches apart(cookies will flatten out)
Bake 350ยบ until lightly brown
*no exact bake time given so watch them carefully
When cooled, frost with orange frosting.
Makes about 5 dozen small cookies.
Orange frosting Recipe
2 1/2 Tbl butter
2 to 2 1/2 cups confectioner's sugar
orange juice
Combine butter and sugar
Add small amounts of orange juice
until frosting spreads easily.
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Lets try a new orange drop cookie recipe.
These are very different and the orange frosting
sounds good enough to try on other home made goodies.
ORANGE DROP COOKIE &
ORANGE FROSTING RECIPES
2/3 Cup crisco
1/2 cup orange juice
3/4 cup sugar
2 cups flour
1 egg
1/2 tsp salt
1/2 tsp baking soda
1/2 tsp baking powder
Combine all ingredients into one bowl
STIR BY HAND till well blended.
Drop by teaspoonful on UNGREASED baking sheets
2 inches apart(cookies will flatten out)
Bake 350ยบ until lightly brown
*no exact bake time given so watch them carefully
When cooled, frost with orange frosting.
Makes about 5 dozen small cookies.
Orange frosting Recipe
2 1/2 Tbl butter
2 to 2 1/2 cups confectioner's sugar
orange juice
Combine butter and sugar
Add small amounts of orange juice
until frosting spreads easily.
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Monday, January 16, 2006
CIVIL WAR RECIPES APPLESAUCE COOKIES & ORANGE CAKE
CIVIL WAR APPLESAUCE COOKIES
2 1/4 c. sugar
1 1/3 c. shortening
3 eggs
2 tsp. vanilla
1 c. applesauce
6 c. flour
1 tsp. baking soda
2 tsp. baking powder
2 tsp. nutmeg
1 tsp. salt
Cream shortening, sugar, eggs and vanilla.
Add applesauce and mix well.
Add sifted dry ingredients and blend well.
Drop by heaping tablespoon on greased cookie sheets.
Flatten and sprinkle with sugar.
Bake at 375 degrees for 10-12 minutes.
* Note: They Will NOT Brown
CIVIL WAR ORANGE CAKE
(General Ogelthorpe's original recipe)
1/2 c. butter
1 c. sugar
2 eggs
1 tsp. soda
2 c. sifted flour
1 c. buttermilk
1/2 c. chopped raisins
2 orange peels, ground
Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
Cream butter, sugar and eggs.
Add buttermilk.
Add dry ingredients.
Save juice from 2 oranges.
Spread mixture in 13 x 9 x 2 inch greased pan.
Bake until golden and pulls away from edges.
Mix equal parts of orange juice and sugar.
Pour over hot cake.
Is great served with wassail spiced tea.
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2 1/4 c. sugar
1 1/3 c. shortening
3 eggs
2 tsp. vanilla
1 c. applesauce
6 c. flour
1 tsp. baking soda
2 tsp. baking powder
2 tsp. nutmeg
1 tsp. salt
Cream shortening, sugar, eggs and vanilla.
Add applesauce and mix well.
Add sifted dry ingredients and blend well.
Drop by heaping tablespoon on greased cookie sheets.
Flatten and sprinkle with sugar.
Bake at 375 degrees for 10-12 minutes.
* Note: They Will NOT Brown
CIVIL WAR ORANGE CAKE
(General Ogelthorpe's original recipe)
1/2 c. butter
1 c. sugar
2 eggs
1 tsp. soda
2 c. sifted flour
1 c. buttermilk
1/2 c. chopped raisins
2 orange peels, ground
Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
Cream butter, sugar and eggs.
Add buttermilk.
Add dry ingredients.
Save juice from 2 oranges.
Spread mixture in 13 x 9 x 2 inch greased pan.
Bake until golden and pulls away from edges.
Mix equal parts of orange juice and sugar.
Pour over hot cake.
Is great served with wassail spiced tea.
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Thursday, January 12, 2006
POTATO PANCAKES / POTATO LATKES RECIPE FROM 1910
POTATO PANCAKES / POTATO LATKES RECIPE
Original recipe dated 1910
4 medium potatoes (peeled)
1 shallot or very small onion
1 tsp lemon juice
1/2 cup flour
1/2 cup milk
4 Tbls peanut oil
1 small egg
1 1/2 teaspoons baking powder
1/16 cup melted butter
1/8 teaspoon nutmeg
salt and pepper
4 Tbls schmaltz { optional }
Grate potatoes and shallot on a large-hole grater.
Splash with lemon juice and squeeze out excess water.
Mix the flour, milk, egg, baking powder and nutmeg.
Add this mixture to the potatoes,
then add the melted butter.
Heat peanut oil and schmaltz in a large skillet and
spoon a few spoons of the mixture into the skillet.
Fry until golden on the bottom side
and then flip with a spatula,
cook the same way on the other side
* note-schmaltz = rendered chicken fat
traditional side ideas :
Serve with watercress
caviar
applesauce
creme fraiche or
sour cream
....Waving hello to Tonya in Ireland....
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Original recipe dated 1910
4 medium potatoes (peeled)
1 shallot or very small onion
1 tsp lemon juice
1/2 cup flour
1/2 cup milk
4 Tbls peanut oil
1 small egg
1 1/2 teaspoons baking powder
1/16 cup melted butter
1/8 teaspoon nutmeg
salt and pepper
4 Tbls schmaltz { optional }
Grate potatoes and shallot on a large-hole grater.
Splash with lemon juice and squeeze out excess water.
Mix the flour, milk, egg, baking powder and nutmeg.
Add this mixture to the potatoes,
then add the melted butter.
Heat peanut oil and schmaltz in a large skillet and
spoon a few spoons of the mixture into the skillet.
Fry until golden on the bottom side
and then flip with a spatula,
cook the same way on the other side
* note-schmaltz = rendered chicken fat
traditional side ideas :
Serve with watercress
caviar
applesauce
creme fraiche or
sour cream
....Waving hello to Tonya in Ireland....
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Wednesday, January 11, 2006
KENTUCKY WALNUT CANDY RECIPE FROM EARLY 1900'S
KENTUCKY WALNUT CANDY RECIPE
courtesy: Old Louisville Cookbook
One pint of New Orleans molasses
1 cup brown sugar
1 tablespoon butter
1 dessert spoon vinegar
Put ingredients in double boiler
place on range and stir until it boils
Cook slowly, until syrup hardens when dropped in ice water
Have walnuts prepared and put them in a shallow pan
greased with butter
and pour over the candy
When cold, cut into bars
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courtesy: Old Louisville Cookbook
One pint of New Orleans molasses
1 cup brown sugar
1 tablespoon butter
1 dessert spoon vinegar
Put ingredients in double boiler
place on range and stir until it boils
Cook slowly, until syrup hardens when dropped in ice water
Have walnuts prepared and put them in a shallow pan
greased with butter
and pour over the candy
When cold, cut into bars
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Tuesday, January 10, 2006
MINI PUMPKIN SEEDS FROM OUR EXPERIMENTAL PATCH
MINI PUMPKIN FROM
THE GREAT MANURE HILL EXPERIMENT
In a previous post called;
"The Great Manure Hill Experiment Our Gumpkin"
I shared with you about one of our planting experiments.
We haven't cut open our Gumpkin yet, but today
we decided to harvest the seeds from one of the mini pumpkins
from the hill.
The seeds are almost as big as the pumpkin :)
I have always enjoyed miniature pumpkins and gourds.
They can be used in so many ways.
They are so cute when placed on a window sill or
piled in a basket on top of spanish moss, for example,
for a inexpensive Fall decoration.
For a special Fall table decorating idea,
You could use them as a Pumpkin Place Card for a special
dinner or get-together.
Either by setting a pumpkin on the plate
with a name card propped against i,t
or by drawing a face and / or writing the guests' name
on the pumpkin with a black magic marker.
I have even seen Miniature pumpkin candleholders
used for dinner table centerpeices.
Too C U T E !!!!!
Another decorating idea is a Miniature Pumpkin Wreath.
It's made by using a wire form, mini-pumpkins, spanish moss and a bow.
Next Fall I will share more detailed instructions.
In a few organic restaurants, they use hollowed out
mini pumpkins for serving wild rice or other vegetarian sides.
Here is a recipe I stumbled across after it was too late
to use my pumpkins for food.
This Fall I intend on trying them for myself.
These Stuffed Mini Pumpkins can be Served for luncheon
or as a side with any kind of entree you desire.
WILD RICE STUFFED MINI PUMPKINS
4 mini pumpkins
1/2 cup wild rice
3 to 4 cups water
juice of one orange
2 tsp honey
salt and pepper to taste
1/4 cup dried cranberries
2 TB chopped pecans
1 tsp orange zest
Preheat oven to 375°F.
In a small sauce pan, add the wild rice
and fill with enough water to cover.
Bring to a boil and then simmer for 30 - 40 minutes
or until done.
While rice is cooking, cut the top off the pumpkins.
Scoop out the seeds and strings with a spoon.
Place the pumpkins upside down in a baking pan with 1/3 inch of water.
Bake for 15 minutes.
Carefully turn the pumpkins upright,
return to oven until flesh is tender when pierced with a fork
approximately 5 to 10 additional minutes.
Place the cooked , rinsed and cooled rice in medium size bowl.
Set aside.
Juice the orange and add honey, mixing together well.
Pour honey mixture over the rice.
Add salt and black pepper, and stir well.
Stir in the cranberries, pecans, orange zest.
Adjust seasonings if needed.
Spoon the rice into each of the pumpkins and serve.
My Variation ideas:
add to rice:
1 tsp chopped fresh mint (optional)
or
Seasoned pepper instead of black pepper
or
Use Pecans instead of Walnuts.
hmmm, How about a truly Simple &
Q U I C K mini-pumpkin side idea:
1. Cook the pumpkins as described
2. Buy a box of wild rice mix, follow the directions
on the box, maybe add some nuts.
Fill the pumpkins with the cooked rice mix
and you are done.
When mini-pumpkins are back in season
I will be sharing all kinds of additional ideas and recipes
From Pumpkin Soup to Fall Pumpkin Crafts...
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THE GREAT MANURE HILL EXPERIMENT
In a previous post called;
"The Great Manure Hill Experiment Our Gumpkin"
I shared with you about one of our planting experiments.
We haven't cut open our Gumpkin yet, but today
we decided to harvest the seeds from one of the mini pumpkins
from the hill.
The seeds are almost as big as the pumpkin :)
I have always enjoyed miniature pumpkins and gourds.
They can be used in so many ways.
They are so cute when placed on a window sill or
piled in a basket on top of spanish moss, for example,
for a inexpensive Fall decoration.
For a special Fall table decorating idea,
You could use them as a Pumpkin Place Card for a special
dinner or get-together.
Either by setting a pumpkin on the plate
with a name card propped against i,t
or by drawing a face and / or writing the guests' name
on the pumpkin with a black magic marker.
I have even seen Miniature pumpkin candleholders
used for dinner table centerpeices.
Too C U T E !!!!!
Another decorating idea is a Miniature Pumpkin Wreath.
It's made by using a wire form, mini-pumpkins, spanish moss and a bow.
Next Fall I will share more detailed instructions.
In a few organic restaurants, they use hollowed out
mini pumpkins for serving wild rice or other vegetarian sides.
Here is a recipe I stumbled across after it was too late
to use my pumpkins for food.
This Fall I intend on trying them for myself.
These Stuffed Mini Pumpkins can be Served for luncheon
or as a side with any kind of entree you desire.
WILD RICE STUFFED MINI PUMPKINS
4 mini pumpkins
1/2 cup wild rice
3 to 4 cups water
juice of one orange
2 tsp honey
salt and pepper to taste
1/4 cup dried cranberries
2 TB chopped pecans
1 tsp orange zest
Preheat oven to 375°F.
In a small sauce pan, add the wild rice
and fill with enough water to cover.
Bring to a boil and then simmer for 30 - 40 minutes
or until done.
While rice is cooking, cut the top off the pumpkins.
Scoop out the seeds and strings with a spoon.
Place the pumpkins upside down in a baking pan with 1/3 inch of water.
Bake for 15 minutes.
Carefully turn the pumpkins upright,
return to oven until flesh is tender when pierced with a fork
approximately 5 to 10 additional minutes.
Place the cooked , rinsed and cooled rice in medium size bowl.
Set aside.
Juice the orange and add honey, mixing together well.
Pour honey mixture over the rice.
Add salt and black pepper, and stir well.
Stir in the cranberries, pecans, orange zest.
Adjust seasonings if needed.
Spoon the rice into each of the pumpkins and serve.
My Variation ideas:
add to rice:
1 tsp chopped fresh mint (optional)
or
Seasoned pepper instead of black pepper
or
Use Pecans instead of Walnuts.
hmmm, How about a truly Simple &
Q U I C K mini-pumpkin side idea:
1. Cook the pumpkins as described
2. Buy a box of wild rice mix, follow the directions
on the box, maybe add some nuts.
Fill the pumpkins with the cooked rice mix
and you are done.
When mini-pumpkins are back in season
I will be sharing all kinds of additional ideas and recipes
From Pumpkin Soup to Fall Pumpkin Crafts...
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Monday, January 09, 2006
BASIC KENTUCKY HARD SAUCE RECIPE
Many old-time recipes call for Hard sauce.
After much research and asking a few old time cooks,
here is a very basic hard sauce recipe.
Hard Sauces can be used to top
Bread puddings, ice creams and cakes, etc...
Todays Recipe Tip:
In older recipes Extracts were sometimes called Essence.
BASIC KENTUCKY HARD SAUCE RECIPE
1/2 cup butter
1/2 cup white sugar (confectioners')
1 tablespoon brandy
1 dash almond extract
I a medium mixing bowl,
cream together the butter and sugar.
Beat in by degrees the brandy
and a drop of almond essence.
Another variation with a few differences.
SOUTHERN HARD SAUCE RECIPE
courtesy: D. Rattray
1/2 cup soft butter
1 1/2 cup sifted confectioners' sugar
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
OR 2 tablespoons rum or brandy
Cream butter with confectioners' sugar until light and fluffy.
Stir in vanilla extract or rum or brandy.
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After much research and asking a few old time cooks,
here is a very basic hard sauce recipe.
Hard Sauces can be used to top
Bread puddings, ice creams and cakes, etc...
Todays Recipe Tip:
In older recipes Extracts were sometimes called Essence.
BASIC KENTUCKY HARD SAUCE RECIPE
1/2 cup butter
1/2 cup white sugar (confectioners')
1 tablespoon brandy
1 dash almond extract
I a medium mixing bowl,
cream together the butter and sugar.
Beat in by degrees the brandy
and a drop of almond essence.
Another variation with a few differences.
SOUTHERN HARD SAUCE RECIPE
courtesy: D. Rattray
1/2 cup soft butter
1 1/2 cup sifted confectioners' sugar
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
OR 2 tablespoons rum or brandy
Cream butter with confectioners' sugar until light and fluffy.
Stir in vanilla extract or rum or brandy.
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Sunday, January 08, 2006
KENTUCKY PUDDING RECIPE FROM 1910
KENTUCKY PUDDING RECIPE
courtesy of:
Old Louisville Recipe Book
Recipe from 1903
One cup of molasses
1 cup new milk
1 cup chopped suet
1 cup raisins
1 cup currants
2½ cups flour
1 teaspoon baking powder
Mix well,
put in bag and steam 2 hours.
Serve with rich sauce, flavored with brandy.
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courtesy of:
Old Louisville Recipe Book
Recipe from 1903
One cup of molasses
1 cup new milk
1 cup chopped suet
1 cup raisins
1 cup currants
2½ cups flour
1 teaspoon baking powder
Mix well,
put in bag and steam 2 hours.
Serve with rich sauce, flavored with brandy.
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Saturday, January 07, 2006
KENTUCKY INDIAN PUDDING RECIPE FROM EARLY 1900'S
KENTUCKY INDIAN PUDDING RECIPE
from late 1800' - early 1900's
One quart of milk
4 ounces of cornmeal
2 ounces of butter
stir together and cook in a double boiler 20 minutes.
then add:
4 ounces of sugar,
3 eggs, 1 teaspoon of salt, 1 teaspoon of ginger;
stir together for a few minutes.
Cook 10 minutes longer and then pour into a
buttered mold and bake ½ hour
Serve with hard sauce.
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from late 1800' - early 1900's
One quart of milk
4 ounces of cornmeal
2 ounces of butter
stir together and cook in a double boiler 20 minutes.
then add:
4 ounces of sugar,
3 eggs, 1 teaspoon of salt, 1 teaspoon of ginger;
stir together for a few minutes.
Cook 10 minutes longer and then pour into a
buttered mold and bake ½ hour
Serve with hard sauce.
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Friday, January 06, 2006
LOUISVILLE ORANGE ROLEY POLEY RECIPE early 1900's
LOUISVILLE ORANGE ROLEY POLEY RECIPE
courtesy:
Old Louisville Recipe Book
Take 4 sweet oranges; peel and slice them.
Then sift 1 pint of flour,
1 tablespoon of granulated sugar,
1 teaspoon baking powder,
½ teaspoon salt.
Add to this 2 tablespoons of butter and enough
sweet milk to make a soft dough.
Put on a floured board, and roll into a long sheet,
spread with the sliced oranges and granulated sugar.
Roll it and pinch the ends to prevent the juice escaping.
Place on a buttered plate and steam 1½ hours,
set in oven a few minutes to dry.
Serve with hard sauce flavored with orange juice.
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courtesy:
Old Louisville Recipe Book
Take 4 sweet oranges; peel and slice them.
Then sift 1 pint of flour,
1 tablespoon of granulated sugar,
1 teaspoon baking powder,
½ teaspoon salt.
Add to this 2 tablespoons of butter and enough
sweet milk to make a soft dough.
Put on a floured board, and roll into a long sheet,
spread with the sliced oranges and granulated sugar.
Roll it and pinch the ends to prevent the juice escaping.
Place on a buttered plate and steam 1½ hours,
set in oven a few minutes to dry.
Serve with hard sauce flavored with orange juice.
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Thursday, January 05, 2006
CAKE PUDDING RECIPE FROM EARLY 1900'S
CAKE PUDDING RECIPE
COURTESY: Old Louisville Recipe Book
Take 1 cup of granulated sugar
3 tablespoons of melted butter
Cream and add 1 well-beaten egg
1 cup of rich milk
Stir well, then add 1 pint of flour
and 1 heaping teaspoon of baking powder
Bake in pudding dish half an hour
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Wednesday, January 04, 2006
LOUISVILLE PINOCHA & MAPLE PINOCHA RECIPE
LOUISVILLE PINOCHA RECIPE
Three coffee cups of dark brown sugar
1 cup sweet milk
lump of butter size of a walnut
Cook until almost candy
then pour in dish and beat hard
just before it is cold
beat in blanched almonds or pecans
Cut in squares when cold
LOUISVILLE MAPLE PINOCHA RECIPE
Grate 1 pound of maple sugar
Add 1 cup of milk and cream mixed
Place on range, and stir until sugar is dissolved
then boil until syrup forms a soft ball, when dropped in cold water
Remove from fire, stir until it begins to thicken
then hastily add 1 teacup of pecans
and turn the mixture into a buttered pan
When partially cold, mark into squares with a greased knife
I enjoy reading old recipes.
It just makes me smile...
:)
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Three coffee cups of dark brown sugar
1 cup sweet milk
lump of butter size of a walnut
Cook until almost candy
then pour in dish and beat hard
just before it is cold
beat in blanched almonds or pecans
Cut in squares when cold
LOUISVILLE MAPLE PINOCHA RECIPE
Grate 1 pound of maple sugar
Add 1 cup of milk and cream mixed
Place on range, and stir until sugar is dissolved
then boil until syrup forms a soft ball, when dropped in cold water
Remove from fire, stir until it begins to thicken
then hastily add 1 teacup of pecans
and turn the mixture into a buttered pan
When partially cold, mark into squares with a greased knife
I enjoy reading old recipes.
It just makes me smile...
:)
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Tuesday, January 03, 2006
MY OLD KENTUCKY HOME LYRICS
There are several versions of our Famous State Song.
The Official lyrics are listed below.
In my opinion, it is the music that makes this song so haunting...
May you have a happy and Blessed New Year.
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My Old Kentucky Home
Words and Music by: Stephen C. Foster
The sun shines bright in the old Kentucky home
'Tis summer, the people are gay;
The corn top's ripe and the meadow's in the bloom,
While the birds make music all the day;
The young folks roll on the little cabin floor,
All merry, all happy, and bright,
By'n by hard times comes a-knocking at the door,
Then my old Kentucky home, good night!
Weep no more, my lady,
Oh weep no more today!
We will sing one song for the old Kentucky home,
For the old Kentucky home far away.
They hunt no more for the 'possum and the coon,
On meadow, the hill and the shore,
They sing no more by the glimmer of the moon,
On the bench by that old cabin door;
The day goes by like a shadow o'er the heart,
With sorrow where all was delight;
The time has come when the people have to part,
Then my old Kentucky home, good night!
Weep no more, my lady,
Oh weep no more today!
We will sing one song for the old Kentucky home,
For the old Kentucky home far away.
The head must bow and the back will have to bend,
Wherever the people may go;
A few more days and the trouble all will end
In the field where sugar-canes may grow;
A few more days for to tote the weary load,
No matter, 'twill never be light,
A few more days till we totter on the road,
Then my old Kentucky home, good night!
Weep no more, my lady,
Oh weep no more today!
We will sing one song for the old Kentucky home,
For the old Kentucky home far away.
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