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De old place on de Ches'peake Bay / Is in my heart to-night -- / I hopes to git back d'yar some day, / An' hongers for de sight.
Dee come an' tole me I was free, / An' all my work was done; / I left dem whar was good to me, / An' now I 'se all alone.
De name of ole Virginia / Is sweet as rain in drouf -- / Oh! Master, say, has you been dy'ar? / Hit 's way down in de Souf.
De grass dat grows 'pon top de hill / De ones I love does hide, / I pray de Lord to spyah me still / To sleep dyar by dee side.
De ole plantation 's sole an' all, / But sometime dee will come, / An' I will hear Brer Gabrull call, / To fetch de ole man home.
De name ob ole Virginia / Is sweet as rain in drouf -- / Oh! Master, say, has you been dy'ar? / Hit 's way down in de Souf.