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countryjake

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1. Originally titled, "Poor Uncle Tom, Good-Night!"...

Reply to trof (Original post)

Sat May 6, 2017, 07:07 PM

May 2017

and before it became widely known as the Abolition song it is, my great-great grandpa used to whistle this tune in the dead of night as a signal when he was awaiting new arrivals. He was a conductor on the Underground Railroad in Northwest Ohio.

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My Old Kentucky Home, Good-Night (1853) [View all] trof May 2017 OP

Originally titled, "Poor Uncle Tom, Good-Night!"... countryjake May 2017 #1

Didn't know it was an abolition song. trof May 2017 #2

I had never heard anything except the first verse. northoftheborder May 2017 #3

It is a sad, sorrowful song. Ironically I have friends delisen May 2017 #4

Stephen Foster wrote it... kentuck May 2017 #5