DE NAME OF OLE VIRGINIA

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.