Excerpt from Old Folks at Home: Way Down Upon De Swanee Ribber AY down upon de Swanee ribber, Far, far away, Dere's wha my heart is turning ebber, Dere's wha de Old folks stay. All up and down de whole creation Sadly I roam, Still longing for de old plantation, And for de old folks at home. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.