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Down Among the Canebrakes

Music and lyrics by Stephen Foster

Once I could laugh and play,
When in life's early day;
Then I was far away,
Down among the cane-brakes.
Down among the cane-brakes
On the Mississippi shore.
Oh! those happy days,
Those happy days are o'er!
Oh! those happy days
Will come back no more!

2. Yes I was free from care;
All was bright summer there;
Dark days to me were fair,
Down among the cane-brakes.
Down among the cane-brakes
On the Mississippi shore.
Oh! those happy days,
Those happy days are o'er!
Oh! those happy days
Will come back no more!