University of Kentucky - Kentuckian Yearbook (Lexington, KY)

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THE KENTUCKY RIVER far the fairest uf all the floods that run upon the Earth. — Odyessy.

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Bather sIoib m My Old Kentucky Home S. C. Foster E S f j The Bun shines bright in the old Ken-tuck-y home, ' Tls sum-mer, the dark-iea are gay; 1 The young folks roll on the lit- tie cob -in floor, All mer-ry, all hap-py and bright; (They hunt no more for the pos-sum and the coon. On the mead-ow, the hill and the shore; I The day goes by like a shad-ow o ' er the heart. With sor-row where all was de- light; ( The head must bow and the back will have to bend, Wher-ey - er the dark-ey may go; I A few more days for to tote thewea-ry load— No mat-ter, ' twill nev-er be light; l B =f N P=f m ' li N5g ii rrr? B@ E The corn-top ' s ripe and the meadow ' s in the bloom,While the birds make music all the day. By ' m-by hard times comes a-knock-ing at thedoor,Thenmy (Om; ) They sing no more by the glim-mer of the moon, On the bench by the old cab -in door. The time has come when the dark-ies have to part, Then my {Omil ) A few more days.and the trou-ble all will end. In the field where the sugar-canes grow; A few more days till we tot - ter on the road, Then my (Oot ) I I ' P =:fc .% Gr TTr mm €tM fd— kj! : ' ' f-NsF ' t (-y -V— 1 — f— f — y— 5 Chorus =U=j .e |ij= feBj=£r old Ken-tnck-y home,good-night I Weep no more, my la-dy, weep no more to - day I gee i|=£ =?=ft -. ■ = - - =t=C: . f-- -f- . . jL-l« rf- -J -»- -s ' SS Z f pj . p 1 . M t We will sing one song for the old Kentucky home,For the old Kentucky home.far a -way. ♦ ±zj= : = = 3i ZS — L »-- , ?: - - - ♦• -0- V 5 ■- 3 4 — t i I -f — i

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FIRST COURTHOUSE IN KENTUCKY In this oldest courthouse in Kentuc y, which still stands in Danville, met the first Constitutional Convention in the state in 1785. At this convention, the basic laws of the constitution were enacted and Dani ' ille was selected as the first capital.