OLD FOLKS AT HOME (SWANEE RIVER)

LEVEL 1D · 100 BPM · Stephen C. Foster
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Print the sheet for the piano stand, or load the MIDI into any app and practise at your own tempo.

HOW TO PLAY

  1. 1Put your right thumb on middle C. Most beginner songs stay under five fingers — you never move your hand.
  2. 2Set the speed down and turn CLICK on. Press each key exactly when the note reaches the line.
  3. 3Loop the bar that keeps breaking until it feels easy, then add the left hand and take the speed back up.

LYRICS

(D)Way down up on the (G)Swan ee Riv er, (D)far,

far a (A7)way,

(D)there’s where my heart is (G)turn ing ev er, (D)there’s where the (A)old folks (D)stay.

All up and down the (G)whole cre a tion, (D)sad ly I (A7)roam,

(D)still long ing for the (G)old plan ta tion (D)and for the (A)old folks at (D)home.

(A7)All the world is (D)sad and drear y (G)ev ’ry where I (D)roam.

Oh!

dark eyes, how my (G)heart grows wea ry, (D)far from the (A)old folks at (D)home.

SONG INFO

Level
1 of 5
Key
D
Tempo
100 BPM
Plays
6
Category
Folk
Artist
Stephen C. Foster

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