Hymnal: The Assembly Hymn and Song Collection #224 (1914) First Line: Gone are the days when my heart was young and gay Refrain First Line: I'm coming, I'm coming Lyrics: 1 Gone are the days when my heart was young and gay,
Gone are the friends from the cotton fields away,
Gone from the earth to a better land, I know,
I hear their gentle voices calling, "Old Black Joe."
Chorus:
I'm coming, I'm coming,
For my head is bending low;
I hear those gentle voices calling, "Old Black Joe."
2 Why do I weep when my heart should feel no pain?
Why do I sigh that my friends come not again?
Grieving for forms now departed long ago,
I hear their gentle voices calling, "Old Black Joe." [Chorus]
3 Where are the hearts once so happy and so free?
The children so dear that I held upon my knee?
Gone to the shore where my soul has long'd to go,
I hear their gentle voices calling, "Old Black Joe." [Chorus] Languages: English Tune Title: [Gone are the days when my heart was young and gay]
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