[2nd Copy Delivered to the
May 12 1900
Music Department]
To
Tommy Keep, Memphis, Tenn.
"The Old Oak on the Hill" (1876)
Song and Chorus
Words by John T. Rutleldge
Music by H. P. Danks
[Hart Pease Danks (1834-1903)]

Roshester, NY: Gibbons & Stone, 86 State St.
New York, NY: S. T. Gordon & Son
Boston, MA: O. Ditson & Co.
Philadelphia, PA: F. A. North & Co.
Baltimore, MD: Geo. Willig & Co.
Meyer, Printer.
[Source: 12777@LoC]

1. I’ve been thinking of the happy days,
When I was young and gay;
And all the happy scenes of old,
’Fore Massa went away;
But when he linger’d at the farm,
My eyes with joy would fill,
But now he sleeps beneath the oak,
The old oak on the hill.

CHORUS [sung after each VERSE]
The old home is so lonely,
But Oh, I love it still,
For I love to linger only
Near the old oak on the hill.

2. Many hours I sit and while away,
Up on the old hill side;
I linger there from day to day,
Beneath its branches wide;
And often does my poor heart weep,
And tears they come at will,
But soon, I know I’ll rest beneath
The old oak on the hill.

3. Now I have not long to tarry here,
My trouble’s nearly oe’r;
I soon will know no pain or fear,
I then will grieve no more;
But then I’ll linger at the farm,
Where scenes my heart may thrill,
For soon they’ll lay me down beneath
The old oak on the hill.