No More the Moon Shines on Lorena-The Carter Family

[ti:No More The Moon Shines On Lorena] [ar:The Carter Family] [al:The Carter Family 1927 - 1934 CD C] [by:] [offset:0] [00:00.00]No More the Moon Shines on Lorena - The Carter Family (卡特家族) [00:11.08]Way down upon the old plantation [00:15.79]Old Massey used to own me as a slave [00:20.33]He had a yeller gal he called Lorena [00:24.76]And we courted where the wild bananas wave [00:28.93] [00:29.44]For long years there we courted [00:33.51] [00:34.04]And we were as happy as one [00:37.94] [00:38.54]And my hard work for did Massey [00:43.10]And the happiness of life had just begun [00:47.07] [00:47.66]No more the moon shines on Lorena [00:52.14]As we'd sit and watched the coon among the corn [00:56.67]And the possum playing on the wild bananas [01:01.23]And the old owl a-hooting like a horn [01:05.49] [01:23.60]One day I called to see my dear Lorena [01:28.02]I thought she would meet me at the gate [01:32.57]But they took her away to old Virginny [01:36.85]And left me to mourn for her fate [01:40.89] [01:41.51]For years I had longed to see her [01:45.91]And the thoughts of her was ever in my head [01:49.86] [01:50.44]One day Massey read me a letter [01:54.85]Telling me that Lorena she was dead [01:58.73] [01:59.31]No more the moon shines on Lorena [02:03.32] [02:03.84]As we'd sit and watched the coon among the corn [02:07.64] [02:08.31]And the possum playing on the wild bananas [02:12.84]And the old owl a-hooting like a horn [02:16.59] [02:17.24]But I know that her soul has gone to heaven [02:21.69]And there she is ever free from pain [02:26.14]And to her a brighter crown is given [02:30.53]And no more she will wear the darkie's chain [02:34.46] [02:35.00]No more the moon shines on Lorena [02:38.95] [02:39.47]As we'd sit and watched the coon among the corn [02:43.34] [02:43.92]And the possum playing on the wild bananas [02:48.33]And the old owl a-hooting like a horn