No More the Moon Shines on Lorena

[Verse 1] Way down upon the old plantation Old Massey used to own me as a slave He had a yeller gal he called Lorena And we courted where the wild bananas wave For long years there we courted And we were as happy as one And my hard work for did Massey And the happiness of life had just begun [Chorus] No more the moon shines on Lorena As we'd sit and watched the coon among the corn And the possum playing on the wild bananas And the old owl a-hooting like a horn [Verse 2] One day I called to see my dear Lorena I thought she would meet me at the gate But they took her away to old Virginny And left me to mourn for her fate For years I had longed to see her And the thoughts of her was ever in my head One day Massey read me a letter Telling me that Lorena she was dead [Chorus] [Verse 3] But I know that her soul has gone to heaven And there she is ever free from pain And to her a brighter crown is given And no more she will wear the darkie's chain [Chorus]