Gone are the days (Gone are the days)
When my heart was young and gay (When my heart was young and gay)
Gone are my friends (Gone are my friends)
From the cotton fields away (From the cotton fields away)
Gone from the earth (Gone from the earth)
To a better land I know (To a better land I know)
I hear those gentle voices calling
I hear those gentle voices calling)
Old Black Joe
I's a-comin' (Joe's a-comin')
I's a-comin' (Joe's a-comin')
For my head is bending low (For my head is bending low)
I hear those gentle voices calling
Old Black Joe
Where are the hearts once so happy and so free?
Children so dear that I held upon my knee
Gone to the shore where my soul has longed to go
I hear those gentle voices calling
Old Black Joe
I's a-comin' (Joe's a-comin')
I's a-comin' (Joe's a-comin')
For my head is bending low
I hear those gentle voices calling
Old Black Joe
I hear those gentle voices calling
Old Black Joe
I hear those gentle voices calling
Old Black Joe