I love hearing this at UK games and the Derby. I’m proud of my Kentucky roots and I’m always happy to see that “Welcome to Kentucky” sign on my way home when I’ve been away.
I’m not sure a sports team unites a state of people like the university of Kentucky basketball. We truly love our state, our people, our places, it’s our old Kentucky home. God bless the great Commonwealth of Kentucky and prosperity for all.
My Old Kentucky Home, no matter what anyone says, is essentially a song about longing for an idealized version of your home, whether it be in Kentucky, Kansas, or California. That's why it stirs so much emotion.
I am proud to be from Kentucky. I live in Henderson County, which is the same county where Governor Chandler was born. I also used to attend the elementary school named after him. R.I.P. Albert Benjamin Chandler (1898-1991)
I was at that game… maybe the last time Happy sang at senior night. No one knew for sure at the time that it would be Rex Chapman’s last home game; think he was the first Kentucky player to turn pro as a sophomore.
I'm not a liberal by any means, but kinda awkward to watch all the black players stand and begrudge a song that was literally about slavery being sung by an obvious Jim Crow politician. Just saying.
Happy Chandler was the MLB commissioner who integrated the game of baseball. Many team owners pushed him to not allow it. He did what he believed was right. We got Jackie Robinson. He was a good man. Lots of historians believe the song is deeply anti slavery. Even suggesting that the song may have been controversial when it was written.
@@jeffsullivan2721Yes, the original title was “Old Uncle Tom, Good Night” and it reflected Stephen Foster’s abolitionist sympathies. The second and third verses of the song were basically the “Uncle Tom’s Cabin” story, where he has to leave Kentucky because he gets sold down the river to the cane fields of Louisiana.
I've said for years this is the version they should play at Senior Night. Put it up on the board, play it through the speakers. Nobody has ever sung with this much emotion at Rupp.
Found this interesting bit of info on Rob Lock, the player who gives Happy a hug at the end: After retiring from basketball, Lock pursued his childhood dream of becoming a pilot. He is currently the owner of Waldo Wright's Flying Service where he gives open cockpit rides to visitors in restored vintage biplanes. The family business is based in Polk City, Florida and is currently the largest provider of open cockpit flights
I revisited this very warming and emotional performances by Gov. Chandler, I realized how much love the audience had for this special guy, he must have been a great governor and human being. A Son of Kentucky and southern gentleman.
Oh, the sun shines bright On my old Kentucky home 'Tis summer, The old folks are gay Well, the corn top's ripe And the meadow's in the bloom While the birds make music All the day Weep no more, my lady Oh, weep no more, today We sing one song For my old Kentucky home For my old Kentucky home Far away. Well, the young folks roll All around the cabin floor They're merry, all Happy and bright By 'n by hard times will A-come a-knockin' at my door Then my old Kentucky home Good night Weep no more, my lady No, weep no more, today We sing one song For my old Kentucky home For my old Kentucky home Far away. Weep no more, my lady Oh, weep no more, today We sing one song For my old Kentucky home For my old Kentucky home Far away. For my old Kentucky home Far away
I was at this game with my now ex wife and ex brother and sister in law. Everyone for the most part were wiping tears away. Oklahoma was highly ranked and my memory is that we beat them.
If the date of this game is in fact March 2nd, 1988 then the game was UK vs Georgia (unranked) and the final score was UK 80 - 72 UGA. However, I think you may be correct because someone is wearing an Oklahoma sweatshirt in the crowd (which would be a weird coincidence) because in the 1986-1987 season we played Oklahoma #12 and won by a single point 75-74 on Senior Night.
It's because it's a song about coming home. I'm from Kentucky, but this song can be applied to just the sentiment of yearning and longing and loving to be home.
Wow happy chandler my great uncle I never got to meet him but just wow I’ve always known my family like to sing and could sing but I never knew where we got it from and now I know
