My Old Kentucky Home
/maɪ ˌəʊld kenˌtʌki ˈhəʊm/
/maɪ ˌəʊld kənˌtʌki ˈhəʊm/
- a popular US song written in 1853 by Stephen Foster. It became the official song of the state of Kentucky and is played at each Kentucky Derby when the horses come out. It contains the well-known lines: “Oh the sun shines bright on my old Kentucky home,My old Kentucky home far away.”