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2 unusual facts about My Old Kentucky Home


1853 in the United States

January – Stephen Foster's "My Old Kentucky Home, Good Night", which is later adopted as the state song of Kentucky under the name "My Old Kentucky Home", is published by Firth, Pond, & Company.

1929 World Series

After Wilson's miscue on Haas' hit, an unknown fan wrote lyrics to "My Old Kentucky Home" beginning with "The sun shone bright into poor Hack Wilson's eyes..." and ended "So we'll sing one song for the game and fighting Cubs, for the record whiffing Cubs far away."



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After-acquired property

An example would be Colonel Sanders pretends to sell "My Old Kentucky Home" to Daniel Boone for $1000 (US) but does not own the property at the time and then uses the money to actually buy that same property from the true owner.