This is my first time seeing this video. I'm originally from Memphis, TN and moved to Lexington, KY in Oct. 2011. This truly brought a tear to this ol' Memphis boy's eyes.

I was in the crowd the day this was recorded - I cried then and I cried now.

What a wonderful bit of KY History! As you can see I am a KY Lady! however, I was not born there. So you folks who can VOTE in November. No one can sing the state song like Happy. May He rest in Peace! United we stand divided we fall! Go CATS GO! proud to be a Kentucky Colonel too!

From one beautiful state to another. Best wishes and hello from your neighbor Virginia.

@jessevinson4323

4 жыл бұрын

Yes sir

Born and raised in Kentucky (near Bardstown, but my father's family near Calvary goes back 200+ years. Joined the miltitary in 84 and never got back. Goddamn, there are still days I really miss the motherland. I still refer to myself as a Kentuckian. UK Fan forever!!!

I moved out of state for several years as a kid. My father died when I was 10, but I fondly remember him listening to an old record of Happy Chandler singing My Old Kentucky Home

Playing this one time for Mr. Wildcat. God Bless him, and the Wildcat Family.

Is there anything more beautiful?

@raymondmccomas3710

3 жыл бұрын

No !!

I just watch this and cried all over again..Great!

This video is beautiful and makes me wish I'd gone to Kentucky U. God bless Happy Chandler.

I remember, as a child, how touching it was to hear Mr. Chandler sing this song. Nobody told me to feel that way. It just happens naturally when you are from the great Commonwealth of Kentucky.

Great video captured! This was senior night 1983. We saw Happy sing everytime at Rupp - been season ticket holder since '77.

Agree 100 percent...makes me teary eyed every time.

Yes, this Song makes me Cry every time I hear it ! I knew 'Happy"! I know his family and took care of his grandsons (Ben III); it makes me soooo Emotional!!!! I just called Toss Chandler to let her hear him Sang!!

this one's a tearjerker. there's no way i can watch the whole thing w/o chocking up. i really miss kentucky

i cried for a week when mr wildcat died. and im a louisville fan. god bless kentucky

...for my Old Kentucky Home, far away. RIP Mr. Wildcat. You will be missed.

This was recorded in March 1988, four months before Happy Chandler's 90th birthday. What pipes!

beautiful and emotional!

doesn't get any better than this!

I was trying to describe "passion" to a person the other day, as in having a passion for a job, a field of study, etc. It may be hard to describe, but it's easy to identify when you see it. Just look at the Gov. He has passion for his state, its people and its history. This is one example of what passion looks like and what it does for others.

I'm from New York and I haven't been to Kentucky yet, but every time I hear My Old Kentucky Home. It brings a tear to my eye and my thoughts turn to home and family.

I live in Hawaii and just listening to this made me very homesick! What a beautiful song. It makes be proud to be a Kentuckian and a wildcat fan.

After all these years it still brings tears to my eyes. I had the honor of growing up just down the road from Happy Chandler and though many miles seperate me from the place of my birth every time I hear that song I remember that I will always be a proud to be from Kentucky.

UK or UL fans should both appreciate this rendition of a great song. You won't ever hear it sung with more emotion than ol' Happy Chandler could bring.

@kirbyofficial227

7 жыл бұрын

What about WK?

: * ( These young people and their families have a right to be proud of their school and hard work despite the failures of their coaches.

i got chills down my body

Wow! First time a state song being sung that brought tears to my eyes. And I am not from Kentucky. What an incredible voice! You go Former Governor!!!

Such a beautiful rendition and at his age it is amazing. I love Kentucky and I love "My Old Kentucky Home".

I saw this video in a history of Kentucky class at school a few weeks ago and after looking at this song on itunes I can't find a single artist who can hold a candle to Happy Chandler! Incredible!

That's the best and sweetest version on KZread. God bless Happy Chandler.

congrats on your 8th national championship

yeah when i was a senior there last year, hearing that song for the last time tore me up.

This was great. I love this song and the pride it makes me, as a Kentuckian, feel.

Great stuff. I love how 1980s everything is. Some of those people are hilarious... The dance team and Rob Lock's mom are classic.

the most emotional senior day in College Basketball no question

on of the best videos i have ever seen!

ok ok.. this one made me cry... but it was ok to cry on this one... right? GO KENTUCKY your ky girl misses you~~

Described as "one of the most emotional moments in sport," former Governor A.B. "Happy" Chandler sings the state anthem, "My Old Kentucky Home" - on Senior Night at Rupp Arena, March 2nd, 1988 - for Wildcats Ed Davender, Winston Bennett, Rob Lock, Cedric Jenkins, and Richard Madison. This was also Rex Chapman's final game in Lexington, as he entered the NBA draft after the 1987-1988 season.

Kentucky! I'll be back to ya on Friday!!

My great-grandmother used to sing this song a lot. She wasn't from Kentucky; she grew up mostly in Ohio (which is next door) and in Iowa. She passed away when I was six. I've never even been to Kentucky myself, but I know a lady who is originally from there and whose daughter went to school with me. I think of all three of them whenever I hear this song.

goose bumps...........

Amazing.

i was born in lexington, got family still down there lives in pittsburgh now but Go big blue till i died n i proud i was born n die a Cats fan

Gets me EVERY time. I think... I've got... something ...in my eye *sniff*

Best song I've ever heard. Good job Happy. God I love being a Kentuckian

you answered my mightiest prayers...

I love my old Kentucky home. Some day I will sing this song in my stage.

i'm going to cry like a baby when i graduate from uk in a few months.

It always had much more effect when the players had been there 3-4 years. This i beautiful. R.I.P. Happy

fantastic

Weep no more my lady..weep no more today...

I watch this and man, it still brings tears to my eyes. Great video.

This gets to my emotions every time.

@vince Thank you 4 that my friend! I would certainly LOVE to visit New Jersey and its wonderful people too!! Bless U!

i cried for days when bill died. i was at the reds game when it happened. R.I.P

His passion is what gives him the strength in his advancing years to stand tall, sing powerfully and invoke such emotion in others. One asked about how the black players felt. Observe the black man (parent) visible with the Gov. begins. He appears to me to be somewhat indifferent. At the end, he is singing and wiping the tears from his eyes. 'Nuff said.

I saw the Delta Queen playing this in Paducah before Derby Week.Some school teachers on a field trip from Graves County couldn't identify the song for their students.I grew up in Tennessee(forgive me)but I can hum the song.I think those teachers should have their certificates revoked.

the best.

Happy Chandler was also the 2nd commissioner of Major League Baseball

Great senior class, Ed D, Winston Bennett and the Master Blaster.

actually my KY neighbor that is English. We here in America speak English like our good neighbors the Canadians. "We just have various dialects! like speaking Kentucky! ya"all!

Was there when this occurred, as I have been for every Senior Day since Rupp Arena opened in 1976. "Happy" loved UK & UK Basketball. He was also responsible for the CHANDLER Medical Center & College of Medicine @ UK becoming a reality. Contrary to history revisionists, the MOKH, Chandler, nor Coach Rupp were racist. This is abundantly clear to anyone interested in the FACTS, and not PC rhetoric.

Thanks! Same to you as well!

Great video and the greatest alma mater!And Im not from Kentucky.

@johncal2009 Actually, Stephen Foster did visit Kentucky. He had relatives in Bardstown, Ky. one of whom was a prominent Statesman named John Rowan. My Old Kentucky Home is a place called Federal Hill in the beautiful city of Bardstown. I would love to see the Mississippi Gulf Coast, I've only been to the Delta. Thanks for your post.

my gosh....i'm still crying

Aww ... He has some words wrong. His house is like down the street from my house. It's pretty too!

best song ever excludeing the national anthem

Everyone is crying because probation was just around the corner.

March 2, 1988 -- was also Rex Chapman's last home game

So special. Happy Chandler should be in children's history books around the country. He made way for Jackie Robinson to join the majors. He captivated Kentucky.

ljenkin6, this looks to be the 1988 team's senior night including #44 Robert Lock, #25 Winston Bennett and #15 Ed Davender. I hope I've got all these right because they deserve the recognition!

@Wwyzzard You are a Kentuckian ! Technical or otherwise. God Bless You !

Tears

GO CATS!!! Crys.

Wow, That was an Awesome video. I rated this video a 5 !!!!

It was better than you could. Mr. Jealous.

A little did you know: Chandler was considered a leading candidate for President on the Democratic side in 1940 had FDR not run for his third term...when he was elected governor of Kentucky in the 1930's he was considered the "Boy Governor" because he was only in his 30's...

It doesn't just move Kentuckians to tears.

Bring on the derby

@mr22jake22 It is a great song either way so do not disrespect the state which it represents. This song is the pride of many a hard working people. Please respect it even though a couple of words have been changed.

I love Virginia. I would even vote for us to become one state again.

@terryshelton5360

7 жыл бұрын

We would become one state again, GO BIG BLUE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

@terryshelton5360

7 жыл бұрын

I meant we wouldn't become one state again!

@fredsevent Was this the last time he sang to them, was this a sort of tradition, singing to the outgoing seniors. He was around 90 at the time.

格好いい！

they need to go back to playing this song BEFORE the game

GO CATS GO

thanks...my bad.

@clackerhead1 : Once a Kentuckian, always a Kentuckian, and besides, if you ever bled blue, you will always bleed blue!

He Means "Happy" like his name

Go UK Wildcat Till i Die!

March 1988

Didn't somebody release a version of this song way back in the fifties or sixties or was it, perhaps, that they used the tune ?. Love to know.

OHHHHH C A T S CATS CATS CATS!

BLUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUE

Too bad Senior Day means almost nothing anymore....No one sticks around long enough to experience being a senior.

"The abolitionist Frederick Douglass believed the song was sympathetic to slaves."

you forgot Richard"Master Blaster" Madison

Mr Chandler my not be a racist but UK sure was. Mr Chandler intergratd MLB but could not do the same for UK sports. MLB was done in 1947 and it took UK basketball another three decades to to the same. I was in charleston SC watching the NCAA tournament and was surprised when I saw UK playing I could not believe it was UK that was in 1975

I'm glad you put the note of "former" Kentuckian. You are no Kentuckian in my eyes.