All de dark-eyes am a-weeping" in his song "Massa's in de Cold, Cold Ground".
Members gathered at this composer's house and sung songs as the Knights of the S.T., most likely unabbreviated as Knights of the Square Table. He composed the chorus part "Down in de cornfield/Hear dat mournful sound/All de dark-eyes am a-weeping" in his song "Massa's in de Cold, Cold Ground". The titular subject is referred to as "My dark Virginny bride" in his song "Nelly Was a Lady". Another song ends by proclaiming how a certain part of the titular subject's body is "Floating, like a vapor, on the soft summer air". The first verse of another song starts "The sun shines bright in the" titular state. FTP, name this American composer of "Jeannie with the Light Brown Hair" and "My Old Kentucky Home".
Members gathered at this composer's house and sung songs as the Knights of the S.T., most likely unabbreviated as Knights of the Square Table.
Stephen Collins {Foster}