{"id":1002,"date":"2018-12-01T18:27:23","date_gmt":"2018-12-01T18:27:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/?page_id=1002"},"modified":"2023-05-22T12:39:34","modified_gmt":"2023-05-22T12:39:34","slug":"kentucky-babe","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/kentucky-babe\/","title":{"rendered":"Kentucky Babe"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">[Disclaimer: contains derogatory racial terms. No hatred is intended here. It is presented in its original form as a part of musical history.]<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A 1896 plantation lullaby. Tempo di Schottische.<br>words by Richard Henry Buck<br>music by Adam Geibel<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8211;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The sheet music:\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div data-wp-interactive=\"core\/file\" class=\"wp-block-file\"><object data-wp-bind--hidden=\"!state.hasPdfPreview\" hidden class=\"wp-block-file__embed\" data=\"https:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/Kentucky-Babe.pdf\" type=\"application\/pdf\" style=\"width:100%;height:600px\" aria-label=\"Embed of Kentucky Babe - Sheet Music.\"><\/object><a id=\"wp-block-file--media-2198dfd2-8d62-49c5-b56d-21bd08cc7e8f\" href=\"https:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/Kentucky-Babe.pdf\">Kentucky Babe &#8211; Sheet Music<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/Kentucky-Babe.pdf\" class=\"wp-block-file__button wp-element-button\" download aria-describedby=\"wp-block-file--media-2198dfd2-8d62-49c5-b56d-21bd08cc7e8f\">Download<\/a><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;-<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Accompaniment:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-file\"><a id=\"wp-block-file--media-2e1a22eb-3008-40a8-837a-6660b53bb1ab\" href=\"https:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/Kentucky-Babe-MIDI.mid\">Kentucky Babe &#8211; MIDI<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/Kentucky-Babe-MIDI.mid\" class=\"wp-block-file__button wp-element-button\" download aria-describedby=\"wp-block-file--media-2e1a22eb-3008-40a8-837a-6660b53bb1ab\">Download<\/a><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8211;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Lyrics<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">1. &#8216;Skeeters am a-hummin&#8217; on de honeysuckle vine<br>Sleep, Kentucky Babe<br>Sandman am a comin&#8217; to dis little coon of mine<br>Sleep, Kentucky Babe<br>Silvery moon am shinin&#8217; in de heabens up above<br>Bob-o-link am pinin&#8217; fo&#8217; his little lady love<br>You is mighty lucky, Babe of old Kentucky<br>Close yo&#8217; eyes in sleep<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Chorus<br>Fly away, fly away Kentucky Babe<br>Fly away to rest<br>Fly away, lay yo&#8217; kinky, woolly head<br>On yo&#8217; mammy&#8217;s breast<br>Um, um, close yo&#8217; eyes in sleep<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">2. Daddy&#8217;s in the canebrake wid his little dog and gun<br>Sleep, Kentucky Babe<br>Possom, fo&#8217; yo&#8217; breakfast when yo&#8217; sleepin&#8217; time is done<br>Sleep, Kentucky Babe<br>Bogie man&#8217;ll ketch yo&#8217; sure unless yo&#8217; close yo&#8217; eyes<br>Waitin&#8217; jes&#8217; out side de doo&#8217; to take yo&#8217; by surprise<br>Bes&#8217; be keepin&#8217; shady, little colored lady<br>Close yo&#8217; eyes in sleep<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;-<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Sung here by Fred Feild:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-audio\"><audio controls src=\"https:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/Kentucky-Babe.mp3\"><\/audio><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[Disclaimer: contains derogatory racial terms. No hatred is intended here. It is presented in its original form as a part of musical history.] A 1896 plantation lullaby. Tempo di Schottische.words by Richard Henry Buckmusic by Adam Geibel &#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8211; The sheet music:\u00a0 &#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;- Accompaniment: &#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8211; Lyrics 1. &#8216;Skeeters am a-hummin&#8217; on de honeysuckle vineSleep, Kentucky BabeSandman &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/kentucky-babe\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Kentucky Babe&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_crdt_document":"","_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-1002","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/Pa3ZiQ-ga","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1002","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1002"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1002\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4053,"href":"https:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1002\/revisions\/4053"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1002"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}