{"id":1027,"date":"2018-12-03T19:58:51","date_gmt":"2018-12-03T19:58:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/?page_id=1027"},"modified":"2023-05-23T11:25:54","modified_gmt":"2023-05-23T11:25:54","slug":"ma-mississippi-babe","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/ma-mississippi-babe\/","title":{"rendered":"Ma Mississippi Babe"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">[Warning: contains racial stereotypes. Original presented as part of music history.]<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">a 1920 mammy&#8217;s lullaby<br>words and music by Chas. K. Harris<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\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\/Ma-Mississippi-Babe.pdf\" type=\"application\/pdf\" style=\"width:100%;height:600px\" aria-label=\"Embed of Ma Mississippi Babe - Sheet Music.\"><\/object><a id=\"wp-block-file--media-5e644e6d-78d8-4c4f-9e8e-ec160c61055e\" href=\"https:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/Ma-Mississippi-Babe.pdf\">Ma Mississippi Babe &#8211; Sheet Music<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/Ma-Mississippi-Babe.pdf\" class=\"wp-block-file__button wp-element-button\" download aria-describedby=\"wp-block-file--media-5e644e6d-78d8-4c4f-9e8e-ec160c61055e\">Download<\/a><\/div>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\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-ae5d561e-2406-4dfe-99af-d08ade49f856\" href=\"https:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/Ma-Mississippi-Babe-MIDI.mid\">Ma Mississippi Babe &#8211; MIDI<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/Ma-Mississippi-Babe-MIDI.mid\" class=\"wp-block-file__button wp-element-button\" download aria-describedby=\"wp-block-file--media-ae5d561e-2406-4dfe-99af-d08ade49f856\">Download<\/a><\/div>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Lyrics<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Close yo&#8217; eyes ma pickanniny<br>Don&#8217;t you cry no moah<br>You&#8217;ll be white like other babies<br>Up in Heaven suah<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Refrain<br>Dream on ma Mississippi Baby<br>And who knows maybe<br>You&#8217;ll be a white faced angel<br>Flying fru de sky and den you&#8217;ll<br>See all dem white faced chillun<br>Crowd all around so willin&#8217;<br>Askin&#8217; to play with you my Mississippi Babe<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Piu mosso (a little faster):<br>Every time I see you cryin&#8217;<br>Den yo Mammy&#8217;s sighin&#8217;<br>Every white chile I&#8217;m juss hatin&#8217;<br>&#8216;Cause your little heart am breakin&#8217;<br>How you know why you is black<br>And why your hair is kinky<br>Jess de same de good Lord knows<br>Your soul am white as snow, So<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Refrain<br>Dream on ma Mississippi Baby<br>And who knows maybe<br>You&#8217;ll be a white faced angel<br>Flying fru de sky and den you&#8217;ll<br>See all dem white faced chillun<br>Crowd all around so willin&#8217;<br>Askin&#8217; to play with you<br>My Mississippi sugar baby mine<br>Ma angel chile<\/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-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"youtube-player\" width=\"840\" height=\"473\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/OAwBq5obZS0?version=3&#038;rel=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;showinfo=1&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;fs=1&#038;hl=en-US&#038;autohide=2&#038;wmode=transparent\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" style=\"border:0;\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox\"><\/iframe><\/span>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[Warning: contains racial stereotypes. Original presented as part of music history.] a 1920 mammy&#8217;s lullabywords and music by Chas. K. 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