{"id":1039,"date":"2018-12-03T21:26:44","date_gmt":"2018-12-03T21:26:44","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/?page_id=1039"},"modified":"2023-05-23T11:46:16","modified_gmt":"2023-05-23T11:46:16","slug":"mammy-blossoms-possum-party","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/mammy-blossoms-possum-party\/","title":{"rendered":"Mammy Blossom&#8217;s Possum Party"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">[WARNING: This song contains antiquated racial stereotypes. It is presented here for historical and educational purposes only.]<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">a 1917 popular song<br>words by Arthur Fields<br>music by Theodore Morse<\/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:<\/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\/Mammy-Blossoms-Possum-Party.pdf\" type=\"application\/pdf\" style=\"width:100%;height:600px\" aria-label=\"Embed of Mammy Blossom&apos;s Possum Party - Sheet Music.\"><\/object><a id=\"wp-block-file--media-1e0d5372-faaa-4fba-aa4f-081d97771a7b\" href=\"https:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/Mammy-Blossoms-Possum-Party.pdf\">Mammy Blossom&#8217;s Possum Party &#8211; Sheet Music<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/Mammy-Blossoms-Possum-Party.pdf\" class=\"wp-block-file__button wp-element-button\" download aria-describedby=\"wp-block-file--media-1e0d5372-faaa-4fba-aa4f-081d97771a7b\">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 &#8211; player piano roll Universal #2401<br>played by Theodore Morse &amp; E.K. Wilson:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-file\"><a id=\"wp-block-file--media-8b50c653-bfb3-412b-b49c-585744b32d43\" href=\"https:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/Mammy-Blossoms-Possum-Party-MIDI.mid\">Mammy Blossom&#8217;s Possum Party &#8211; MIDI<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/Mammy-Blossoms-Possum-Party-MIDI.mid\" class=\"wp-block-file__button wp-element-button\" download aria-describedby=\"wp-block-file--media-8b50c653-bfb3-412b-b49c-585744b32d43\">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\">1. Quite some excitement, down South Car&#8217;lina way<br>Every darky&#8217;s feeling gay, they celebrate today<br>Don&#8217;t get excited, why, you&#8217;re invited<br>Mammy never slighted anyone, I know<br>Grab your pal, your steady gal and go<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Chorus<br>I&#8217;m on my way to Mammy Blossom&#8217;s &#8216;Possum Party<br>Every little darky will be gay and hearty<br>Dressed in the best of Sunday-go-to-meetin&#8217;<br>Sally Simmons picked persimmons, &#8216;possum trimmin&#8217;s too<br>You better come, there&#8217;ll be some mighty scrumptious eatin&#8217;<br>You&#8217;ll see it all on mammy&#8217;s bill of fare<br>There&#8217;ll be some ham, there&#8217;ll be some lamb<br>There&#8217;ll be some jam, there&#8217;ll be some yams<br>I&#8217;m on my way to Mammy Blossom&#8217;s &#8216;Possum Party<br>Fore there&#8217;s goin&#8217; to be a good time there<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">2. Come on get happy, put your best clothes on and go<br>Bring along your sister Flo, your Aunt and Uncle Joe<br>How can you stand there? they&#8217;ll have some band there<br>You&#8217;ll know it when you land there, and you&#8217;ll love it so<br>Bring you fiddle and your old banjo<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Chorus<br>I&#8217;m on my way to Mammy Blossom&#8217;s &#8216;Possum Party<br>Every little darky will be gay and hearty<br>Dressed in the best of Sunday-go-to-meetin&#8217;<br>Auntie Skinner&#8217;s chicken dinners never could compare<br>You better come, there&#8217;ll be some mighty goody eatin&#8217;<br>You&#8217;ll see it all on mammy&#8217;s bill of fare<br>There&#8217;ll be some cake, some nice crab flake<br>And you&#8217;ll partake of juicy steak<br>I&#8217;m on my way to Mammy Blossom&#8217;s &#8216;Possum Party<br>Fore there&#8217;s goin&#8217; to be a good time there<\/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\/05\/Mammys-Blossoms-Possum-Party.mp3\"><\/audio><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[WARNING: This song contains antiquated racial stereotypes. It is presented here for historical and educational purposes only.] a 1917 popular songwords by Arthur Fieldsmusic by Theodore Morse The sheet music: Accompaniment &#8211; player piano roll Universal #2401played by Theodore Morse &amp; E.K. Wilson: Lyrics 1. Quite some excitement, down South Car&#8217;lina wayEvery darky&#8217;s feeling gay, &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/mammy-blossoms-possum-party\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Mammy Blossom&#8217;s Possum Party&#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-1039","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/Pa3ZiQ-gL","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1039","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=1039"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1039\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4066,"href":"https:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1039\/revisions\/4066"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1039"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}