{"id":105,"date":"2018-06-25T14:55:47","date_gmt":"2018-06-25T14:55:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/?page_id=105"},"modified":"2023-04-20T13:50:02","modified_gmt":"2023-04-20T13:50:02","slug":"aint-it-a-shame","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/aint-it-a-shame\/","title":{"rendered":"Ain\u2019t It a Shame"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">[WARNING: This song contains antiquated racial language. It is presented here for historical and educational purposes only.]<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">a popular song from 1922<br>words and music by W. A. Hann, Jos. Simms, and Al. W. Brown<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity is-style-wide\"\/>\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\/06\/Aint-It-A-Shame.pdf\" type=\"application\/pdf\" style=\"width:100%;height:600px\" aria-label=\"Embed of Ain&apos;t It A Shame - Sheet Music.\"><\/object><a id=\"wp-block-file--media-195d65f0-836c-49fc-ad77-bffe0d009de5\" href=\"https:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/Aint-It-A-Shame.pdf\">Ain&#8217;t It A Shame &#8211; Sheet Music<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/Aint-It-A-Shame.pdf\" class=\"wp-block-file__button wp-element-button\" download aria-describedby=\"wp-block-file--media-195d65f0-836c-49fc-ad77-bffe0d009de5\">Download<\/a><\/div>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity is-style-wide\"\/>\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-bcf3dcd9-f442-4d18-9269-f27ff2267820\" href=\"https:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/Aint-It-A-Shame-MIDI.mid\">Ain&#8217;t It A Shame &#8211; MIDI<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/Aint-It-A-Shame-MIDI.mid\" class=\"wp-block-file__button wp-element-button\" download aria-describedby=\"wp-block-file--media-bcf3dcd9-f442-4d18-9269-f27ff2267820\">Download<\/a><\/div>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity is-style-wide\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Lyrics<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">1. Away down South where I was born<br>In the land of cotton, sugar, cane and corn<br>Everybody goes to church on Sunday morn<br>You all know that the good books say<br>&#8220;You must keep holy the Sabbath day&#8221;<br>Now if you don&#8217;t you&#8217;ll go where it&#8217;s real warm<br>In church the other day, I heard Parson Johnson say: (Well?)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Refrain<br>Brothers, it&#8217;s a shame to gamble on Sunday, Ain&#8217;t it a shame?<br>Ain&#8217;t it a shame, to gamble on Sunday, Ain&#8217;t it a shame?<br>Ain&#8217;t it a shame to gamble on Sunday,<br>When you get Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, too<br>Ain&#8217;t it a shame?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">2. Old Sister Mandy Jenkins Jones<br>She gave a dance down at her home<br>Last Saturday night, and everyone was gay<br>She belonged to church but took one chance<br>And after midnight let them dance<br>Somebody &#8216;phoned the Parson right away<br>When the Elder rushed thru&#8217; the door<br>He preached this sermon on the floor:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Refrain<br>Sisters, it&#8217;s a shame to shimmy* on Sunday, Ain&#8217;t it a shame?<br>Ain&#8217;t it a shame, to shimmy* on Sunday, Ain&#8217;t it a shame?<br>Ain&#8217;t it a shame to shimmy* on Sunday,<br>When you get Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, too<br>Ain&#8217;t it a shame?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">* in subsequent refrains substitute &#8220;drink hootch&#8221;, &#8220;flirt&#8221;, &#8220;steal chickens&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity is-style-wide\"\/>\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\/Mr4dJ8MtoRk?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: This song contains antiquated racial language. It is presented here for historical and educational purposes only.] a popular song from 1922words and music by W. A. Hann, Jos. Simms, and Al. W. Brown The sheet music: Accompaniment: Lyrics 1. Away down South where I was bornIn the land of cotton, sugar, cane and cornEverybody &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/aint-it-a-shame\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Ain\u2019t It a Shame&#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-105","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/Pa3ZiQ-1H","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/105","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=105"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/105\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3502,"href":"https:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/105\/revisions\/3502"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=105"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}