{"id":1119,"date":"2018-12-08T19:48:39","date_gmt":"2018-12-08T19:48:39","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/?page_id=1119"},"modified":"2024-03-11T10:29:11","modified_gmt":"2024-03-11T10:29:11","slug":"little-old-cabin-in-the-lane","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/little-old-cabin-in-the-lane\/","title":{"rendered":"The Little Old Cabin in the Lane"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">[Disclaimer: These lyrics are racially prejudiced and unacceptable. They are being presented here in original form for educational and history purposes.]<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">a 1871 popular song<br>words and music by Will S. Hays<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A wonderful and sad minstrel song. This melody is also used for the song Little Joe the Wrangler.<\/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\/Little-Old-Cabin-in-the-Lane.pdf\" type=\"application\/pdf\" style=\"width:100%;height:600px\" aria-label=\"Embed of Little Old Cabin in the Lane - Sheet Music.\"><\/object><a id=\"wp-block-file--media-0ad95355-21cc-4116-b47f-8ac9861a3335\" href=\"https:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/Little-Old-Cabin-in-the-Lane.pdf\">Little Old Cabin in the Lane &#8211; Sheet Music<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/Little-Old-Cabin-in-the-Lane.pdf\" class=\"wp-block-file__button wp-element-button\" download aria-describedby=\"wp-block-file--media-0ad95355-21cc-4116-b47f-8ac9861a3335\">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 by Benjamin R. Tubb:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-file\"><a id=\"wp-block-file--media-72db9858-1ab0-483c-9933-b204f639f3e6\" href=\"https:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/Little-Old-Cabin-in-the-Lane-MIDI.mid\">Little Old Cabin in the Lane &#8211; MIDI<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/Little-Old-Cabin-in-the-Lane-MIDI.mid\" class=\"wp-block-file__button wp-element-button\" download aria-describedby=\"wp-block-file--media-72db9858-1ab0-483c-9933-b204f639f3e6\">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<ol class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>I&#8217;m getting old and feeble now<br>I cannot work no more<br>I&#8217;ve laid de rusty bladed hoe to rest<br>Ole massa an&#8217; ole miss&#8217;s am dead<br>dey&#8217;re sleepin&#8217; side by side<br>Deir spirits now are roaming wid de blest<br>De scene am changed about de place<br>de darkies are all gone<br>I&#8217;ll neber hear dem singin in the cane<br>And I&#8217;se de only one dat&#8217;s left<br>wid dis ole dog ob mine<br>In de little old log cabin in de lane<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Chorus<br>De chimney&#8217;s falling down<br>And de roof is cavin&#8217; in<br>I aint got long round her to remain,<br>But de angels watches over me<br>When I lays down to sleep<br>In de little old log cabin in de lane<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">2. Dar was a happy time to me<br>&#8216;Twas many years ago<br>When de darkies used to gather round de door<br>When dey used to dance an&#8217; sing at night<br>I played de ole banjo<br>But alas, I cannot play it anymore<br>De hinges dey got rusted<br>An&#8217; de door has tumbled down<br>And de roof lets in de sunshine an&#8217; de rain<br>An&#8217; de only friend I&#8217;ve got now<br>Is dis good ole dog ob mine<br>In de little old log cabin in de lane<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">3. De footpath now is coverd o&#8217;er<br>Dat led us round de hill<br>And de fences all are going to decay<br>An&#8217; de creek is all dried up<br>where we used to go to mill<br>De time has turned its course an-od-der way<br>But I aint got long to stay here<br>And what little time I got<br>I&#8217;ll try and be content-ed to remain<br>Till death shall call my dog an&#8217; me<br>To find a better home<br>Dan dat little old log cabin in de lane<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-css-opacity\"\/>\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\/Little-Old-Cabin-in-the-Lane.mp3\"><\/audio><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[Disclaimer: These lyrics are racially prejudiced and unacceptable. They are being presented here in original form for educational and history purposes.] a 1871 popular songwords and music by Will S. Hays A wonderful and sad minstrel song. This melody is also used for the song Little Joe the Wrangler. The sheet music: Accompaniment by Benjamin &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/little-old-cabin-in-the-lane\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;The Little Old Cabin in the Lane&#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-1119","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/Pa3ZiQ-i3","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1119","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=1119"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1119\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4510,"href":"https:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1119\/revisions\/4510"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1119"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}