{"id":1190,"date":"2018-12-19T22:01:50","date_gmt":"2018-12-19T22:01:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/?page_id=1190"},"modified":"2023-05-28T00:21:36","modified_gmt":"2023-05-28T00:21:36","slug":"nobody","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/nobody\/","title":{"rendered":"Nobody"},"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 1905 comic song of racial protest<br>words by Alex Rogers<br>music by Bert Williams<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">From the book America&#8217;s Songs II: &#8220;One contemporary observer called the song &#8220;a doleful and ironic composition, replete with dry observational wit, and perfectly complemented by Williams&#8217; intimate, half-spoken singing style. Williams&#8217; depicts a man who grumbles as he absorbs the day-in-and-day-out trials and tribulations of a world he only half understands, yet he describes his misery and defiance only to himself.&#8221;<\/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:&nbsp;<\/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\/2023\/05\/Nobody.pdf\" type=\"application\/pdf\" style=\"width:100%;height:600px\" aria-label=\"Embed of Nobody - Sheet Music.\"><\/object><a id=\"wp-block-file--media-d89502b9-5a60-4044-a27e-c8d114055b3c\" href=\"https:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/Nobody.pdf\">Nobody &#8211; Sheet Music<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/Nobody.pdf\" class=\"wp-block-file__button wp-element-button\" download aria-describedby=\"wp-block-file--media-d89502b9-5a60-4044-a27e-c8d114055b3c\">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-41654c58-089f-48d0-ba0f-41e0064ffec5\" href=\"https:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/Nobody-MIDI.mid\">Nobody &#8211; MIDI<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/Nobody-MIDI.mid\" class=\"wp-block-file__button wp-element-button\" download aria-describedby=\"wp-block-file--media-41654c58-089f-48d0-ba0f-41e0064ffec5\">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. When life seems full of clouds and rain<br>And I am filled with naught but pain<br>Who soothes my thumping, bumping brain?<br>(spoken: Nobody!)<br>When winter comes with snow and sleet<br>And me with hunger and cold feet<br>Who says, &#8220;Here&#8217;s two bits, go and eat?&#8221;<br>(spoken: Nobody!)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Chorus<br>I ain&#8217;t never done nothing to nobody<br>I ain&#8217;t never got nothin&#8217; from nobody, no time<br>And until I get somethin&#8217; from somebody, sometime<br>I don&#8217;t intend to do nothin&#8217; for nobody, no time<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">2. When summer comes all cool and clear<br>And friends they see me drawing near<br>Who says, &#8220;Come in and have a beer?&#8221;<br>(spoken: Nobody!)<br>I had a steak some time ago<br>With sauce I sprinkled it all &#8211; Oh!<br>Who said, &#8220;That sauce is Tabasco?&#8221;<br>(spoken: Nobody!)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">3. When I try hard, and scheme and plan<br>To look as good as e&#8217;er I can<br>Who says, &#8220;Look at that handsome man?&#8221;<br>(spoken: Nobody!)<br>When all day long things go a-miss<br>And I go home to find some bliss<br>Who hands to me a glowing kiss?<br>(spoken: Nobody!)<\/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\/PE0lS5WWTn4?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 stereotypes. It is presented here for historical and educational purposes only.] A 1905 comic song of racial protestwords by Alex Rogersmusic by Bert Williams From the book America&#8217;s Songs II: &#8220;One contemporary observer called the song &#8220;a doleful and ironic composition, replete with dry observational wit, and perfectly complemented &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/nobody\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Nobody&#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-1190","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/Pa3ZiQ-jc","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1190","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=1190"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1190\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4114,"href":"https:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1190\/revisions\/4114"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1190"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}