{"id":1232,"date":"2019-02-13T00:51:08","date_gmt":"2019-02-13T00:51:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/?page_id=1232"},"modified":"2023-05-29T12:01:45","modified_gmt":"2023-05-29T12:01:45","slug":"old-uncle-ned","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/old-uncle-ned\/","title":{"rendered":"Old Uncle Ned"},"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 1848 minstrel song<br>words and music by Stephen C. Foster<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">From The Stephen Foster Song Book: &#8220;Old Uncle Ned was composed probably in Pittsburgh in 1847 and came into print a year later while Foster was living in Cincinnati. The music for Old Uncle Ned is good early Foster. It has an easy melodic flow, a clever three-part chorus (two tenors and a bass, one might guess), and a little four-measure dance as postlude.&#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:<\/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\/Old-Uncle-Ned.pdf\" type=\"application\/pdf\" style=\"width:100%;height:600px\" aria-label=\"Embed of Old-Uncle-Ned - Sheet Music.\"><\/object><a id=\"wp-block-file--media-92551fce-238e-40ad-b0b4-eff43f51683c\" href=\"https:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/Old-Uncle-Ned.pdf\">Old-Uncle-Ned &#8211; Sheet Music<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/Old-Uncle-Ned.pdf\" class=\"wp-block-file__button wp-element-button\" download aria-describedby=\"wp-block-file--media-92551fce-238e-40ad-b0b4-eff43f51683c\">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 Werner Tomaschewski<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-file\"><a id=\"wp-block-file--media-a2684c75-8d26-480d-9d31-33f30c09a73b\" href=\"https:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/Old-Uncle-Ned.mid\">Old-Uncle-Ned &#8211; MIDI<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/Old-Uncle-Ned.mid\" class=\"wp-block-file__button wp-element-button\" download aria-describedby=\"wp-block-file--media-a2684c75-8d26-480d-9d31-33f30c09a73b\">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. Dere was an old nigga<br>Dey called him Uncle Ned<br>He\u2019s dead long ago long ago<br>He had no wool on de top ob de head<br>De place wha de wool ought to grow<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Chorus<br>Den lay down de shubble and de hoe-o-o<br>and hang up de fiddle and de bow<br>No more hard work for poor old Ned<br>He\u2019s gone wha de good niggas go<br>No more hard work for poor old Ned<br>He\u2019s gone wha de good niggas go<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">2. His fingers were long<br>Like de cane in de brake<br>He had no eyes for to see<br>He had no teeffe for to eat de oae cake<br>Se he had to luf dat oae cake be<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">3. On a cold frosty morning<br>Poor Uncle Ned died<br>Masters tears down his cheeks ran like rain<br>Case he knew when poor Ned was under de ground<br>He\u2019d neber see his like again<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-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\/05\/Old-Uncle-Ned.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 1848 minstrel songwords and music by Stephen C. 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