{"id":1236,"date":"2019-02-13T00:54:42","date_gmt":"2019-02-13T00:54:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/?page_id=1236"},"modified":"2023-05-29T12:37:11","modified_gmt":"2023-05-29T12:37:11","slug":"on-the-mississippi","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/on-the-mississippi\/","title":{"rendered":"On the Mississippi"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">[Warning: Offensive racial terms and inaccurate stereotypes were used for entertainment in times past. This song is presented here in original form as a part of music history.]<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A 1912 nostalgic ragtime song set on river loading docks<br>words by Ballard MacDonald<br>music by Carroll &amp; Fields<\/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\/On-the-Mississippi.pdf\" type=\"application\/pdf\" style=\"width:100%;height:600px\" aria-label=\"Embed of On-the-Mississippi - Sheet Music.\"><\/object><a id=\"wp-block-file--media-ace26b14-9c8e-4c2c-b039-402260c6a515\" href=\"https:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/On-the-Mississippi.pdf\">On-the-Mississippi &#8211; Sheet Music<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/On-the-Mississippi.pdf\" class=\"wp-block-file__button wp-element-button\" download aria-describedby=\"wp-block-file--media-ace26b14-9c8e-4c2c-b039-402260c6a515\">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 James Pitt-Payne:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-file\"><a id=\"wp-block-file--media-531fe760-e7da-44ba-a2a2-f70a8bcc3c71\" href=\"https:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/On_The_Mississippi_1912_s_JPP.mid\">On_The_Mississippi &#8211; MIDI<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/On_The_Mississippi_1912_s_JPP.mid\" class=\"wp-block-file__button wp-element-button\" download aria-describedby=\"wp-block-file--media-531fe760-e7da-44ba-a2a2-f70a8bcc3c71\">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>In my dreams I seem to hear a whistle shrill<br>Like the whippoorwilling of the whippoorwill<br>In my ears I hear it ringing<br>And the past to me it is bringing<br>It reminds me of the dear old Mississipp&#8217;<br>When I loaded cotton on that stern wheel ship<br>Roustabout, knocked about<br>They were the happy days there&#8217;s no doubt<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Chorus<br>On the Mississippi, on the Mississippi<br>Where those boats go puffin&#8217; along<br>On the Mississippi, darkies all go dippy<br>When they hear a little bit of ragtime melody<br>It seems I hear them singing, see them buck and winging<br>To the banjos ringing, Oh, my heart is clinging<br>To the Mississippi, dear old Mississippi<br>That&#8217;s where I was born<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\" start=\"2\">\n<li>I just have to close my eyes to see that sight<br>River all a-glistening in the bright moonlight<br>With my gal again I&#8217;m strolling<br>And her eyes at me they are rolling<br>All along the levee see those darkies prance<br>Listen to the music watch that shufflin&#8217; dance<br>Lordy me, can&#8217;t you see<br>That there is only one place for me?<\/li>\n<\/ol>\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-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\/a1kyWha_2-o?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: Offensive racial terms and inaccurate stereotypes were used for entertainment in times past. This song is presented here in original form as a part of music history.] A 1912 nostalgic ragtime song set on river loading dockswords by Ballard MacDonaldmusic by Carroll &amp; Fields The sheet music: Accompaniment by James Pitt-Payne: Lyrics ChorusOn the &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/on-the-mississippi\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;On the Mississippi&#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-1236","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/Pa3ZiQ-jW","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1236","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=1236"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1236\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4168,"href":"https:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1236\/revisions\/4168"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1236"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}