{"id":1246,"date":"2019-02-13T01:07:11","date_gmt":"2019-02-13T01:07:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/?page_id=1246"},"modified":"2023-05-30T12:57:23","modified_gmt":"2023-05-30T12:57:23","slug":"polly-wolly-doodle","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/polly-wolly-doodle\/","title":{"rendered":"Polly Wolly Doodle"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">[Warning: derogatory racial terms. It is presented as a part of music history.]<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">sheet music found online at the Sheet Music Point website<br>music taken from the book Heart Songs<br>published by The Chapple Publishing Company Ltd., 1909<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">From The Songs We Sang by Theodore Raph:<br>&#8220;This American folk song has been popular since the mid-1850s. The song seems completely anonymous although some believe it to be of Negro origin. This was one of the most performed songs of the black-faced minstrels. Just before the Civil War this song was heard in every theater, on every riverboat, and in every town.&#8221;<\/p>\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. Oh, I went down south for the see my Sal<br>Sing Polly Wolly doodle all the day<br>My Sally am a spunky gal<br>Sing Polly Wolly doodle all the day<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Chorus<br>Fare thee well, fare-well<br>Fare thee well, fare-well<br>Fare thee well, my fairy fay<br>For I&#8217;m going to Lou&#8217;siana<br>For to see my Susyanna<br>Sing Polly wolly doodle all the day<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">2. Oh, my Sal, she am a maiden fair<br>Sing Polly Wolly doodle all the day<br>With curly eyes and laughing hair<br>Sing Polly Wolly doodle all the day<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">3. Oh, I came to a river, an&#8217; I couldn&#8217;t get across<br>Sing Polly Wolly doodle all the day<br>An I jumped upon a nigger, an&#8217; I thought he was a hoss<br>Sing Polly Wolly doodle all the day<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">4. Oh, a grasshopper sittin&#8217; on a railroad track<br>Sing Polly Wolly doodle all the day<br>A-pickin&#8217; his teef wid a carpet tack<br>Sing Polly Wolly doodle all the day<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">5. Oh, I went to bed, but it wasn&#8217;t no use<br>Sing Polly Wolly doodle all the day<br>My feet stuck out for a chicken roost<br>Sing Polly Wolly doodle all the day<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">6. Behind de barn, down on my knees<br>Sing Polly Wolly doodle all the day<br>I thought I heard that chicken sneeze<br>Sing Polly Wolly doodle all the day<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">7. He sneezed so hard wid de hoopin&#8217; cough<br>Sing Polly Wolly doodle all the day<br>He sneezed his head an&#8217; his tail right off<br>Sing Polly Wolly doodle all the day<\/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-audio\"><audio controls src=\"https:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/Polly-Wolly-Doodle.mp3\"><\/audio><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[Warning: derogatory racial terms. It is presented as a part of music history.] sheet music found online at the Sheet Music Point websitemusic taken from the book Heart Songspublished by The Chapple Publishing Company Ltd., 1909 From The Songs We Sang by Theodore Raph:&#8220;This American folk song has been popular since the mid-1850s. 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