{"id":1292,"date":"2019-02-19T18:27:09","date_gmt":"2019-02-19T18:27:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/?page_id=1292"},"modified":"2023-06-01T19:09:55","modified_gmt":"2023-06-01T19:09:55","slug":"way-down-in-cotton-town","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/way-down-in-cotton-town\/","title":{"rendered":"Way Down in Cotton Town"},"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 popular song from 1913.<br>Words and music by Clarence Gaskill.<\/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\/2022\/05\/Way-Down-In-Cotton-Town.pdf\" type=\"application\/pdf\" style=\"width:100%;height:600px\" aria-label=\"Embed of Way Down In Cotton Town - Sheet Music.\"><\/object><a id=\"wp-block-file--media-dc93af71-72e5-404c-b5ea-2cef3bc827f8\" href=\"https:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/Way-Down-In-Cotton-Town.pdf\">Way Down In Cotton Town &#8211; Sheet Music<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/Way-Down-In-Cotton-Town.pdf\" class=\"wp-block-file__button wp-element-button\" download aria-describedby=\"wp-block-file--media-dc93af71-72e5-404c-b5ea-2cef3bc827f8\">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-f5e22476-6aaa-4d8c-903e-582b54e6a2a6\" href=\"https:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/Way_Down_In_Cotton_Town-MIDI.mid\">Way_Down_In_Cotton_Town &#8211; MIDI<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/Way_Down_In_Cotton_Town-MIDI.mid\" class=\"wp-block-file__button wp-element-button\" download aria-describedby=\"wp-block-file--media-f5e22476-6aaa-4d8c-903e-582b54e6a2a6\">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. I&#8217;m the loneliest coon<br>I said the loneliest coon<br>Yes I&#8217;m the lonesomest coon in town<br>Why I can&#8217;t sing the songs I know<br>And can&#8217;t play the old banjo<br>All I do is sit aroun&#8217; an&#8217; frown<br>Now, I remember well, the day I went away<br>My old mammy told me I&#8217;d return some day<br>And she&#8217;s doggone right<br>&#8216;Cause I&#8217;ll be home tonight<br>If I have to wait to catch the freight I&#8217;ll say<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Chorus<br>I want to go, back to the land of cotton<br>And I want to see folks that cannot be forgotten<br>And I want to see Mandy Brown<br>I know she waits aroun&#8217;<br>Dressed in her gingham gown<br>&#8220;Way down in cotton town&#8221;<br>And I will take her to the nearest preacher<br>And she&#8217;ll never forget the lesson I will teacher &#8216;er<br>Gee! we&#8217;ll have some more jubilee<br>I know they wait for me<br>&#8220;Way down in cotton town&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">2. Gee! it&#8217;s tough to be broke<br>I said it&#8217;s tough to be broke<br>And be just five hundred miles from home<br>Gee! I ain&#8217;t seen such pleasant times<br>I ain&#8217;t seen so many dimes<br>Since I left old cotton town to roam<br>Well, I know just exactly what I&#8217;m going to do<br>Ain&#8217;t no use in hangin&#8217; &#8216;roun and feeling so blue<br>I will be right bold and have my fortune told<br>Then the reason why I&#8217;m sad I&#8217;ll tell to you<\/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\/Way-Down-In-Cotton-Town.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 popular song from 1913.Words and music by Clarence Gaskill. The sheet music: Accompaniment by James Pitt-Payne: Lyrics 1. I&#8217;m the loneliest coonI said the loneliest coonYes I&#8217;m the lonesomest coon in townWhy I can&#8217;t sing the songs &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/way-down-in-cotton-town\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Way Down in Cotton Town&#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-1292","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/Pa3ZiQ-kQ","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1292","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=1292"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1292\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4204,"href":"https:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1292\/revisions\/4204"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1292"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}