{"id":1321,"date":"2019-02-20T21:13:31","date_gmt":"2019-02-20T21:13:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/?page_id=1321"},"modified":"2023-06-02T22:24:07","modified_gmt":"2023-06-02T22:24:07","slug":"shoeboots-serenade","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/shoeboots-serenade\/","title":{"rendered":"Shoeboot&#8217;s Serenade"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">[Disclaimer: these lyrics are from a time when disturbing terms were in common use for African-Americans. This is not condoned by Sheet Music Singer. The song is presented in original form as part of musical history.]<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">rag song with trombone obligato, 1915<br>words and music by W. C. Handy<\/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\/06\/Shoeboots-Serenade.pdf\" type=\"application\/pdf\" style=\"width:100%;height:600px\" aria-label=\"Embed of Shoeboots-Serenade - Sheet Music.\"><\/object><a id=\"wp-block-file--media-995ff0c3-7d4c-4d0a-95cd-56492fbdc030\" href=\"https:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/Shoeboots-Serenade.pdf\">Shoeboots-Serenade &#8211; Sheet Music<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/Shoeboots-Serenade.pdf\" class=\"wp-block-file__button wp-element-button\" download aria-describedby=\"wp-block-file--media-995ff0c3-7d4c-4d0a-95cd-56492fbdc030\">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>Shoeboot Reeder was the leader<br>Of a colored band, music sweet and grand<br>How he sang and played<br>One summer night in Southern moonlight<br>&#8216;Neath a vineclad window<br>He to his Melinda, sang this serenade<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Chorus<br>I woke up this morning<br>With the blues all &#8217;round my bed<br>Thinking about what you , my baby, said<br>Do say the word and give my poor heart ease<br>The blues ain&#8217;t nothing but the fatal heart disease<br>I&#8217;ll have to leave this town<br>Just to wear you off my mind<br>Can&#8217;t sleep for dreaming, can&#8217;t laugh for cryin&#8217;<br>So in the moonlight Shoeboots played<br>His little serenade<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\" start=\"2\">\n<li>Under the window, Shoeboot took Linda<br>For his wedded wife, tied the knot for life<br>Claimed her for his own<br>Just a few pennies, twin picaninnies<br>Work scarce, eats one meal a day<br>Sad at heart he tries to play on his old Trombone<\/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\/fionN1GsgdA?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>[Disclaimer: these lyrics are from a time when disturbing terms were in common use for African-Americans. 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