{"id":1325,"date":"2019-02-20T21:15:25","date_gmt":"2019-02-20T21:15:25","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/?page_id=1325"},"modified":"2023-06-02T22:28:08","modified_gmt":"2023-06-02T22:28:08","slug":"somebodys-done-me-wrong","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/somebodys-done-me-wrong\/","title":{"rendered":"Somebody&#8217;s Done Me Wrong"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">[Warning: racial stereotypes. This song is being presented in its original form as a part of music history.]<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The best &#8220;coon shout&#8221; ever written, 1918.<br>Words by Marshall Walker.<br>Music by Will E. Skidmore<\/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\/Somebodys-Done-Me-Wrong.pdf\" type=\"application\/pdf\" style=\"width:100%;height:600px\" aria-label=\"Embed of Somebody&apos;s Done Me Wrong - Sheet Music.\"><\/object><a id=\"wp-block-file--media-e7d13d5c-b705-49b3-b977-6f1c9af5d3bd\" href=\"https:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/Somebodys-Done-Me-Wrong.pdf\">Somebody&#8217;s Done Me Wrong &#8211; Sheet Music<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/Somebodys-Done-Me-Wrong.pdf\" class=\"wp-block-file__button wp-element-button\" download aria-describedby=\"wp-block-file--media-e7d13d5c-b705-49b3-b977-6f1c9af5d3bd\">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-efea3004-9b6d-4828-803c-712bab48bb9e\" href=\"https:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/Somebodys_Done_Me_Wrong_1918_s_JPP.mid\">Somebodys_Done_Me_Wrong &#8211; MIDI<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/Somebodys_Done_Me_Wrong_1918_s_JPP.mid\" class=\"wp-block-file__button wp-element-button\" download aria-describedby=\"wp-block-file--media-efea3004-9b6d-4828-803c-712bab48bb9e\">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. Way down south there lives a cullud preachin&#8217; man<br>(Preachin&#8217; man, Preachin&#8217; man, Preachin&#8217; man)<br>Spreadin&#8217; joy to everybody in the land<br>(In the land, in the land, in the land)<br>Last Sunday night he looked his congregation in the face<br>(In the face, in the face, in the face)<br>And says to them, &#8220;You gotta get somebody in my place&#8221;<br>(In my place, in my place, in my place)<br>The elders asked him why<br>And this was his reply<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Chorus<br>Now brothers and sisters I been preaching&#8217; to you<br>But somebody&#8217;s done me wrong<br>I stood for you stealin&#8217; from the contribution box<br>As it passes along<br>For years I preached the Gospel truth<br>To each and every one<br>But when you Deacons try to steal<br>My &#8220;Brown Skin Gal&#8221; I&#8217;m done<br>Now brothers and sisters I been preaching&#8217; to you<br>But somebody&#8217;s done me wrong<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">2. T&#8217;other night I got home just &#8216;about ten o&#8217;clock<br>(Ten o&#8217;clock, ten o&#8217;clock, ten o&#8217;clock)<br>Lights was low, I turned &#8217;em up, Oh! what a shock<br>(What a shock, what a shock, what a shock)<br>Now what you think was goin&#8217; on right there before my eyes<br>(&#8216;Fore my eyes, &#8216;fore my eyes, &#8216;fore my eyes)<br>My bosom friend, old deacon Jones<br>Had my wife hypnotized<br>(Hypnotized, hypnotized, hypnotized)<br>He started this here row<br>His wife&#8217;s a widow now<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Chorus<br>Now brothers and sisters I been preaching&#8217; to you<br>But somebody&#8217;s done me wrong<br>I stood for you stealin&#8217; from the contribution box<br>As it passes along<br>The good book says, &#8220;Thou Shalt Not Covet&#8221;<br>That&#8217;s the Gospel law<br>I&#8217;ll bet I&#8217;ll break them Ten Commandments<br>On some Deacon&#8217;s jaw<br>Now brothers and sisters I been preaching&#8217; to you<br>But somebody&#8217;s done me wrong<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Chorus<br>Now brothers and sisters I been preaching&#8217; to you<br>But somebody&#8217;s done me wrong<br>I stood for you stealin&#8217; from the contribution box<br>As it passes along<br>I always tried to let the other<br>Deacons&#8217; wives alone<br>And you ain&#8217;t got no right<br>To come a &#8220;messin&#8217; &#8217;round my home<br>Now brothers and sisters I been preaching&#8217; to you<br>But somebody&#8217;s done me wrong<\/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\/Somebodys-Done-Me-Wrong.mp3\"><\/audio><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[Warning: racial stereotypes. This song is being presented in its original form as a part of music history.] The best &#8220;coon shout&#8221; ever written, 1918.Words by Marshall Walker.Music by Will E. Skidmore The sheet music: Accompaniment by James Pitt-Payne: Lyrics 1. Way down south there lives a cullud preachin&#8217; man(Preachin&#8217; man, Preachin&#8217; man, Preachin&#8217; man)Spreadin&#8217; &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/somebodys-done-me-wrong\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Somebody&#8217;s Done Me Wrong&#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-1325","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/Pa3ZiQ-ln","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1325","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=1325"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1325\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4229,"href":"https:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1325\/revisions\/4229"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1325"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}