{"id":1337,"date":"2019-02-20T21:23:27","date_gmt":"2019-02-20T21:23:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/?page_id=1337"},"modified":"2023-06-03T13:04:32","modified_gmt":"2023-06-03T13:04:32","slug":"swingin-in-de-sky","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/swingin-in-de-sky\/","title":{"rendered":"Swingin&#8217; in de Sky"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">[Warning: contains racial content. Original presented as part of music history.]<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The prettiest of Negro melodies, 1895.<br>Words and music by Edith Kingsley.<\/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\/Swingin-in-de-Sky-1895.pdf\" type=\"application\/pdf\" style=\"width:100%;height:600px\" aria-label=\"Embed of Swingin&apos; in de Sky - Sheet Music.\"><\/object><a id=\"wp-block-file--media-c8425f84-6a98-4642-bc1e-d6acf8bab1c6\" href=\"https:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/Swingin-in-de-Sky-1895.pdf\">Swingin&#8217; in de Sky &#8211; Sheet Music<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/Swingin-in-de-Sky-1895.pdf\" class=\"wp-block-file__button wp-element-button\" download aria-describedby=\"wp-block-file--media-c8425f84-6a98-4642-bc1e-d6acf8bab1c6\">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. Dis nigger ain&#8217;t nobody&#8217;s fool<br>Oh! my law<br>Go on a hitchen up dat mule<br>Oh! my law<br>Cause we&#8217;s a gwine way upon high<br>Oh! my law<br>We&#8217;s gwine a swingin&#8217; in de sky<br>Oh! my law<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Chorus<br>Then run you little niggers run<br>We&#8217;s gwine to have a lot of fun<br>Swingin&#8217; in de sky<br>Den climb you little niggers climb<br>We&#8217;s gwine to hab a jolly time<br>Swingin&#8217; in de sky<br>Oh! dar&#8217;ll be dancin&#8217;, singin&#8217;<br>Banjo&#8217;s ringin&#8217; up dar in de sky<br>You&#8217;ll hab to roll out seven<br>Please come &#8216;leven swingin&#8217; in de sky<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">2. Now go to sleep, don&#8217;t hab to wake<br>Oh! my law<br>Eat all de fros&#8217;ten off de cake<br>Oh! my law<br>Put on your Sunday bib and tuck<br>Oh! my law<br>If you don&#8217;t you&#8217;ll loose your luck<br>Oh! my law<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">3. Dar&#8217;s gwine to be a lazy coon<br>Oh! my law<br>A shootin&#8217; craps upon de moon<br>Oh! my law<br>Take all de kink out of your hair<br>Oh! my law<br>Because you needn&#8217;t pay no fare<br>Oh! my law<\/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\/Swingin-in-de-Sky.mp3\"><\/audio><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[Warning: contains racial content. Original presented as part of music history.] The prettiest of Negro melodies, 1895.Words and music by Edith Kingsley. The sheet music: Lyrics 1. Dis nigger ain&#8217;t nobody&#8217;s foolOh! my lawGo on a hitchen up dat muleOh! my lawCause we&#8217;s a gwine way upon highOh! my lawWe&#8217;s gwine a swingin&#8217; in de &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/swingin-in-de-sky\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Swingin&#8217; in de Sky&#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-1337","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/Pa3ZiQ-lz","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1337","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=1337"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1337\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4239,"href":"https:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1337\/revisions\/4239"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1337"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}