{"id":1351,"date":"2019-02-21T00:53:20","date_gmt":"2019-02-21T00:53:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/?page_id=1351"},"modified":"2024-07-11T12:48:22","modified_gmt":"2024-07-11T12:48:22","slug":"virginia-blues","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/virginia-blues\/","title":{"rendered":"Virginia Blues (1922)"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">[Warning: contains derogatory racial terms. Original presented as part of music history.]<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A 1922 song that quotes the older &#8220;Carry Me Back To Old Virginny&#8221;.<br>words by Ernie Erdman<br>music by Fred Meinken<\/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\/09\/Virginia-Blues.pdf\" type=\"application\/pdf\" style=\"width:100%;height:600px\" aria-label=\"Embed of Virginia-Blues - Sheet Music.\"><\/object><a id=\"wp-block-file--media-9045097f-47de-43a0-975e-8e4cf5cc91d1\" href=\"https:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/Virginia-Blues.pdf\">Virginia-Blues &#8211; Sheet Music<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/Virginia-Blues.pdf\" class=\"wp-block-file__button wp-element-button\" download aria-describedby=\"wp-block-file--media-9045097f-47de-43a0-975e-8e4cf5cc91d1\">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:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-file\"><a id=\"wp-block-file--media-559f257d-350f-46e5-8e45-35195faf7ad8\" href=\"https:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/Virginia-Blues-MIDI.mid\">Virginia-Blues &#8211; MIDI<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/Virginia-Blues-MIDI.mid\" class=\"wp-block-file__button wp-element-button\" download aria-describedby=\"wp-block-file--media-559f257d-350f-46e5-8e45-35195faf7ad8\">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\">When I left Virginia, I never knew how lonesome I would be<br>But now my tears are falling, Virginia\u2019s calling me<br>And you can see that I\u2019ve got those Virginia Blues<br>My old Mammy\u2019s yearning for my returning, waiting for some news<br>And tho\u2019 I\u2019ve been a rover, those days are over now<br>I made a vow, I\u2019m going home, never more to roam<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Chorus<br>I\u2019ve got those Old Virginia Blues, the meanest kind of homesick blues<br>I know my Mammy needs me, I just can\u2019t refuse, let me tell you<br>She\u2019ll not wait in vain, I\u2019ll hop on a south bound train<br>That\u2019s goin\u2019 to \u201cCarry me back to old Virginny\u201d<br>Where I can lose those Virginia Blues<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Patter<br>I miss the Blue Ridge Mountains where I used to roam all day<br>The little pickaninnies with whom I used to play<br>I miss that sweet Virginia ham and nice brown possum roast<br>But my old Mammy\u2019s kissin\u2019 is the thing I miss the most<br>I miss the Dixie moon that shines on cotton fields of white<br>I miss the darkies singin\u2019 round their cabin doors at night<br>I\u2019ve roamed the wide world over, I\u2019ve seen all there is to see<br>And now I know Virginia is the only place for me<\/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-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\/ZVGmG1Ff4nY?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>[Warning: contains derogatory racial terms. Original presented as part of music history.] A 1922 song that quotes the older &#8220;Carry Me Back To Old Virginny&#8221;.words by Ernie Erdmanmusic by Fred Meinken The sheet music: Accompaniment: Lyrics When I left Virginia, I never knew how lonesome I would beBut now my tears are falling, Virginia\u2019s calling &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/virginia-blues\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Virginia Blues (1922)&#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-1351","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\/1351","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=1351"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1351\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4927,"href":"https:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1351\/revisions\/4927"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1351"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}