{"id":1353,"date":"2019-02-21T19:38:22","date_gmt":"2019-02-21T19:38:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/?page_id=1353"},"modified":"2023-06-04T13:07:02","modified_gmt":"2023-06-04T13:07:02","slug":"mammys-shufflin-dance","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/mammys-shufflin-dance\/","title":{"rendered":"Mammy&#8217;s Shufflin&#8217; Dance"},"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 1911.<br>Words by L. Wolfe Gilbert.<br>Music by Melville J. Gideon.<\/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\/Mammys-Shufflin-Dance.pdf\" type=\"application\/pdf\" style=\"width:100%;height:600px\" aria-label=\"Embed of Mammys-Shufflin-Dance - Sheet Music.\"><\/object><a id=\"wp-block-file--media-d696432e-f299-45f9-8c00-03513f70fc17\" href=\"https:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/Mammys-Shufflin-Dance.pdf\">Mammys-Shufflin-Dance &#8211; Sheet Music<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/Mammys-Shufflin-Dance.pdf\" class=\"wp-block-file__button wp-element-button\" download aria-describedby=\"wp-block-file--media-d696432e-f299-45f9-8c00-03513f70fc17\">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-5048339a-1576-403b-ab34-215091502418\" href=\"https:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/Mammys_Shufflin_Dance_1911-MIDI.mid\">Mammys_Shufflin_Dance &#8211; MIDI<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/Mammys_Shufflin_Dance_1911-MIDI.mid\" class=\"wp-block-file__button wp-element-button\" download aria-describedby=\"wp-block-file--media-5048339a-1576-403b-ab34-215091502418\">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. Down in Alabamy<br>Lives a colored Mammy<br>She&#8217;s just as gray as can be<br>Down on the Levee, tho&#8217; Mammy&#8217;s heavy<br>There&#8217;s none can dance as she<br>See the pickaninnies a playing some tag<br>Hear the older darkies a humming a rag<br>&#8216;Ninnies stop their tagging<br>Darkies stop their ragging<br>When ole Mammy starts to dance<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Chorus<br>Mammy&#8217;s shufflin&#8217; dance<br>Mammy&#8217;s shufflin&#8217; dance<br>Oh! you &#8220;Grizzly Bear&#8221;<br>&#8220;Cubanola Glide&#8221;<br>None of them compare<br>With ole mammy&#8217;s slide<br>Balmy morning in June<br>Banjos playing a tune<br>I wish I was home again<br>So I could hear again<br>Mammy&#8217;s little shufflin&#8217; dance<br>In the morning<br>Mammy&#8217;s little shufflin&#8217; dance<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">2. Down in Alabamy<br>Preacher said, &#8220;Now Mammy<br>Don&#8217;t do that shufflin&#8217; dance<br>Sure it&#8217;s a winner, but, you old sinner<br>You&#8217;re much too old to chance&#8221;<br>Mammy said, &#8220;Now preacher<br>I means no harm&#8221;<br>Then she went and grabbed him<br>Right by the arm<br>Soon they were a slidin&#8217;<br>Soon they both were glidin&#8217;<br>While the preacher laughed with glee<\/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\/Mammys-Shufflin-Dance.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 1911.Words by L. Wolfe Gilbert.Music by Melville J. Gideon. The sheet music: Accompaniment by James Pitt-Payne: Lyrics 1. Down in AlabamyLives a colored MammyShe&#8217;s just as gray as can beDown on the Levee, tho&#8217; &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/mammys-shufflin-dance\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Mammy&#8217;s Shufflin&#8217; Dance&#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-1353","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/Pa3ZiQ-lP","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1353","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=1353"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1353\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4255,"href":"https:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1353\/revisions\/4255"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1353"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}