{"id":1379,"date":"2019-02-21T20:00:27","date_gmt":"2019-02-21T20:00:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/?page_id=1379"},"modified":"2023-06-04T13:45:59","modified_gmt":"2023-06-04T13:45:59","slug":"what-am-you-gwine-to-tell-massa-peter","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/what-am-you-gwine-to-tell-massa-peter\/","title":{"rendered":"What am You Gwine to Tell Massa Peter?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">[Warning: derogatory racial terms. Original presented as an important part of music history.]<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">a 1893 popular song<br>words and music by Ernest Hogan and Billy Kersands<br>arranged by George W. Hetzel<\/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\/What-am-You-Gwine-to-Tell-Massa-Peter.pdf\" type=\"application\/pdf\" style=\"width:100%;height:600px\" aria-label=\"Embed of What-am-You-Gwine-to-Tell-Massa-Peter - Sheet Music.\"><\/object><a id=\"wp-block-file--media-c6562750-8ebe-48f1-990a-f2d845012488\" href=\"https:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/What-am-You-Gwine-to-Tell-Massa-Peter.pdf\">What-am-You-Gwine-to-Tell-Massa-Peter &#8211; Sheet Music<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/What-am-You-Gwine-to-Tell-Massa-Peter.pdf\" class=\"wp-block-file__button wp-element-button\" download aria-describedby=\"wp-block-file--media-c6562750-8ebe-48f1-990a-f2d845012488\">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>Come all you colored people, who have got a soul to save<br>I&#8217;ve got a few questions I want to ax<br>I&#8217;m gwine to tell you &#8217;bout your doin&#8217;s and your wicked ways<br>I&#8217;ll pin you down to rock bottom fac&#8217;s<br>Don&#8217;t you know de time am comin&#8217; dat de darkies all must go<br>To take dat elevator for de bright and golden shore, Oh!<br>Don&#8217;t you know you ain&#8217;t been doin&#8217; right so come on &#8216;fore its too late<br>What am you gwine to tell Massa Peter when you meet Him at de gate?<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Chorus<br>Massa Peter&#8217;s expectation ob de color&#8217;d population<br>Come a runnin&#8217; now &#8216;afore it am too late<br>Ever since emancipation, what has been your occupation?<br>What am you gwine to tell Massa Peter at de gate?<br>Ever since emancipation, what has been your occupation?<br>What am you gwine to tell Massa Peter at de gate?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\" start=\"2\">\n<li>What about dat watermelon dat was smilin&#8217; on de vine<br>Dey are gwine to put it to you just dat way<br>What about dat pa&#8217;r ob pants you took dat made you look so fine<br>You&#8217;ll have to wear anoder pa&#8217;r dat day<br>Dere&#8217;s a little bag ob feathers and a little bag ob bones<br>Recollect dem hills ob taters dat you took from Uncle Jones, Oh!<br>What about dat chicken scrape which am bound to make you late<br>What am you gwine to tell Massa Peter when you meet Him at de gate?<\/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\/Dxzs0fMOWHs?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: derogatory racial terms. Original presented as an important part of music history.] a 1893 popular songwords and music by Ernest Hogan and Billy Kersandsarranged by George W. Hetzel The sheet music: Lyrics ChorusMassa Peter&#8217;s expectation ob de color&#8217;d populationCome a runnin&#8217; now &#8216;afore it am too lateEver since emancipation, what has been your occupation?What &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/what-am-you-gwine-to-tell-massa-peter\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;What am You Gwine to Tell Massa Peter?&#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-1379","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/Pa3ZiQ-mf","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1379","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=1379"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1379\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4270,"href":"https:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1379\/revisions\/4270"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1379"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}