{"id":1383,"date":"2019-02-21T20:02:59","date_gmt":"2019-02-21T20:02:59","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/?page_id=1383"},"modified":"2024-01-02T15:25:57","modified_gmt":"2024-01-02T15:25:57","slug":"when-chloe-sings-a-song","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/when-chloe-sings-a-song\/","title":{"rendered":"When Chloe Sings a Song"},"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 1899 popular song<br>words by Harry Bache Smith<br>music by John Stromberg<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">This catchy tune is heavily syncopated. The lyrics are filled with dialect slang. Songs like this were instant favorites at the turn of the century when ragtime was new.<\/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\/When-Chloe-Sings-a-Song.pdf\" type=\"application\/pdf\" style=\"width:100%;height:600px\" aria-label=\"Embed of When-Chloe-Sings-a-Song - Sheet Music.\"><\/object><a id=\"wp-block-file--media-d2ff20fc-aa44-4d00-910b-ecea2461a5e5\" href=\"https:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/When-Chloe-Sings-a-Song.pdf\">When-Chloe-Sings-a-Song &#8211; Sheet Music<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/When-Chloe-Sings-a-Song.pdf\" class=\"wp-block-file__button wp-element-button\" download aria-describedby=\"wp-block-file--media-d2ff20fc-aa44-4d00-910b-ecea2461a5e5\">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 Benjamin R. Tubb:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-file\"><a id=\"wp-block-file--media-736f4fc8-3041-42d4-98d0-21bc0cc84c75\" href=\"https:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/When-Chloe-Sings-a-Song.mid\">When-Chloe-Sings-a-Song &#8211; MIDI<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/When-Chloe-Sings-a-Song.mid\" class=\"wp-block-file__button wp-element-button\" download aria-describedby=\"wp-block-file--media-736f4fc8-3041-42d4-98d0-21bc0cc84c75\">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>Dar is music in de banjo when it sounds<br>Dar is music in de whistle ob de breeze<br>Dar is music fo&#8217; creation on de whole ob dis plantation<br>Dar is music in de buzzin&#8217; ob de bees<br>But de sweetes music ever dat I hear<br>Is de sound de soft breeze to me gently brings<br>In tones so clear to my listenin&#8217; ear<br>When my Chloe, my sweet Chloe sings<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Refrain<br>Do yo&#8217; hear dem tones a-comin&#8217;<br>Wid de ole banjo a strummin&#8217;<br>Why de bees dey stop dere hummin&#8217;<br>When dey hears \u2018em come along<br>O&#8217;er de whole o&#8217; dis plantation<br>It&#8217;s de cause ob a sensation<br>Sweetes music in creation<br>Is when Chloe sings a song<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\" start=\"2\">\n<li>Dar is music in de tambourine and bones<br>Dar is music in de fiddle and de bow<br>Dar is lively music eber when the steamer down de riber<br>Comes along an&#8217; lets her loudes&#8217; whistle blows<br>But de darkies come around fo&#8217; miles an&#8217; miles<br>It is wonderful de crowd it always brings<br>Wif ev&#8217;ry chile&#8217;s face wreathed in smiles<br>When my Chloe, my sweet Chloe sings<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Dar is music when de red birds chirp and sing<br>And de oriole is whistling on his nest<br>Dar is music in de tingle ob de rain upon de shingle<br>When in de cabin all have gone to rest<br>But dar&#8217;s not a bird in air or in de trees<br>Dar is not a bird dat flies around on wings<br>Wif tones as sweet as dem you meet<br>When my Chloe, dat gal Chloe sings<\/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\/rDVLRGaTEX4?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: This song contains antiquated racial stereotypes. It is presented here for historical and educational purposes only.] a 1899 popular songwords by Harry Bache Smithmusic by John Stromberg This catchy tune is heavily syncopated. The lyrics are filled with dialect slang. Songs like this were instant favorites at the turn of the century when ragtime &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/when-chloe-sings-a-song\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;When Chloe Sings a Song&#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-1383","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/Pa3ZiQ-mj","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1383","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=1383"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1383\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4497,"href":"https:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1383\/revisions\/4497"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1383"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}