{"id":1403,"date":"2019-02-21T20:11:52","date_gmt":"2019-02-21T20:11:52","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/?page_id=1403"},"modified":"2023-06-05T11:58:23","modified_gmt":"2023-06-05T11:58:23","slug":"yellow-dog-blues","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/yellow-dog-blues\/","title":{"rendered":"Yellow Dog Blues"},"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\">&#8220;He&#8217;s gone where the Southern cross&#8217; the Yellow Dog&#8221;<br>a 1919 popular song<br>words and music by W. C. Handy<\/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\/Yellow-Dog-Blues.pdf\" type=\"application\/pdf\" style=\"width:100%;height:600px\" aria-label=\"Embed of Yellow-Dog-Blues - Sheet Music.\"><\/object><a id=\"wp-block-file--media-baef72dc-9e00-449b-b752-a46fa1dbada0\" href=\"https:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/Yellow-Dog-Blues.pdf\">Yellow-Dog-Blues &#8211; Sheet Music<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/Yellow-Dog-Blues.pdf\" class=\"wp-block-file__button wp-element-button\" download aria-describedby=\"wp-block-file--media-baef72dc-9e00-449b-b752-a46fa1dbada0\">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-027f730a-10e4-4d93-af43-c3ab07e54b73\" href=\"https:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/Yellow_Dog_Blues_1920_WC_Handy_seq_JPP.mid\">Yellow_Dog_Blues &#8211; MIDI<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/Yellow_Dog_Blues_1920_WC_Handy_seq_JPP.mid\" class=\"wp-block-file__button wp-element-button\" download aria-describedby=\"wp-block-file--media-027f730a-10e4-4d93-af43-c3ab07e54b73\">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>E&#8217;er since Miss Susan Johnson lost her Jockey, Lee<br>There has been much excitement, more to be<br>You can hear her moaning night and morn<br>&#8220;Wonder where my Easy Riders gone?<br>Cable grams come of sympathy, telegrams go of inquiry<br>Letters come from down in &#8220;Bam&#8221;<br>And everywhere that Uncle Sam<br>Has even a rural delivery<br>All day the phone rings, but it&#8217;s not for me<br>At last good tidings fill our hearts with glee<br>This message comes from Tennessee&#8221;<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Chorus<br>Dear Sue, your Easy Rider struck this burg today<br>On a south boun&#8217; rattler, side door Pullman car<br>Seen him here an&#8217; he was on the hog<br>(The smoke was broke, no joke, not a jitney on him)<br>Easy rider&#8217;s gotta stay away, so he<br>Had to vamp it but the hike ain&#8217;t far<br>He&#8217;s gone where the Southern cross&#8217; the Yellow Dog<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\" start=\"2\">\n<li>I know the Yellow Dog District like a book<br>Indeed I know the route that Rider took<br>Every crosstie, Bayou, burg, and bog<br>Way down where the Southern cross&#8217; the Dog<br>Money don&#8217;t zactly grow on trees<br>On cotton stalks it grows with ease<br>No race horse, race track, no grand stand<br>Is like Old Beck and Buckshot land<br>Down where the Southern cross&#8217; the Dog<br>Every kitchen there is a cabaret<br>Down there the bollwevil works while the darkies play<br>This Yellow Dog Blues the live long day<\/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\/C10xgW0y3QU?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.] &#8220;He&#8217;s gone where the Southern cross&#8217; the Yellow Dog&#8221;a 1919 popular songwords and music by W. C. 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