{"id":1450,"date":"2019-02-28T19:59:21","date_gmt":"2019-02-28T19:59:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/?page_id=1450"},"modified":"2023-06-08T17:06:22","modified_gmt":"2023-06-08T17:06:22","slug":"right-church-but-the-wrong-pew","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/right-church-but-the-wrong-pew\/","title":{"rendered":"The Right Church But the Wrong Pew"},"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\">From the 1908 show &#8220;Bandana Land&#8221;.<br>Words by Cecil Mack.<br>Music by Chris Smith.<\/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\/The-Right-Church-But-the-Wrong-Pew.pdf\" type=\"application\/pdf\" style=\"width:100%;height:600px\" aria-label=\"Embed of The Right Church But the Wrong Pew - Sheet Music.\"><\/object><a id=\"wp-block-file--media-0bd2aa63-e14d-41a3-a323-c9270912a618\" href=\"https:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/The-Right-Church-But-the-Wrong-Pew.pdf\">The Right Church But the Wrong Pew &#8211; Sheet Music<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/The-Right-Church-But-the-Wrong-Pew.pdf\" class=\"wp-block-file__button wp-element-button\" download aria-describedby=\"wp-block-file--media-0bd2aa63-e14d-41a3-a323-c9270912a618\">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-9bb68321-7229-495e-aab0-d2cb08d00039\" href=\"https:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/The_Right_Church_But_The_-Wrong_Pew-MIDI.mid\">The_Right_Church_But_The_ Wrong_Pew &#8211; MIDI<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/The_Right_Church_But_The_-Wrong_Pew-MIDI.mid\" class=\"wp-block-file__button wp-element-button\" download aria-describedby=\"wp-block-file--media-9bb68321-7229-495e-aab0-d2cb08d00039\">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. Now who&#8217;s dat a knocking<br>At this hour it&#8217;s shocking<br>To be banging on a lady&#8217;s door<br>Said &#8216;Lizabeth Thompson<br>&#8220;&#8216;Tain&#8217;t a soul but Jim Johnson<br>I will fool him and pretend<br>I don&#8217;t live here no more<br>Miss Thompson&#8217;s done moved sir<br>And the fact&#8217;s easy proved, sir<br>&#8216;Cause her trunk and little things ain&#8217;t here<br>Now I&#8217;m done explaining<br>So there&#8217;s no need remaining<br>I am sorry for to tell you sir<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Chorus<br>You&#8217;re in the right church but the wrong pew<br>You&#8217;ve got the right neighborhood, that&#8217;s true<br>You&#8217;re in the right street and what&#8217;s more<br>You&#8217;re in the right house but on the wrong floor<br>Now when you&#8217;re out late, get the name straight<br>Before you attempt to call<br>You&#8217;re in the right church<br>But the wrong pew, dat&#8217;s all<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">2. Goodbye if you&#8217;re leaving<br>And I hope you ain&#8217;t grieving<br>Have you any message for your friend?<br>I know of a lady who will call on your baby<br>Shall I tell her that you left word<br>You would call again<br>Said Jim to Miss Thompson<br>&#8220;You just say that Jim Johnson<br>Call around to bid a last adieu&#8221;<br>Now what&#8217;s that you&#8217;re saying<br>Look here Jim quit your playing<br>I was joking when I said to you<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">3. One night while a sleeping<br>I heard somebody creeping<br>&#8216;Twas a burglar man had come to call<br>It cert&#8217;ny was funny<br>&#8216;Cause he thought I had money<br>And as broke as I was then<br>He tried to make a haul<br>I yelled, and said, &#8220;Mister<br>I have got a rich sister<br>But she&#8217;s living on the floor below<br>To whom it concerns sir<br>She&#8217;s got money to burn, sir<br>Now you know exactly where to go<\/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\/ZAV72kKRsDw?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.] From the 1908 show &#8220;Bandana Land&#8221;.Words by Cecil Mack.Music by Chris Smith. The sheet music: Accompaniment by James Pitt-Payne: Lyrics 1. Now who&#8217;s dat a knockingAt this hour it&#8217;s shockingTo be banging on a lady&#8217;s doorSaid &#8216;Lizabeth Thompson&#8220;&#8216;Tain&#8217;t &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/right-church-but-the-wrong-pew\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;The Right Church But the Wrong Pew&#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-1450","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/Pa3ZiQ-no","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1450","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=1450"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1450\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4339,"href":"https:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1450\/revisions\/4339"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1450"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}