{"id":1454,"date":"2019-03-01T18:59:36","date_gmt":"2019-03-01T18:59:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/?page_id=1454"},"modified":"2023-06-08T17:36:48","modified_gmt":"2023-06-08T17:36:48","slug":"ma-curly-headed-babby","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/ma-curly-headed-babby\/","title":{"rendered":"Ma Curly-Headed Babby"},"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 1897 popular song.<br>Words and music by G. H. Clutsam.<\/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\/Ma-Curly-Headed-Babby.pdf\" type=\"application\/pdf\" style=\"width:100%;height:600px\" aria-label=\"Embed of Ma-Curly-Headed-Babby - Sheet Music.\"><\/object><a id=\"wp-block-file--media-d7ddbe8c-3685-427f-9176-2e05196432e7\" href=\"https:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/Ma-Curly-Headed-Babby.pdf\">Ma-Curly-Headed-Babby &#8211; Sheet Music<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/Ma-Curly-Headed-Babby.pdf\" class=\"wp-block-file__button wp-element-button\" download aria-describedby=\"wp-block-file--media-d7ddbe8c-3685-427f-9176-2e05196432e7\">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-b675385b-e46e-45bc-a809-3c802f69b0d1\" href=\"https:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/Ma_Curly-Headed_Babby-MIDI.mid\">Ma_Curly-Headed_Babby &#8211; MIDI<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/Ma_Curly-Headed_Babby-MIDI.mid\" class=\"wp-block-file__button wp-element-button\" download aria-describedby=\"wp-block-file--media-b675385b-e46e-45bc-a809-3c802f69b0d1\">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\">Oh, ma babby<br>Ma curly-headed babby<br>We&#8217;ll sit below de sky<br>An&#8217; sing a song to de moon<br>Oh, ma babby<br>Ma little nigger babby<br>Yo&#8217; daddy&#8217;s in de cotton field<br>A workin&#8217; for de coon<br>So lulla, lulla, lulla, lulla, by-by<br>Does yer want de moon ter play wid?<br>Or de stars ter run away wid?<br>Dey&#8217;ll come if you don&#8217;t cry<br>So lulla, lulla, lulla, lulla, by-by<br>In de mammy&#8217;s arms be creepin&#8217;<br>An&#8217; soon yer&#8217;ll be a-sleepin&#8217;<br>Lulla, lulla, lulla, lulla, lullaby<br>Oh, ma babby<br>Ma curly-headed babby<br>I&#8217;ll dance yer fast to sleep<br>An&#8217; lub yer so, as I sing<br>Oh, ma babby<br>Ma little nigger babby<br>Jus&#8217; tuck yer head, like little bird<br>Below it&#8217;s mammy&#8217;s wing<br>So lulla, lulla, lulla, lulla, by-by<br>Does yer want de moon ter play wid?<br>Or de stars ter run away wid?<br>Dey&#8217;ll come if you don&#8217;t cry<br>So lulla, lulla, lulla, lulla, by-by<br>In de mammy&#8217;s arms be creepin&#8217;<br>An&#8217; soon yer&#8217;ll be a-sleepin&#8217;<br>Lulla, lulla, lulla, lulla, lullaby<\/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\/Ma-Curly-Headed-Babby.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 1897 popular song.Words and music by G. H. Clutsam. The sheet music: Accompaniment by James Pitt-Payne: Lyrics Oh, ma babbyMa curly-headed babbyWe&#8217;ll sit below de skyAn&#8217; sing a song to de moonOh, ma babbyMa little nigger babbyYo&#8217; &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/ma-curly-headed-babby\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Ma Curly-Headed Babby&#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-1454","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/Pa3ZiQ-ns","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1454","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=1454"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1454\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4342,"href":"https:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1454\/revisions\/4342"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1454"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}