{"id":1462,"date":"2019-03-02T20:48:48","date_gmt":"2019-03-02T20:48:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/?page_id=1462"},"modified":"2023-06-08T17:50:53","modified_gmt":"2023-06-08T17:50:53","slug":"everybodys-pickin-on-me","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/everybodys-pickin-on-me\/","title":{"rendered":"Everybody&#8217;s Pickin&#8217; On Me"},"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 popular song from 1907.<br>Words by Irving Lewis.<br>Music by Isabel D&#8217;Armond.<\/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\/Everybodys-Pickin-On-Me.pdf\" type=\"application\/pdf\" style=\"width:100%;height:600px\" aria-label=\"Embed of Everybodys-Pickin-On-Me - Sheet Music.\"><\/object><a id=\"wp-block-file--media-5ad35ed2-2cb1-4e15-a239-1b94ce2c1b91\" href=\"https:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/Everybodys-Pickin-On-Me.pdf\">Everybodys-Pickin-On-Me &#8211; Sheet Music<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/Everybodys-Pickin-On-Me.pdf\" class=\"wp-block-file__button wp-element-button\" download aria-describedby=\"wp-block-file--media-5ad35ed2-2cb1-4e15-a239-1b94ce2c1b91\">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-c3509e3a-73bb-4147-b5d4-10fdd3cd4a2c\" href=\"https:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/Everybodys_Pickin_On_Me_1907-MIDI.mid\">Everybodys_Pickin_On_Me &#8211; MIDI<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/Everybodys_Pickin_On_Me_1907-MIDI.mid\" class=\"wp-block-file__button wp-element-button\" download aria-describedby=\"wp-block-file--media-c3509e3a-73bb-4147-b5d4-10fdd3cd4a2c\">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. What is the matter, Henry<br>What makes you look so sad<br>You act like you was a goin&#8217; to die<br>Or lost ev&#8217;ry friend you had<br>Have you been a gamblin&#8217;, Henry<br>Has your gal done gone and wed<br>Maybe I could help you out<br>If I knew what it&#8217;s about<br>But Henry only sighed and shook his head<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Chorus<br>Ev&#8217;rybody&#8217;s pickin&#8217; on me<br>Gettin&#8217; sick of it as can be<br>A friend&#8217;s a friend when a friend&#8217;s in need<br>But ev&#8217;ryone helps ev&#8217;rybody else but me<br>My friends have treated me awful bad<br>Borrowed ev&#8217;ry cent that I had<br>I&#8217;ve got this gun to hide behind dat tree<br>And pick off ev&#8217;rybody what&#8217;s pickin&#8217; on me<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">2. Pay no attention, Henry<br>Just leave them act and do<br>Go on about your little affairs<br>Let no one bother you<br>Just give me dat shotgun, Henry<br>What! you won&#8217;t, well we shall see<br>I&#8217;ll just have you put in jail<br>And no one will go your bail<br>Then Henry cried once more &#8220;don&#8217;t pick on me&#8221;<\/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\/LSQPLGvnGQA?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 popular song from 1907.Words by Irving Lewis.Music by Isabel D&#8217;Armond. The sheet music: Accompaniment by James Pitt-Payne: Lyrics 1. What is the matter, HenryWhat makes you look so sadYou act like you was a goin&#8217; to dieOr &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/everybodys-pickin-on-me\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Everybody&#8217;s Pickin&#8217; On Me&#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-1462","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/Pa3ZiQ-nA","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1462","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=1462"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1462\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4347,"href":"https:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1462\/revisions\/4347"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1462"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}