{"id":1484,"date":"2019-03-05T20:27:53","date_gmt":"2019-03-05T20:27:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/?page_id=1484"},"modified":"2023-06-08T18:47:48","modified_gmt":"2023-06-08T18:47:48","slug":"dear-old-southland","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/dear-old-southland\/","title":{"rendered":"Dear Old Southland"},"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 quaint reference to the songs of Stephen Foster, 1921<br>words by Henry Creamer<br>music by Turner Layton<\/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\/Dear-Old-Southland.pdf\" type=\"application\/pdf\" style=\"width:100%;height:600px\" aria-label=\"Embed of Dear-Old-Southland - Sheet Music.\"><\/object><a id=\"wp-block-file--media-c6651d4d-2e74-44b5-9a3d-a6136dbc847d\" href=\"https:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/Dear-Old-Southland.pdf\">Dear-Old-Southland &#8211; Sheet Music<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/Dear-Old-Southland.pdf\" class=\"wp-block-file__button wp-element-button\" download aria-describedby=\"wp-block-file--media-c6651d4d-2e74-44b5-9a3d-a6136dbc847d\">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-86cc5266-099c-4742-9919-5cc25d9ec882\" href=\"https:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/Dear_Old_Southland_1921_s_JPP.mid\">Dear_Old_Southland &#8211; MIDI<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/Dear_Old_Southland_1921_s_JPP.mid\" class=\"wp-block-file__button wp-element-button\" download aria-describedby=\"wp-block-file--media-86cc5266-099c-4742-9919-5cc25d9ec882\">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\">Dear old Southland, I hear you calling me<br>And I long, how I long to roam<br>Back to my old Kentucky home<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Dear old Southland, for you my heart is yearning<br>And I long, just to see once more<br>The land I love, the Swanee shore<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">I want to stray to the town I was born<br>My home town, my little home town<br>I want to play in the cotton and corn<br>To feel it, I used to steal it<br>I want to hear dear old mother each morn<br>Saying &#8216;go long&#8217;, &#8216;go long&#8217;, &#8216;go long&#8217;, &#8216;go long to school!<br>I want to be where the levee is near<br>The water, I love the water<br>I want to see Mammy Jinny so dear<br>I love her, because I oughta<br>I want to hear pickaninnies in tune<br>Singing &#8216;go long&#8217;, &#8216;go long&#8217;, &#8216;go long&#8217;, &#8216;go long yo&#8217; mule!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Dear old Southland, I hear you calling me<br>And I long, how I long to roam<br>Back to my old Kentucky home<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Dear old Southland, I hear you calling me<br>And I long, how I long to roam<br>Back to my old Kentucky home<\/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 to<br>player piano roll Ampico #202281:<\/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\/MYeBA3m00q8?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 quaint reference to the songs of Stephen Foster, 1921words by Henry Creamermusic by Turner Layton The sheet music: Accompaniment by James Pitt-Payne: Lyrics Dear old Southland, I hear you calling meAnd I long, how I long to &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/dear-old-southland\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Dear Old Southland&#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-1484","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/Pa3ZiQ-nW","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1484","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=1484"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1484\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4360,"href":"https:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1484\/revisions\/4360"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1484"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}