{"id":1501,"date":"2019-03-08T20:09:00","date_gmt":"2019-03-08T20:09:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/?page_id=1501"},"modified":"2023-06-09T14:10:26","modified_gmt":"2023-06-09T14:10:26","slug":"why-adam-sinned","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/why-adam-sinned\/","title":{"rendered":"Why Adam Sinned"},"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 1904.<br>Words and music by Alex Rogers.<\/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\/Why-Adam-Sinned.pdf\" type=\"application\/pdf\" style=\"width:100%;height:600px\" aria-label=\"Embed of Why-Adam-Sinned - Sheet Music.\"><\/object><a id=\"wp-block-file--media-6aca5f46-43c4-41ed-8d00-3282df36843a\" href=\"https:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/Why-Adam-Sinned.pdf\">Why-Adam-Sinned &#8211; Sheet Music<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/Why-Adam-Sinned.pdf\" class=\"wp-block-file__button wp-element-button\" download aria-describedby=\"wp-block-file--media-6aca5f46-43c4-41ed-8d00-3282df36843a\">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-2a884741-8d4e-4f83-88a0-b0abde485e69\" href=\"https:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/Why_Adam_Sinned_1904-MIDI.mid\">Why_Adam_Sinned &#8211; MIDI<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/Why_Adam_Sinned_1904-MIDI.mid\" class=\"wp-block-file__button wp-element-button\" download aria-describedby=\"wp-block-file--media-2a884741-8d4e-4f83-88a0-b0abde485e69\">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. I heard de ol&#8217; folks talkin&#8217;<br>In our house de other night<br>Bout Adam in de Scripture long ago<br>De lady folks all bused him<br>Said he knowed it wusn&#8217;t right<br>An&#8217; cose de men folks dey all said dat&#8217;s so<br>I felt sorry for Mistah Adam<br>An I felt like puttin&#8217; in<br>Cause I knows mo&#8217; dan dey do<br>All &#8217;bout what made Adam sin<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Chorus<br>Adam never had no Mammy<br>Fur to take him on her knee<br>And teach him right from wrong<br>An&#8217; show him things he ought to see<br>I know down in my heart<br>Dat he&#8217;d a let dat apple be<br>But Adam never had no dear ole Mammy<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">2. Adam never had no childhood<br>Roun&#8217; de ol&#8217; log cabin do&#8217;<br>He never knowed no pickaninny life<br>He started in a great big<br>Grown up man, an&#8217; what is mo&#8217;<br>He never had de right kind of a wife<br>Jes&#8217; a s&#8217;pose he&#8217;d had a Mammy<br>When dat temptin did begin<br>An&#8217; she had come an&#8217; tol&#8217; him Son<br>Don&#8217;t eat dat, it&#8217;s a sin<\/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\/16AAY_c_tOA?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 1904.Words and music by Alex Rogers. The sheet music: Accompaniment by James Pitt-Payne: Lyrics 1. I heard de ol&#8217; folks talkin&#8217;In our house de other nightBout Adam in de Scripture long agoDe lady folks &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/why-adam-sinned\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Why Adam Sinned&#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-1501","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/Pa3ZiQ-od","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1501","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=1501"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1501\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4375,"href":"https:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1501\/revisions\/4375"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1501"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}