{"id":1519,"date":"2019-03-13T15:21:36","date_gmt":"2019-03-13T15:21:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/?page_id=1519"},"modified":"2024-04-02T13:31:37","modified_gmt":"2024-04-02T13:31:37","slug":"sambo-and-dinah","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/sambo-and-dinah\/","title":{"rendered":"Sambo and Dinah"},"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&nbsp;popular song from 1904<br>Words by Bob Cole and James W. Johnson<br>Music by Bob Cole<\/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\/2024\/04\/Sambo-and-Dinah.pdf\" type=\"application\/pdf\" style=\"width:100%;height:600px\" aria-label=\"Embed of Sambo-and-Dinah - Sheet Music.\"><\/object><a id=\"wp-block-file--media-85f2f232-9904-40d0-aa2e-f04507fdd0ec\" href=\"https:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/Sambo-and-Dinah.pdf\">Sambo-and-Dinah &#8211; Sheet Music<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/Sambo-and-Dinah.pdf\" class=\"wp-block-file__button wp-element-button\" download aria-describedby=\"wp-block-file--media-85f2f232-9904-40d0-aa2e-f04507fdd0ec\">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-41901ead-94f3-41fa-bf51-bb35b7f35db5\" href=\"https:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/Sambo_And_Dinah_1904-MIDI.mid\">Sambo_And_Dinah &#8211; MIDI<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/Sambo_And_Dinah_1904-MIDI.mid\" class=\"wp-block-file__button wp-element-button\" download aria-describedby=\"wp-block-file--media-41901ead-94f3-41fa-bf51-bb35b7f35db5\">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. No doubt you&#8217;ve heard of Sambo<br>The lad who plays the banjo<br>And sings sweet songs to his dusky lady love<br>You&#8217;ve heard also of Dinah<br>The gal from Carolina<br>With pearly teeth and eyes<br>Just like the stars above (stars above)<br>Suppose you could be list&#8217;ning<br>While Dinah&#8217;s eyes are glist&#8217;ning<br>And Mister Sambo plunks his banjo<br>While he tries to woo<br>Their love you&#8217;d hear them stammer<br>Without respect to grammar<br>For this is how these dusky lovers<br>Bill and coo (bill and coo)<br>This is how these dusky lovers bill and coo<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Chorus<br>Sambo says to Dinah, &#8220;Does yo love me?&#8221;<br>Dinah says to Sambo, &#8220;Deed I do&#8221; (deed I do)<br>Sambo says to Dinah, &#8220;Gal I wants you&#8221;<br>Dinah says to Sambo, &#8220;I wants you, too&#8221; (wants you too)<br>Sambo says, &#8220;I&#8217;m feelin&#8217; kinder lonely&#8221;<br>Dinah says, &#8220;I&#8217;m feelin&#8217; jes&#8217; de same&#8221; (jes de same)<br>Sambo says, &#8220;Den tell me darlin&#8217; Dinah<br>When you g&#8217;wine to let me change yo&#8217; name&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">2. Then Sambo with the banjo<br>Says, &#8220;Does I understand yo&#8217;<br>To say you loves me<br>As much as I love you?&#8221;<br>And she with heart a-pining<br>Her teeth and eyes a-shining<br>Says &#8220;Dats jes what I said<br>And it am sholy true&#8221; (sholy true)<br>Then Sambo says, &#8220;Oh! Dinah,<br>No gal am mo&#8217; divinah<br>You&#8217;se sweeter far to me<br>Dan honey in de honey comb&#8221;<br>&#8220;Don&#8217;t talk so tantalizin'&#8221;<br>Says Dinah &#8220;I&#8217;m surmisin&#8217;<br>You&#8217;se fixin&#8217; now to make me<br>Leave my happy home&#8221; (happy home)<br>Fixin&#8217; now to make me leave my happy 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:<\/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\/WblJmqGYuNE?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&nbsp;popular song from 1904Words by Bob Cole and James W. JohnsonMusic by Bob Cole The sheet music: Accompaniment by James Pitt-Payne: Lyrics 1. No doubt you&#8217;ve heard of SamboThe lad who plays the banjoAnd sings sweet songs to &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/sambo-and-dinah\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Sambo and Dinah&#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-1519","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/Pa3ZiQ-ov","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1519","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=1519"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1519\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4532,"href":"https:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1519\/revisions\/4532"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1519"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}