{"id":1537,"date":"2019-03-20T21:04:50","date_gmt":"2019-03-20T21:04:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/?page_id=1537"},"modified":"2024-04-02T22:09:22","modified_gmt":"2024-04-02T22:09:22","slug":"old-black-joe","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/old-black-joe\/","title":{"rendered":"Old Black Joe"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A fine sentimental ballad with directness of expression and a graceful and natural melodic line, 1860.<br>Words and music by Stephen C. Foster.<\/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\/2022\/09\/Old-Black-Joe.pdf\" type=\"application\/pdf\" style=\"width:100%;height:600px\" aria-label=\"Embed of Old Black Joe - Sheet Music.\"><\/object><a id=\"wp-block-file--media-5be9f74f-f13f-45e1-a686-c74ad211ee2a\" href=\"https:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/Old-Black-Joe.pdf\">Old Black Joe &#8211; Sheet Music<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/Old-Black-Joe.pdf\" class=\"wp-block-file__button wp-element-button\" download aria-describedby=\"wp-block-file--media-5be9f74f-f13f-45e1-a686-c74ad211ee2a\">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 Werner Tomaschewski:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/Old-Black-Joe.mid\">Old Black Joe &#8211; MIDI<\/a><\/p>\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. Gone are the days<br>When my heart was young and gay<br>Gone are my friends<br>From the cotton fields away<br>Gone from the earth<br>To a better land I know<br>I hear their gentle voices<br>Calling \u201cOld Black Joe\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Chorus<br>I\u2019m coming, I\u2019m coming<br>For my head is bending low<br>I hear those gentle voices<br>Calling \u201cOld Black Joe\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">2. Why do I weep<br>When my heart should feel no pain<br>Why do I sigh<br>That my friends come not again<br>Grieving for forms<br>Now departed long ago?<br>I hear their gentle voices<br>Calling \u201cOld Black Joe\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">3. Where are the hearts<br>Once so happy and so free?<br>The children so dear<br>That I held upon my knee<br>Gone to the shore<br>Where my soul has longed to go<br>I hear their gentle voices<br>Calling \u201cOld Black Joe\u201d<\/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\/WYjMlw7uTkc?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>A fine sentimental ballad with directness of expression and a graceful and natural melodic line, 1860.Words and music by Stephen C. Foster. The sheet music: Accompaniment by Werner Tomaschewski: Old Black Joe &#8211; MIDI Lyrics 1. 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