{"id":1566,"date":"2019-04-22T18:08:02","date_gmt":"2019-04-22T18:08:02","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/?page_id=1566"},"modified":"2024-04-03T19:03:09","modified_gmt":"2024-04-03T19:03:09","slug":"if-money-talks-it-aint-on-speaking-terms-with-me","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/if-money-talks-it-aint-on-speaking-terms-with-me\/","title":{"rendered":"If Money Talks, It Ain&#8217;t On Speaking Terms With 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 1902 popular song<br>Words and music by J. Fred Helf<\/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\/2020\/06\/If-Money-Talks-SHEET-MUSIC.pdf\" type=\"application\/pdf\" style=\"width:100%;height:600px\" aria-label=\"Embed of If Money Talks - Sheet Music.\"><\/object><a id=\"wp-block-file--media-b41b4e3b-ad5b-4754-b34f-2c266533656a\" href=\"https:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/If-Money-Talks-SHEET-MUSIC.pdf\">If Money Talks &#8211; Sheet Music<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/If-Money-Talks-SHEET-MUSIC.pdf\" class=\"wp-block-file__button wp-element-button\" download aria-describedby=\"wp-block-file--media-b41b4e3b-ad5b-4754-b34f-2c266533656a\">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-58270350-2408-4b88-9c2a-bcec3d5744b7\" href=\"https:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/If_Money_Talks_It_Aint_On_Speaking_Terms_With_Me-MIDI.mid\">If_Money_Talks_It_Aint_On_Speaking_Terms_With_Me &#8211; MIDI<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/If_Money_Talks_It_Aint_On_Speaking_Terms_With_Me-MIDI.mid\" class=\"wp-block-file__button wp-element-button\" download aria-describedby=\"wp-block-file--media-58270350-2408-4b88-9c2a-bcec3d5744b7\">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. Bill Johnson&#8217;s wife said, &#8220;Man, since you&#8217;ve been old enough to vote<br>You&#8217;ve promised me a lot of things I never got<br>You&#8217;ve promised me a di&#8217;mond pin, a gown and seal-skin coat<br>You&#8217;re nothin&#8217; but a promisory note<br>You&#8217;re just dat fond of work you&#8217;d lay beside it in a doze<br>Tobacco odor is the only scent dat&#8217;s in your clothes<br>From now on, money talks with me, it&#8217;s got to speak its line&#8221;<br>Bill rubbed his chin as he replied, &#8220;It ain&#8217;t no friend of mine&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Chorus:<br>If money talks, it ain&#8217;t on speakin&#8217; terms with me<br>It don&#8217;t get close enough for such familiarity<br>I&#8217;ve coaxed it, but it wouldn&#8217;t come<br>So, I&#8217;m convinced it&#8217;s deaf and dumb<br>If money talks, it ain&#8217;t on speaking terms with me<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">2. Bill got a job and worked a month as hard as hard could be<br>But when payday came round the place burned to the ground<br>Bill watched it burn and said, &#8220;Dat&#8217;s one month&#8217;s pay I&#8217;ll never see<br>Guess money don&#8217;t want my society<br>If money does converse, it speaks in Spanish, French or Greek<br>Or some queer foreign tongue dat I don&#8217;t understand or speak<br>I&#8217;d like to have a nickel take my hand and say, &#8220;How do?&#8221;<br>I&#8217;d love to hear a dollar bill say, &#8220;I belong to you&#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\/aWXP9IZi0VE?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 1902 popular songWords and music by J. Fred Helf The sheet music: Accompaniment by James Pitt-Payne: Lyrics 1. Bill Johnson&#8217;s wife said, &#8220;Man, since you&#8217;ve been old enough to voteYou&#8217;ve promised me a lot of things I &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/if-money-talks-it-aint-on-speaking-terms-with-me\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;If Money Talks, It Ain&#8217;t On Speaking Terms With 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-1566","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/Pa3ZiQ-pg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1566","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=1566"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1566\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4566,"href":"https:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1566\/revisions\/4566"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1566"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}