{"id":1574,"date":"2019-04-22T18:22:30","date_gmt":"2019-04-22T18:22:30","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/?page_id=1574"},"modified":"2024-04-03T19:50:19","modified_gmt":"2024-04-03T19:50:19","slug":"lucy-neal","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/lucy-neal\/","title":{"rendered":"Lucy Neal"},"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 1844 popular song from the minstrel show<\/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\/Lucy-Neal-1.pdf\" type=\"application\/pdf\" style=\"width:100%;height:600px\" aria-label=\"Embed of Lucy-Neal - Sheet Music.\"><\/object><a id=\"wp-block-file--media-a1264d3b-7c43-45a3-8338-3239f6359688\" href=\"https:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/Lucy-Neal-1.pdf\">Lucy-Neal &#8211; Sheet Music<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/Lucy-Neal-1.pdf\" class=\"wp-block-file__button wp-element-button\" download aria-describedby=\"wp-block-file--media-a1264d3b-7c43-45a3-8338-3239f6359688\">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 Benjamin R. Tubb:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-file\"><a id=\"wp-block-file--media-692e8876-1406-40bf-822c-2b3a6b37213d\" href=\"https:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/Lucy-Neal-MIDI.mid\">Lucy Neal &#8211; MIDI<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/Lucy-Neal-MIDI.mid\" class=\"wp-block-file__button wp-element-button\" download aria-describedby=\"wp-block-file--media-692e8876-1406-40bf-822c-2b3a6b37213d\">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 liv&#8217;d in Alabama<br>My Massa&#8217;s name was Beal<br>He us&#8217;d to own a yaller gal<br>Her name was Lucy Neal<br>She us&#8217;d to go out wid us<br>To pick cotton in de fiel&#8217;<br>And dere&#8217;s whar I first fell in lub<br>Wid my sweet Lucy Neal<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Refrain<br>Oh, poor Lucy Neal<br>Oh, poor Lucy Neal<br>If I had you by my side<br>How happy I should feel<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">2. One night de Niggers gabe a ball<br>Miss Lucy danc&#8217;d a reel<br>And all declared no darkee dare<br>Could dance like Lucy Neal<br>After dat my Massa sell me<br>Because he thought I&#8217;d steal<br>Which caused a separation<br>Ob myself and Lucy Neal<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">3. Poor Lucy she was taken ill<br>How bad it made me feel<br>De Doctor he did gib her up<br>Alas poor Lucy Neal<br>One day I got a letter<br>And jet black was de seal<br>It was to tell me she was dead<br>My poor Miss Lucy Neal<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">4. Dey bore her from my bosom<br>But de wound dey cannot heal<br>And my heart my heart is breaking<br>For I lub&#8217;d sweet Lucy Neal<br>Oh yes, and when I &#8216;m dying<br>And dark visions round me steal<br>De last low murmur ob dis life<br>Shall be sweet Lucy Neal<\/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-audio\"><audio controls src=\"https:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/Lucy-Neal.mp3\"><\/audio><\/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 1844 popular song from the minstrel show The sheet music: Accompaniment by Benjamin R. Tubb: Lyrics 1. I liv&#8217;d in AlabamaMy Massa&#8217;s name was BealHe us&#8217;d to own a yaller galHer name was Lucy NealShe us&#8217;d to &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/lucy-neal\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Lucy Neal&#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-1574","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/Pa3ZiQ-po","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1574","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=1574"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1574\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4574,"href":"https:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1574\/revisions\/4574"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1574"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}