{"id":1578,"date":"2019-04-24T20:56:52","date_gmt":"2019-04-24T20:56:52","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/?page_id=1578"},"modified":"2024-04-03T20:09:11","modified_gmt":"2024-04-03T20:09:11","slug":"de-floating-scow-ob-ole-virginia","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/de-floating-scow-ob-ole-virginia\/","title":{"rendered":"De Floating Scow ob Ole Virginia"},"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\">(Also known as Carry Me Back To Ole Virginia)<br>A song from the early minstrel show days, 1847<br>Words and music by C. White and J. Sanford<\/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\/De-Floating-Scow-ob-Ole-Virginia.pdf\" type=\"application\/pdf\" style=\"width:100%;height:600px\" aria-label=\"Embed of De-Floating-Scow-ob-Ole-Virginia - Sheet Music.\"><\/object><a id=\"wp-block-file--media-c5e59c36-8080-4b83-916c-78682b7b0e4f\" href=\"https:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/De-Floating-Scow-ob-Ole-Virginia.pdf\">De-Floating-Scow-ob-Ole-Virginia &#8211; Sheet Music<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/De-Floating-Scow-ob-Ole-Virginia.pdf\" class=\"wp-block-file__button wp-element-button\" download aria-describedby=\"wp-block-file--media-c5e59c36-8080-4b83-916c-78682b7b0e4f\">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-316cf2b7-944f-4f7b-88e4-ea9fbfc84dc3\" href=\"https:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/De-Floating-Scow-ob-Ole-Virginia-MIDI.mid\">De Floating Scow ob Ole Virginia &#8211; MIDI<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/De-Floating-Scow-ob-Ole-Virginia-MIDI.mid\" class=\"wp-block-file__button wp-element-button\" download aria-describedby=\"wp-block-file--media-316cf2b7-944f-4f7b-88e4-ea9fbfc84dc3\">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. De floating scow of ole Virginia<br>Dat I worked from day to day<br>A-raking &#8216;mong de oyster beds<br>To me it was but play<br>But now I&#8217;m old and feeble too<br>I cannot work anymore<br>Oh! carry me back to ole Virginia<br>To old Virginia shore<br>Oh! carry me back to ole Virginia<br>To old Virginia shore<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">2. O, if I was but young again<br>I would lead a different life<br>And I&#8217;d save money, and buy a farm<br>And take Dina for my wife<br>But now old age, he holds me tight<br>And my limbs are growing sore<br>Den carry back to ole Virginia<br>To Ole Virginia shore<br>Den carry back to ole Virginia<br>To Ole Virginia shore<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">3. Oh, when I&#8217;m dead and gone to rest<br>Lay de ole banjo by my side<br>Let de Possum an de coon to de funeral go<br>For dey was my only pride<br>Den in soft repose I take my sleep<br>And I&#8217;ll dream for eber more<br>Dat carrying back to ole Virginia<br>To ole Virginia shore<br>Dat carrying back to ole Virginia<br>To ole Virginia shore<\/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\/H8d6jdqghCY?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.] (Also known as Carry Me Back To Ole Virginia)A song from the early minstrel show days, 1847Words and music by C. White and J. Sanford The sheet music: Accompaniment by Benjamin R. Tubb: Lyrics 1. De floating scow &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/de-floating-scow-ob-ole-virginia\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;De Floating Scow ob Ole Virginia&#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-1578","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/Pa3ZiQ-ps","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1578","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=1578"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1578\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4578,"href":"https:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1578\/revisions\/4578"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1578"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}