{"id":1624,"date":"2019-05-11T19:56:52","date_gmt":"2019-05-11T19:56:52","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/?page_id=1624"},"modified":"2024-04-09T13:39:53","modified_gmt":"2024-04-09T13:39:53","slug":"melinda-may","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/melinda-may\/","title":{"rendered":"Melinda May"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A popular song from 1850<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\/2024\/04\/Melinda-May.pdf\" type=\"application\/pdf\" style=\"width:100%;height:600px\" aria-label=\"Embed of Melinda-May - Sheet Music.\"><\/object><a id=\"wp-block-file--media-b5cbe5d3-6eb2-4da0-8056-db088550178d\" href=\"https:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/Melinda-May.pdf\">Melinda-May &#8211; Sheet Music<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/Melinda-May.pdf\" class=\"wp-block-file__button wp-element-button\" download aria-describedby=\"wp-block-file--media-b5cbe5d3-6eb2-4da0-8056-db088550178d\">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<div class=\"wp-block-file\"><a id=\"wp-block-file--media-6f5adeee-87b8-4d9f-b5ad-44b793f49eac\" href=\"https:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/Melinda-May-MIDI.mid\">Melinda May &#8211; MIDI<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/Melinda-May-MIDI.mid\" class=\"wp-block-file__button wp-element-button\" download aria-describedby=\"wp-block-file--media-6f5adeee-87b8-4d9f-b5ad-44b793f49eac\">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. Lubly Melinda, come now my dear<br>I\u2019m waiting, I\u2019m watching for you<br>Shut down de window, dry up de tear<br>And walk wid me ober de dew<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Chorus<br>Lubly Melinda<br>Melinda, Melinda<br>My sweet Melinda May<br>I could work in de field<br>And be happy all de day<br>If you would only smile again<br>My sweet Melinda May<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">2. Laugh in de sunshine, weep in de rain<br>And walk wha de lily bud bloom<br>Down in de meadow, ober de lane<br>Oh! come, my Melinda lub, come<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">3. Lubly Melinda is bright as de beam<br>No snowdrop was ebber more fair<br>She smiles like de roses dat bloom round de stream<br>And sings like de birds in de air<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">4. If I was a hero and people would fall<br>Where ebber I&#8217;d tell dem to lie<br>I&#8217;d make my Melinda de queen ob dem all<br>And lib on delight ob her eye<\/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\/FAH2J2tjKjk?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 popular song from 1850Words and music by Stephen C. Foster The sheet music: Accompaniment by Werner Tomaschewski: Lyrics 1. Lubly Melinda, come now my dearI\u2019m waiting, I\u2019m watching for youShut down de window, dry up de tearAnd walk wid me ober de dew ChorusLubly MelindaMelinda, MelindaMy sweet Melinda MayI could work in de fieldAnd &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/melinda-may\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Melinda May&#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-1624","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/Pa3ZiQ-qc","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1624","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=1624"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1624\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4634,"href":"https:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1624\/revisions\/4634"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1624"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}