{"id":1628,"date":"2019-05-11T20:23:21","date_gmt":"2019-05-11T20:23:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/?page_id=1628"},"modified":"2024-04-09T13:47:46","modified_gmt":"2024-04-09T13:47:46","slug":"oh-lemuel","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/oh-lemuel\/","title":{"rendered":"Oh Lemuel"},"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 popular song of 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\/Oh-Lemuel.pdf\" type=\"application\/pdf\" style=\"width:100%;height:600px\" aria-label=\"Embed of Oh-Lemuel - Sheet Music.\"><\/object><a id=\"wp-block-file--media-73004831-928b-4c27-8368-cb4e0c735e30\" href=\"https:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/Oh-Lemuel.pdf\">Oh-Lemuel &#8211; Sheet Music<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/Oh-Lemuel.pdf\" class=\"wp-block-file__button wp-element-button\" download aria-describedby=\"wp-block-file--media-73004831-928b-4c27-8368-cb4e0c735e30\">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-cb21e107-e923-445d-b31f-20d4773ec78c\" href=\"https:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/Oh-Lemuel-MIDI.mid\">Oh Lemuel &#8211; MIDI<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/Oh-Lemuel-MIDI.mid\" class=\"wp-block-file__button wp-element-button\" download aria-describedby=\"wp-block-file--media-cb21e107-e923-445d-b31f-20d4773ec78c\">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. Oh! Lemuel my lark<br>Oh! Lemuel my beau<br>I\u2019s guine to gib a ball tonight<br>I\u2019d hab you for to know<br>But if you want to dance<br>Just dance outside de door<br>Becayse your feet so berry large<br>Dey\u2019ll cover all de floor<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Refrain<br>Oh! Lem! Lem! Lem! Lemuel I say<br>Go down to de cotton field and bring de boys away<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Chorus<br>Go down to de cotton field<br>Go down, I say<br>Go down and call de Nigga boys all<br>We\u2019ll work no more to day<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">2. Oh! Lemuel my hope<br>Oh! Lemuel my joy<br>I\u2019ll tell you who\u2019ll be at de ball<br>My woolly headed boy<br>Dere\u2019s Nelly Bly, you know<br>And Juliana Snow<br>Dere\u2019s cane-brake Kitty likes de boys<br>And she\u2019ll be sure to go<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">3. Oh! Lemuel is tall<br>Oh! Lemuel is fair<br>Oh Lemuel has gone to day<br>To take de morning air<br>He makes de fiddle hum<br>He makes de banjo tum<br>He rattles on de old jaw bone<br>And beats upon de drum<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">My vocal was destroyed by YouTube before I had a chance to recover it. They gave my channel a strike for &#8220;hate speech&#8221; for this song. Go figure!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[WARNING: This song contains antiquated racial stereotypes. It is presented here for historical and educational purposes only.] A popular song of 1850Words and music by Stephen C. Foster The sheet music: Accompaniment by Werner Tomaschewski: Lyrics 1. Oh! Lemuel my larkOh! Lemuel my beauI\u2019s guine to gib a ball tonightI\u2019d hab you for to knowBut &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/oh-lemuel\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Oh Lemuel&#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-1628","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/Pa3ZiQ-qg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1628","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=1628"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1628\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4637,"href":"https:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1628\/revisions\/4637"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1628"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}