{"id":1640,"date":"2019-05-15T19:17:25","date_gmt":"2019-05-15T19:17:25","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/?page_id=1640"},"modified":"2024-04-12T20:05:53","modified_gmt":"2024-04-12T20:05:53","slug":"snoring-sampson","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/snoring-sampson\/","title":{"rendered":"Snoring Sampson"},"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 Quarrel in Ragtime, 1907<br>Words and music by Harry La Mertha<br>Arranged by Scott Joplin<\/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\/Snoring-Sampson.pdf\" type=\"application\/pdf\" style=\"width:100%;height:600px\" aria-label=\"Embed of Snoring-Sampson - Sheet Music.\"><\/object><a id=\"wp-block-file--media-6939861e-65af-40e6-b567-80979d5b7504\" href=\"https:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/Snoring-Sampson.pdf\">Snoring-Sampson &#8211; Sheet Music<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/Snoring-Sampson.pdf\" class=\"wp-block-file__button wp-element-button\" download aria-describedby=\"wp-block-file--media-6939861e-65af-40e6-b567-80979d5b7504\">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 Brigham:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-file\"><a id=\"wp-block-file--media-64bb4f51-5341-4b57-bd64-8cd13d2614bf\" href=\"https:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/Snoring_Sampson_1907-MIDI.mid\">Snoring_Sampson &#8211; MIDI<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/Snoring_Sampson_1907-MIDI.mid\" class=\"wp-block-file__button wp-element-button\" download aria-describedby=\"wp-block-file--media-64bb4f51-5341-4b57-bd64-8cd13d2614bf\">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. Samuel Sampson was a coon with a basso voice<br>He was kind and true<br>To a little dusky maiden that he made his choice<br>In nineteen-two<br>Ev&#8217;ry time they went to bed<br>There was a big uproar<br>For when it came to snoring<br>Sampson had the floor<br>One night this dusky lady<br>Was a feeling mighty sore<br>And this, she said to Samuel Sampson<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Chorus<br>I tell you Mister Sampson<br>You must stop that snore<br>Or I&#8217;ll skidoo<br>I don&#8217;t like a foghorn<br>In the middle of the night<br>I&#8217;m a telling you<br>I tells you that I loves you and I hate to squeal<br>But, I information you this bed&#8217;s no automobile<br>Sampson, I&#8217;m a telling you<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">2. Samuel loved his wifey<br>And he said, I see I bothers you<br>So, honey when I wakes you<br>In the middle of the night<br>With a bass tatoo<br>Ev&#8217;ry time I elocutes that honk honk snore<br>Put your feet agin ma back<br>And shove me out on the floor<br>But, Matildah shouted louder<br>&#8220;No, I&#8217;ll just show you the door<br>Samuel Simpson Sampson<\/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\/05\/Snoring-Sampson.mp3\"><\/audio><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&nbsp;<\/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 Quarrel in Ragtime, 1907Words and music by Harry La MerthaArranged by Scott Joplin The sheet music: Accompaniment by James Brigham: Lyrics 1. 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