{"id":1685,"date":"2019-05-18T21:22:01","date_gmt":"2019-05-18T21:22:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/?page_id=1685"},"modified":"2024-04-14T22:20:58","modified_gmt":"2024-04-14T22:20:58","slug":"jenny-get-your-hoe-cake-done","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/jenny-get-your-hoe-cake-done\/","title":{"rendered":"Jenny Get Your Hoe Cake Done"},"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 minstrel song from 1840<br>Words and music by J. W. Sweeny<\/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\/Jenny-Get-Your-Hoe-Cake-Done.pdf\" type=\"application\/pdf\" style=\"width:100%;height:600px\" aria-label=\"Embed of Jenny-Get-Your-Hoe-Cake-Done - Sheet Music.\"><\/object><a id=\"wp-block-file--media-03ea770a-48d3-48a1-adf5-92b88c8a8fc3\" href=\"https:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/Jenny-Get-Your-Hoe-Cake-Done.pdf\">Jenny-Get-Your-Hoe-Cake-Done &#8211; Sheet Music<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/Jenny-Get-Your-Hoe-Cake-Done.pdf\" class=\"wp-block-file__button wp-element-button\" download aria-describedby=\"wp-block-file--media-03ea770a-48d3-48a1-adf5-92b88c8a8fc3\">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-50c076ba-5897-42dd-9890-28aaeadf605e\" href=\"https:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/Jenny-Get-Your-Hoe-Cake-Done-MIDI.mid\">Jenny Get Your Hoe Cake Done &#8211; MIDI<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/Jenny-Get-Your-Hoe-Cake-Done-MIDI.mid\" class=\"wp-block-file__button wp-element-button\" download aria-describedby=\"wp-block-file--media-50c076ba-5897-42dd-9890-28aaeadf605e\">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 hen and chickens went to roost<br>De hawk flew down and bit de goose<br>He bit de ole hen in de back<br>I really believe dat am a fac<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Chorus<br>Oh, Jenny get de hoecake done, my dear<br>Oh, Jenny get de hoecake done<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">2. As I was gwain long de road<br>Pon a stump dar sat a toad<br>De tadpole winked at Pollewog&#8217;s dauter<br>An kick&#8217;d de bull frog plump in de water<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">3. High heel boot widout any strap<br>Hand me down my leghorn hat<br>Ise gwain to de Astor house to dine<br>I won&#8217;t be back till past half nine<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">4. Massa and Missus gwain away<br>Left home fore de break ob day<br>Den you har de white folks say<br>Stan clar and let de banjo play<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">5. Apple cider, an percimmon beer<br>Christmas comes but once a year<br>Ginger puddin and punkin pie<br>Gray cat kick out black cat&#8217;s eye<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">6. Massa an Misse promise me<br>When dey died to set me free<br>Now dey boss am dead and gone<br>Left ole Sambo hoeing out corn<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">7. Old Massa, and Misse, is gone away<br>Da left home one morning gest about day<br>And den you har dat nigger say<br>Gi me down de banjo and let de nigger play<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">8. You eat my sugar, and drink my tea<br>And run about de old field and talk about me<br>Dare was a nigger in de gutter<br>And he turned right about<br>And up stept Jo and got his tooth nocked out<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">9. Dare was a frog jumped out de spring<br>It was so cold he couldn&#8217;t sing<br>Me tied his tail to a hickory stump<br>He rared and pitched<br>But he couldn&#8217;t make a jump<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">10. The old hen and chickens at the stack<br>An old hawk flewdown amongst de pack<br>And struck de old hen<br>Whack middle ob de back<br>And I really do believe dat tis a fact<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">11. Now white folks, I&#8217;d hab you to know<br>Dare is no music like de old banjo<br>And if you want to hear it ring<br>Jist watch dis finger on de string<\/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\/Jenny-Get-Your-Hoe-Cake-Done.mp3\"><\/audio><\/figure>\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 minstrel song from 1840Words and music by J. W. Sweeny The sheet music: Accompaniment by Benjamin R. Tubb: Lyrics 1. De hen and chickens went to roostDe hawk flew down and bit de gooseHe bit de ole &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/jenny-get-your-hoe-cake-done\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Jenny Get Your Hoe Cake Done&#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-1685","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/Pa3ZiQ-rb","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1685","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=1685"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1685\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4677,"href":"https:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1685\/revisions\/4677"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1685"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}