{"id":1689,"date":"2019-05-18T21:25:06","date_gmt":"2019-05-18T21:25:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/?page_id=1689"},"modified":"2024-04-14T22:27:25","modified_gmt":"2024-04-14T22:27:25","slug":"jim-along-josie","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/jim-along-josie\/","title":{"rendered":"Jim Along Josey"},"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>Music by Edward Harper<\/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\/Jim-Along-Josey.pdf\" type=\"application\/pdf\" style=\"width:100%;height:600px\" aria-label=\"Embed of Jim-Along-Josey - Sheet Music.\"><\/object><a id=\"wp-block-file--media-2eeb1122-02ff-4ec9-b4b4-642a3736ad88\" href=\"https:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/Jim-Along-Josey.pdf\">Jim-Along-Josey &#8211; Sheet Music<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/Jim-Along-Josey.pdf\" class=\"wp-block-file__button wp-element-button\" download aria-describedby=\"wp-block-file--media-2eeb1122-02ff-4ec9-b4b4-642a3736ad88\">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-527f8463-3539-4e2b-8cb2-08bcf7df1bd4\" href=\"https:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/Jim-Along-Josie-1840-MIDI.mid\">Jim Along Josie &#8211; MIDI<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/Jim-Along-Josie-1840-MIDI.mid\" class=\"wp-block-file__button wp-element-button\" download aria-describedby=\"wp-block-file--media-527f8463-3539-4e2b-8cb2-08bcf7df1bd4\">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! I&#8217;se from Lucianna as you all know<br>Dar whare Jim along Josey&#8217;s all de go<br>Dem niggars all rise when de bell does ring<br>And dis is de song dat dey do sing<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Refrain<br>Hey get along, get along Josey<br>Hey get along, Jim along Joe<br>Hey get along, get along Josey<br>Hey get along, Jim along Joe<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">2. Oh! when I gets dat new coat<br>Which I expects to hab soon<br>Likewise a new pair tight-knee&#8217;d trousaloon<br>Den I walks up and down Broadway<br>Wid my Susanna<br>And de white folks will take me to be Santa Anna<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">3. My sister Rose de oder night did dream<br>Dat she was floating up and down de stream<br>And when she woke she began to cry<br>And de white cat picked out de black cat&#8217;s eye<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">4. Now way down south not very far off<br>A bullfrog died wid de hooping cough<br>And de oder side of Mississippi<br>As you must know<br>Dare&#8217;s where I was christen&#8217;d Jim along Joe<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">5. De New York niggers tink dey&#8217;re fine<br>Because dey drink de genuine<br>De southern niggers dey lib on mush<br>And when dey laugh dey say Oh Hush<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">6. I&#8217;me de nigger that don&#8217;t mind my troubles<br>Because dey are noting more dan bubbles<br>De ambition that dis nigger feels<br>Is showing de science of his heels<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">7. De fust President we eber had<br>Was Gen&#8217;ral Washington<br>And de one we&#8217;ve got now is Martin Van Buren<br>But altho&#8217; Gen&#8217;ral Washington&#8217;s dead<br>As long as de country stands<br>His name shall float ahead<\/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\/Jim-Along-Josey.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 1840Music by Edward Harper The sheet music: Accompaniment by Benjamin R. Tubb: Lyrics 1. Oh! I&#8217;se from Lucianna as you all knowDar whare Jim along Josey&#8217;s all de goDem niggars all rise when de &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/jim-along-josie\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Jim Along Josey&#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-1689","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/Pa3ZiQ-rf","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1689","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=1689"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1689\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4680,"href":"https:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1689\/revisions\/4680"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1689"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}