{"id":1693,"date":"2019-05-18T21:30:48","date_gmt":"2019-05-18T21:30:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/?page_id=1693"},"modified":"2024-04-14T22:34:09","modified_gmt":"2024-04-14T22:34:09","slug":"oh-boys-carry-me-long","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/oh-boys-carry-me-long\/","title":{"rendered":"Oh Boys, Carry Me &#8216;Long"},"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 1851 popular song<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-Boys-Carry-Me-Long.pdf\" type=\"application\/pdf\" style=\"width:100%;height:600px\" aria-label=\"Embed of Oh-Boys-Carry-Me-Long - Sheet Music.\"><\/object><a id=\"wp-block-file--media-7d401d1a-c537-4e3d-9b04-c17bb1718b72\" href=\"https:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/Oh-Boys-Carry-Me-Long.pdf\">Oh-Boys-Carry-Me-Long &#8211; Sheet Music<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/Oh-Boys-Carry-Me-Long.pdf\" class=\"wp-block-file__button wp-element-button\" download aria-describedby=\"wp-block-file--media-7d401d1a-c537-4e3d-9b04-c17bb1718b72\">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-57444857-a41a-4b7a-b885-f7be33c4d9ac\" href=\"https:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/Oh-Boys-Carry-Me-Long-MIDI.mid\">Oh Boys Carry Me Long &#8211; MIDI<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/Oh-Boys-Carry-Me-Long-MIDI.mid\" class=\"wp-block-file__button wp-element-button\" download aria-describedby=\"wp-block-file--media-57444857-a41a-4b7a-b885-f7be33c4d9ac\">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! carry me \u2019long<br>Der\u2019s no more trouble for me<br>I\u2019s guine to roam in a happy home<br>Where all de niggas am free<br>I\u2019ve worked long in de fields<br>I\u2019ve handled many a hoe<br>I\u2019ll turn my eye before I die<br>And see de sugarcane grow<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Chorus<br>Oh! boys, carry me \u2019long<br>Carry me till I die<br>Carry me down<br>To de buryin\u2019 groun\u2019<br>Massa, don\u2019t you cry<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">2. All ober de land<br>I\u2019ve wandered many a day<br>To blow de horn and mind the corn<br>And keep de possum away<br>No use for me now<br>So darkeys bury me low<br>My horn is dry and I must lie<br>Wha de possum nebber can go<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">3. Farewell to de boys<br>Wid hearts so happy and light<br>Dey sings a song de whole day long<br>And dance de juba at night<br>Farewell to de fields<br>Ob cotton, \u2019bacco, and all<br>I\u2019s guine to hoe in a bressed row<br>Wha de corn grows mellow and tall<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">4. Farewell to de hills<br>De meadows covered wid green<br>Old brindle Boss and de old grey hoss<br>All beaten, broken, and lean<br>Farewell to de dog<br>Dat always followed me round<br>Old Sancho\u2019ll wail and droop his tail<br>When I am under de ground<\/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\/Oh-Boys-Carry-Me-Long.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 1851 popular songWords and music by Stephen C. Foster The sheet music: Accompaniment by Werner Tomaschewski: Lyrics 1. Oh! carry me \u2019longDer\u2019s no more trouble for meI\u2019s guine to roam in a happy homeWhere all de niggas &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/oh-boys-carry-me-long\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Oh Boys, Carry Me &#8216;Long&#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-1693","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/Pa3ZiQ-rj","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1693","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=1693"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1693\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4683,"href":"https:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1693\/revisions\/4683"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1693"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}