{"id":1714,"date":"2019-05-25T17:48:41","date_gmt":"2019-05-25T17:48:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/?page_id=1714"},"modified":"2024-04-15T00:35:03","modified_gmt":"2024-04-15T00:35:03","slug":"settin-on-a-rail","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/settin-on-a-rail\/","title":{"rendered":"Settin&#8217; on a Rail"},"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&nbsp;popular song from the early minstrels<br>Published by G. Willig, Jr., 1837<\/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\/Settin-on-a-Rail.pdf\" type=\"application\/pdf\" style=\"width:100%;height:600px\" aria-label=\"Embed of Settin-on-a-Rail - Sheet Music.\"><\/object><a id=\"wp-block-file--media-8f37c74c-b3fe-453b-b2d9-8a4a4621e140\" href=\"https:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/Settin-on-a-Rail.pdf\">Settin-on-a-Rail &#8211; Sheet Music<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/Settin-on-a-Rail.pdf\" class=\"wp-block-file__button wp-element-button\" download aria-describedby=\"wp-block-file--media-8f37c74c-b3fe-453b-b2d9-8a4a4621e140\">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-ce1752e8-cc98-434f-ac04-a6672a1df833\" href=\"https:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/Settin-on-a-Rail-MIDI.mid\">Settin&#8217; on a Rail &#8211; MIDI<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/Settin-on-a-Rail-MIDI.mid\" class=\"wp-block-file__button wp-element-button\" download aria-describedby=\"wp-block-file--media-ce1752e8-cc98-434f-ac04-a6672a1df833\">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. As I walked out by de light ob de moon<br>So merrily singing dis same tune<br>I cum across a big racoon<br>A sittin&#8217; on a rail<br>Sittin&#8217; on a rail, sittin on a rail<br>Sittin&#8217; on a rail, sleepin werry sound<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">2. I at de Racoon take a peep<br>An den so softly to him creep<br>I foun de Racoon fast asleep<br>An pull him off de rail (repeat)<br>An fling him on de ground<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">3. De Racoon gan to scratch and bite<br>I hit him once wid all my might<br>I bung he eye an spile he sight<br>O I&#8217;m dat child to fight (repeat)<br>An beat de banjo too<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">4. I tell de Racoon gin to pray<br>While on de ground de Racoon lay<br>But he jump up and run away<br>An soon he out ob sight (repeat)<br>Sittin on a rail<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">5. My ole Massa dead an gone<br>A dose ob poison help him on<br>De Debil say he funeral song<br>Oh bress him let him go (repeat)<br>An joy go wid him too<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">6. De Racoon hunt do werry quare<br>Am no touch to kill de deer<br>BeCase you kotch him wid out fear<br>Sittin on a rail (repeat)<br>Sleepin werry sound<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">7. Ob all de songs dat eber I sung<br>De Racoon hunt&#8217;s de greatest one<br>It always pleases old and young<br>And den dey cry encore (repeat)<br>An den I cum agin<\/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-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"youtube-player\" width=\"840\" height=\"473\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/ODm2fJ0dI_c?version=3&#038;rel=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;showinfo=1&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;fs=1&#038;hl=en-US&#038;autohide=2&#038;wmode=transparent\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" style=\"border:0;\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox\"><\/iframe><\/span>\n<\/div><\/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&nbsp;popular song from the early minstrelsPublished by G. Willig, Jr., 1837 The sheet music: Accompaniment by Benjamin R. Tubb: Lyrics 1. As I walked out by de light ob de moonSo merrily singing dis same tuneI cum across &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/settin-on-a-rail\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Settin&#8217; on a Rail&#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-1714","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/Pa3ZiQ-rE","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1714","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=1714"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1714\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4693,"href":"https:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1714\/revisions\/4693"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1714"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}