{"id":177,"date":"2018-07-05T12:11:06","date_gmt":"2018-07-05T12:11:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/?page_id=177"},"modified":"2023-05-11T21:41:12","modified_gmt":"2023-05-11T21:41:12","slug":"aunt-hagars-children","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/aunt-hagars-children\/","title":{"rendered":"Aunt Hagar\u2019s Children Blues"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">[WARNING: This song contains antiquated racial language. It is presented here for historical and educational purposes only.]<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A 1921 song from the Father of the Blues<br>lyrics by Lieut. J. Tim Brymm<br>music by W.C. Handy<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">This song was updated by Mr. Handy and renamed Aunt Hagar&#8217;s Blues.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity is-style-wide\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The sheet music:\u00a0\u00a0<\/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\/2018\/07\/Aunt-Hagars-Children-Blues-1921.pdf\" type=\"application\/pdf\" style=\"width:100%;height:600px\" aria-label=\"Embed of Aunt Hagar&apos;s Children Blues - Sheet Music.\"><\/object><a id=\"wp-block-file--media-31a8e642-fc37-41e6-89d2-8426533b7eb8\" href=\"https:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/Aunt-Hagars-Children-Blues-1921.pdf\">Aunt Hagar&#8217;s Children Blues &#8211; Sheet Music<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/Aunt-Hagars-Children-Blues-1921.pdf\" class=\"wp-block-file__button wp-element-button\" download aria-describedby=\"wp-block-file--media-31a8e642-fc37-41e6-89d2-8426533b7eb8\">Download<\/a><\/div>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity is-style-wide\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Accompaniment:\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-file\"><a id=\"wp-block-file--media-16fdd7d3-9d90-4771-bc95-cadbcdb6b8ab\" href=\"https:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/Aunt-Hagars-Children.mid\">Aunt Hagar&#8217;s Children &#8211; MIDI<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/Aunt-Hagars-Children.mid\" class=\"wp-block-file__button wp-element-button\" download aria-describedby=\"wp-block-file--media-16fdd7d3-9d90-4771-bc95-cadbcdb6b8ab\">Download<\/a><\/div>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity is-style-wide\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Lyrics<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Old Deacon Splivins, his flock was givin&#8217;<br>The way of livin&#8217; right<br>Said he, &#8220;No winging, no ragtime singing here tonight&#8221;<br>Up jumped Aunt Hagar, and shouted out with all her might<br>&#8220;Why all this razzin&#8217;? about the jazzin&#8217;?<br>My boys have just come home<br>With latest music, they play it on the saxphone&#8221;<br>&#8220;Oh, my just listen!&#8221; the deacon shouted with a moan<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Chorus<br>Hear Aunt Hagar&#8217;s children harmonizing<br>Hear that sweet melody<br>It&#8217;s like a choir from on high broke loose<br>If the devil brought it<br>The good Lord sent it right down to me<br>I don&#8217;t know what it&#8217;s called<br>But believe me, it is one mournful blues<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Patter<br>Um! &#8216;taint no use in talkin&#8217;, Um! Hagar&#8217;s children squawkin&#8217;<br>Such jazzapation, such modulation<br>When my feet say dance I just can&#8217;t refuse<br>When I hear that melody they call the Blues<br>Aunt Hagar&#8217;s children Blues, some blues, some blues<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity is-style-wide\"\/>\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\/DOdrT8B9oVE?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","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[WARNING: This song contains antiquated racial language. It is presented here for historical and educational purposes only.] A 1921 song from the Father of the Blueslyrics by Lieut. J. Tim Brymmmusic by W.C. Handy This song was updated by Mr. Handy and renamed Aunt Hagar&#8217;s Blues. The sheet music:\u00a0\u00a0 Accompaniment:\u00a0 Lyrics Old Deacon Splivins, his &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/aunt-hagars-children\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Aunt Hagar\u2019s Children Blues&#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-177","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/Pa3ZiQ-2R","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/177","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=177"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/177\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3707,"href":"https:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/177\/revisions\/3707"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=177"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}