{"id":1783,"date":"2019-06-15T17:19:57","date_gmt":"2019-06-15T17:19:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/?page_id=1783"},"modified":"2024-04-17T13:42:32","modified_gmt":"2024-04-17T13:42:32","slug":"id-leave-my-happy-home-for-you","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/id-leave-my-happy-home-for-you\/","title":{"rendered":"I&#8217;d Leave Ma Happy Home For You"},"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 popular song from 1899<br>Words by Will A. Heelan<br>Music by Harry Von Tilzer<\/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\/Id-Leave-Ma-Happy-Home-For-You.pdf\" type=\"application\/pdf\" style=\"width:100%;height:600px\" aria-label=\"Embed of Id-Leave-Ma-Happy-Home-For-You - Sheet Music.\"><\/object><a id=\"wp-block-file--media-e9a6902b-1041-48cc-9a64-7d070b722852\" href=\"https:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/Id-Leave-Ma-Happy-Home-For-You.pdf\">Id-Leave-Ma-Happy-Home-For-You &#8211; Sheet Music<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/Id-Leave-Ma-Happy-Home-For-You.pdf\" class=\"wp-block-file__button wp-element-button\" download aria-describedby=\"wp-block-file--media-e9a6902b-1041-48cc-9a64-7d070b722852\">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 James Pitt-Payne:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-file\"><a id=\"wp-block-file--media-454ecea3-d765-438b-8b43-098768e78ce5\" href=\"https:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/Id_Leave_Ma_Happy_Home_For_You-MIDI.mid\">I&#8217;d_Leave_Ma_Happy_Home_For_You &#8211; MIDI<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/Id_Leave_Ma_Happy_Home_For_You-MIDI.mid\" class=\"wp-block-file__button wp-element-button\" download aria-describedby=\"wp-block-file--media-454ecea3-d765-438b-8b43-098768e78ce5\">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. A gal I knew, a nice gal too<br>&#8216;Till someone told her she knew how to act<br>Then that baby blew ev&#8217;ry solitary sou<br>Chasin&#8217; roun&#8217; to cheap theatres, that&#8217;s a fact<br>At last she got acquainted with an actor who<br>Was painted like a darky in de show<br>And she followed him around&#8217;<br>Till the night they quit de town<br>Then she said, &#8220;Please take me with you<br>When you go&#8221; For<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Chorus<br>I&#8217;d leave ma happy home for you, oo, oo, oo, oo<br>You&#8217;re de nicest man I ever knew, oo, oo, oo, oo<br>If you take me, and just break me in de bus&#8217;ness too, oo<br>I&#8217;d leave ma happy home for you, oo, oo, oo, oo<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">2. He said he&#8217;d shake de show<br>And take that lady with a comp&#8217;ny of his own<br>But he packed his grip and he took a quiet trip<br>And he left that little baby all alone<br>He tried his best to skip her<br>But she used to buy de Clipper<br>What de actor&#8217;s news was in<br>When she found out where he went<br>Ev&#8217;ry day a note she sent<br>This is just how ev&#8217;ry letter would begin, Well<\/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\/Id-Leave-Ma-Happy-Home-For-You.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 popular song from 1899Words by Will A. HeelanMusic by Harry Von Tilzer The sheet music: Accompaniment by James Pitt-Payne: Lyrics 1. A gal I knew, a nice gal too&#8216;Till someone told her she knew how to actThen &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/id-leave-my-happy-home-for-you\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;I&#8217;d Leave Ma Happy Home For You&#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-1783","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/Pa3ZiQ-sL","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1783","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=1783"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1783\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4722,"href":"https:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1783\/revisions\/4722"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1783"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}