{"id":185,"date":"2018-07-05T12:24:58","date_gmt":"2018-07-05T12:24:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/?page_id=185"},"modified":"2023-05-11T22:04:51","modified_gmt":"2023-05-11T22:04:51","slug":"auntie-skinners-chicken-dinner","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/auntie-skinners-chicken-dinner\/","title":{"rendered":"Auntie Skinner\u2019s Chicken Dinner"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">[Disclaimer: There are derogatory racial terms in these lyrics. No hatred is intended. It is presented in its original form for historical purposes.]<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">a popular song from 1915<br>words by Arthur Fields and Earl Carroll<br>music by Theodore Morse<\/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\/Auntie-Skinners-Chicken-Dinner.pdf\" type=\"application\/pdf\" style=\"width:100%;height:600px\" aria-label=\"Embed of Auntie Skinners Chicken Dinner - Sheet Music.\"><\/object><a id=\"wp-block-file--media-e08c14fd-08fc-4de9-8374-466942c402be\" href=\"https:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/Auntie-Skinners-Chicken-Dinner.pdf\">Auntie Skinners Chicken Dinner &#8211; Sheet Music<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/Auntie-Skinners-Chicken-Dinner.pdf\" class=\"wp-block-file__button wp-element-button\" download aria-describedby=\"wp-block-file--media-e08c14fd-08fc-4de9-8374-466942c402be\">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 &#8211; player piano roll Golden Age #135:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-file\"><a id=\"wp-block-file--media-cce13d52-4a72-473f-bb12-a1c98af859fd\" href=\"https:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/Auntie-Skinners-Chicken-Dinner.mid\">Auntie Skinners Chicken Dinner &#8211; MIDI<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/Auntie-Skinners-Chicken-Dinner.mid\" class=\"wp-block-file__button wp-element-button\" download aria-describedby=\"wp-block-file--media-cce13d52-4a72-473f-bb12-a1c98af859fd\">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\">1. I got an invitation to see the celebration<br>Down at Auntie Skinner&#8217;s big Jubilee<br>The picks from each plantation<br>Will give her some ovation<br>When they see the possum pie and fricassee<br>Just smell them onions cookin&#8217;<br>Just watch them darkies lookin&#8217;<br>In the pot to see what old Auntie&#8217;s got<br>Grab your best gal, invite another pal<br>Everybody&#8217;s welcome there<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Chorus<br>Come along (come along, come along)<br>To Auntie Skinner&#8217;s chicken dinner<br>The pick who picks the wishbone<br>Will be the lucky winner<br>Of a brand new pair of homespun panties<br>No other spinner spins a pair of panties like our Auntie&#8217;s<br>Come along (come along, come along)<br>You little cotton pickers<br>Picky picks from everywhere<br>Down at Auntie Skinner&#8217;s chicken dinner<br>Everybody will be there<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">2. Come on you folks, meander in back of Alexander<br>He will lead the marching and show the way<br>They&#8217;re down by Auntie&#8217;s cabin<br>And Lordy, how they&#8217;re havin&#8217;<br>Such a time, because it&#8217;s Auntie&#8217;s feedin&#8217; day<br>Oh, what is that I&#8217;m smellin&#8217;, it must be watermelon<br>Or the ham that&#8217;s sizzlin&#8217; in Auntie&#8217;s pan<br>Take your mother, sister and brother<br>&#8216;Cause everybody&#8217;s welcome there<\/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-audio\"><audio controls src=\"https:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/Auntie-Skinners-Chicken-Dinner.mp3\"><\/audio><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[Disclaimer: There are derogatory racial terms in these lyrics. No hatred is intended. It is presented in its original form for historical purposes.] a popular song from 1915words by Arthur Fields and Earl Carrollmusic by Theodore Morse The sheet music:\u00a0\u00a0 Accompaniment &#8211; player piano roll Golden Age #135: Lyrics 1. I got an invitation to &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/auntie-skinners-chicken-dinner\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Auntie Skinner\u2019s Chicken Dinner&#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-185","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/Pa3ZiQ-2Z","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/185","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=185"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/185\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3711,"href":"https:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/185\/revisions\/3711"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=185"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}