{"id":1875,"date":"2021-01-26T13:20:54","date_gmt":"2021-01-26T13:20:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/?page_id=1875"},"modified":"2024-04-29T12:54:18","modified_gmt":"2024-04-29T12:54:18","slug":"put-me-wise","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/put-me-wise\/","title":{"rendered":"Put Me Wise"},"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 1904 popular song<br>Words and music by Hughie Cannon<\/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\/Put-Me-Wise.pdf\" type=\"application\/pdf\" style=\"width:100%;height:600px\" aria-label=\"Embed of Put-Me-Wise - Sheet Music.\"><\/object><a id=\"wp-block-file--media-5eea92d7-13f3-415f-adb0-5c682c3a0266\" href=\"https:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/Put-Me-Wise.pdf\">Put-Me-Wise &#8211; Sheet Music<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/Put-Me-Wise.pdf\" class=\"wp-block-file__button wp-element-button\" download aria-describedby=\"wp-block-file--media-5eea92d7-13f3-415f-adb0-5c682c3a0266\">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-89288c42-3d08-4631-b7cc-7daa0ac3b124\" href=\"https:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Put_Me_Wise-MIDI.mid\">Put_Me_Wise &#8211; MIDI<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Put_Me_Wise-MIDI.mid\" class=\"wp-block-file__button wp-element-button\" download aria-describedby=\"wp-block-file--media-89288c42-3d08-4631-b7cc-7daa0ac3b124\">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<ol class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Deere&#8217;s a happen-stance I&#8217;ll tell to you<br>Bout a big coon dat I know<br>He&#8217;s never doin&#8217; nothin&#8217;, never says a word<br>He&#8217;s coppin&#8217; ev&#8217;ry one&#8217;s dough<br>I&#8217;ll ask one question, please put me wise<br>Seen dis coon yesterday, buyin&#8217; de town<br>Followed him just like a hound<br>I asked him, Kindly tell me how he hops de change<br>He never grumbled a sound<br>To save my life, now, I can&#8217;t get wise<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Chorus<br>Do me just one favor, will you<br>Put me wise, Put me wise<br>I got to know How you get your dough<br>Have a little mercy, for de Land&#8217;s sake tell me<br>How you get your diamonds, tell me fore I dies<br>Have a little mercy for de Land&#8217;s sake put me wise<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">2. I&#8217;m working ev&#8217;ry day I&#8217;m working hard<br>Funny I can&#8217;t save a cent<br>It keeps me guessin&#8217; and it keeps me thinkin&#8217;<br>Just how I&#8217;ll pay my rent<br>Oh, listen, white folk&#8217;s please put me wise<br>I&#8217;ve eaten ev&#8217;rything, clubfooted eels<br>I think I&#8217;ve eaten bees knees<br>But diamonds and niggers how dey gets along<br>Now won&#8217;t you tell me please<br>Oh, kindly tell me, just put me wise<\/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\/Put-Me-Wise.mp3\"><\/audio><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[WARNING: This song contains antiquated racial stereotypes. It is presented here for historical and educational purposes only.] A 1904 popular songWords and music by Hughie Cannon The sheet music: Accompaniment by James Pitt-Payne: Lyrics ChorusDo me just one favor, will youPut me wise, Put me wiseI got to know How you get your doughHave a &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/put-me-wise\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Put Me Wise&#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-1875","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/Pa3ZiQ-uf","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1875","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=1875"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1875\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4765,"href":"https:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1875\/revisions\/4765"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1875"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}