{"id":2135,"date":"2021-09-13T18:42:31","date_gmt":"2021-09-13T18:42:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/?page_id=2135"},"modified":"2024-06-16T12:34:24","modified_gmt":"2024-06-16T12:34:24","slug":"when-i-marry-miss-dina-lee","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/when-i-marry-miss-dina-lee\/","title":{"rendered":"When I Marry Miss Dina Lee"},"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 1898.<br>Words and music by Billy Caldwell.<\/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\/2021\/09\/When-I-Marry-Miss-Dina-Lee-1898.pdf\" type=\"application\/pdf\" style=\"width:100%;height:600px\" aria-label=\"Embed of When I Marry Miss Dina Lee - Sheet Music.\"><\/object><a id=\"wp-block-file--media-e2d4f880-edff-458a-b88a-35d89b901d95\" href=\"https:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/When-I-Marry-Miss-Dina-Lee-1898.pdf\">When I Marry Miss Dina Lee &#8211; Sheet Music<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/When-I-Marry-Miss-Dina-Lee-1898.pdf\" class=\"wp-block-file__button wp-element-button\" download aria-describedby=\"wp-block-file--media-e2d4f880-edff-458a-b88a-35d89b901d95\">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-feafaea8-67a0-4d28-9401-13c2e673521a\" href=\"https:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/When_I_Marry_Miss_Dina_Lee_1898_s_JPP.mid\">When_I_Marry_Miss_Dina_Lee &#8211; MIDI<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/When_I_Marry_Miss_Dina_Lee_1898_s_JPP.mid\" class=\"wp-block-file__button wp-element-button\" download aria-describedby=\"wp-block-file--media-feafaea8-67a0-4d28-9401-13c2e673521a\">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>Way down in Mississippi<br>Where the ivory blossoms bloom<br>Where the sun is shining<br>And makes us happy coons<br>There is a girl named Dina Lee<br>I love dearer than my life<br>She promised me her hand some day<br>That she would be my wife<br>She is the sweetest flower<br>The garden ever grew<br>For I love her dearly<br>And I know she loves me too<br>Each evening after sundown<br>The girl I&#8217;d go to see<br>I know her, I adore her<br>My wife soon she will be<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Chorus<br>Twelve o&#8217;clock the wedding bells will ring<br>All the culled folks presents us will bring<br>A grand event I&#8217;m sure it&#8217;s going to be<br>Eleck Hobbs will lose his mind<br>When I marry Miss Dina Lee<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ol start=\"2\" class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Now the weddin&#8217;s over<br>I&#8217;m as happy as can be<br>Two years or more have past and gone<br>My sweetheart&#8217;s so light and free<br>So early every morning<br>Just at the break of day<br>I watch my culled babies<br>And their &#8220;mam to me does say<br>&#8220;Why, get your banjo from the wall<br>And play your lullaby<br>While I fry the Johnny cakes<br>&#8216;For they commence to cry&#8221;<br>Down among the sugarcane<br>Each day they romp and play<br>I&#8217;m happy, I&#8217;m their pappy<br>I could throw myself away<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\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 1898.Words and music by Billy Caldwell. The sheet music: Accompaniment by James Pitt-Payne: Lyrics ChorusTwelve o&#8217;clock the wedding bells will ringAll the culled folks presents us will bringA grand event I&#8217;m sure it&#8217;s going &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/when-i-marry-miss-dina-lee\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;When I Marry Miss Dina Lee&#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-2135","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/Pa3ZiQ-yr","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2135","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=2135"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2135\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4829,"href":"https:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2135\/revisions\/4829"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2135"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}