{"id":2142,"date":"2021-09-24T00:36:54","date_gmt":"2021-09-24T00:36:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/?page_id=2142"},"modified":"2024-06-16T12:40:24","modified_gmt":"2024-06-16T12:40:24","slug":"tell-me-josey-whar-you-bin","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/tell-me-josey-whar-you-bin\/","title":{"rendered":"Tell Me Josey Whar You Bin"},"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 1840 popular song<br>Sung at the New York circus<\/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\/Tell-Me-Josey-Whar-You-Bin-SHEET-MUSIC.pdf\" type=\"application\/pdf\" style=\"width:100%;height:600px\" aria-label=\"Embed of Tell-Me-Josey-Whar-You-Bin - Sheet Music.\"><\/object><a id=\"wp-block-file--media-de5ab4cd-9055-4e63-9a9d-e67ef4f726f1\" href=\"https:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/Tell-Me-Josey-Whar-You-Bin-SHEET-MUSIC.pdf\">Tell-Me-Josey-Whar-You-Bin &#8211; Sheet Music<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/Tell-Me-Josey-Whar-You-Bin-SHEET-MUSIC.pdf\" class=\"wp-block-file__button wp-element-button\" download aria-describedby=\"wp-block-file--media-de5ab4cd-9055-4e63-9a9d-e67ef4f726f1\">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 Benjamin Robert Tubb:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-file\"><a id=\"wp-block-file--media-438b6ce8-f226-445a-9da0-909a84e2f585\" href=\"https:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/Tell-Me-Josey-Whar-You-Bin-MIDI.mid\">Tell-Me-Josey-Whar-You-Bin &#8211; MIDI<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/Tell-Me-Josey-Whar-You-Bin-MIDI.mid\" class=\"wp-block-file__button wp-element-button\" download aria-describedby=\"wp-block-file--media-438b6ce8-f226-445a-9da0-909a84e2f585\">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\">\u00a0Lyrics<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Tell me Josey whar you bin?<br>To leave me this way is a sin.<br>You left me all alone to sigh,<br>It is a wonder I didn\u2019t die.<br>[She] Tell me Josey whar you bin?<br>[He] The way I love her is a sin.<br>[She] Tell me then or I shall die.<br>[He] If you drop I\u2019m sure to sigh.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Refrain<br>[She] Tell me Josey whar you bin?<br>To leave me this way is a sin.<br>You left me all alone to sigh.<br>It is a wonder I didn\u2019t die.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ol start=\"2\" class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Lubly Dinah then I\u2019ll tell you.<br>It happened in an oyster celler.<br>A nigger hit me wid a stick<br>And I laid him flat wid a large big brick.<br>[He] I laid him right out on the stone<br>[She] Joe you didn\u2019t break his bone.<br>[He] Yes I heard something crack.<br>[She] Oh! Joe you\u2019ve broke the nigger\u2019s back.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Now tell me Joe if You will marry<br>Case I can no longer tarry.<br>You\u2019re the nigger I admire.<br>You\u2019ve set my bustling heart on fire.<br>[She] Now tell me Joe if you love me.<br>[He] Dar an\u2019 more that I adore above thee.<br>[She] My heart with love now is pouting.<br>[He] Oh! Massa how she works my feeling.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Oh! lubly Rose lures my hand.<br>No wench could bare it in this land.<br>You are my thoughts by day and night.<br>Oh! Dinah she\u2019s a beautiful sight.<br>[He] How I do adore the creature.<br>[She] Lord he\u2019s got spendid feature.<br>[He] She\u2019s the only wench I pray see.<br>[She] He&#8217;s stole my heart away from me<\/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 1840 popular songSung at the New York circus The sheet music: Accompaniment by Benjamin Robert Tubb: \u00a0Lyrics Refrain[She] Tell me Josey whar you bin?To leave me this way is a sin.You left me all alone to sigh.It &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/tell-me-josey-whar-you-bin\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Tell Me Josey Whar You Bin&#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-2142","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/Pa3ZiQ-yy","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2142","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=2142"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2142\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4831,"href":"https:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2142\/revisions\/4831"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2142"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}