{"id":2183,"date":"2021-10-14T19:52:17","date_gmt":"2021-10-14T19:52:17","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/?page_id=2183"},"modified":"2024-06-20T12:20:32","modified_gmt":"2024-06-20T12:20:32","slug":"brown-skin","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/brown-skin\/","title":{"rendered":"Brown Skin"},"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\">(Who&#8217;re You For?)<br>A popular song from 1916<br>Words and music by Sam Seligman, Roy Barton and the original Dixie Jazz Band<\/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\/10\/Brown-Skin-1916.pdf\" type=\"application\/pdf\" style=\"width:100%;height:600px\" aria-label=\"Embed of Brown Skin  - Sheet Music.\"><\/object><a id=\"wp-block-file--media-8cc97ba0-3c70-481a-8466-9e01eb505a0c\" href=\"https:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/Brown-Skin-1916.pdf\">Brown Skin  &#8211; Sheet Music<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/Brown-Skin-1916.pdf\" class=\"wp-block-file__button wp-element-button\" download aria-describedby=\"wp-block-file--media-8cc97ba0-3c70-481a-8466-9e01eb505a0c\">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-783c4763-064b-4422-9355-af9a12e6e147\" href=\"https:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/Brown_Skin_1916_s_JPP.mid\">Brown_Skin &#8211; MIDI<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/Brown_Skin_1916_s_JPP.mid\" class=\"wp-block-file__button wp-element-button\" download aria-describedby=\"wp-block-file--media-783c4763-064b-4422-9355-af9a12e6e147\">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>Were you ever down in Dixie<br>Where the flowers bloom<br>They&#8217;re dancing on the Levee<br>&#8216;Neath the silvery moon<br>To the music of the banjos<br>Hear the serenade<br>With syncopated melodies<br>Oh! Honey Babe<br>How often in the evening<br>When the work is o&#8217;er<br>They love to harmonize<br>Around the cabin door<br>Listen to the happy darkies<br>Singing loud and long<br>Oh! it&#8217;s the little Brown Skin song<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Chorus<br>Who&#8217;re you for, Brown Skin?<br>I&#8217;m for you white folks<br>Who&#8217;re you for, Palm Beach?<br>I&#8217;m for you in the summer time<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ol start=\"2\" class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Oh they&#8217;re like a lot of children<br>Not a single care<br>And just as sure as sunset<br>You will find &#8217;em there<br>And each one in turn a-stepping<br>While the others &#8220;pat&#8221;<br>They&#8217;d keep it up forever<br>Don&#8217;t know where they&#8217;re at<br>I don&#8217;t care where you travel<br>Don&#8217;t care where you roam<br>There&#8217;s nothing sounds as sweet<br>As songs we learnt at home<br>If you like that southern harmony<br>Just come along<br>And listen to the Brown Skin song<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Chorus<br>Who&#8217;re you for, Uncle Joe?<br>I&#8217;m for you when I need dough<br>Who&#8217;re you for, sweet mama?<br>I&#8217;m for you sweet papa<\/p>\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.] (Who&#8217;re You For?)A popular song from 1916Words and music by Sam Seligman, Roy Barton and the original Dixie Jazz Band The sheet music: Accompaniment by James Pitt-Payne: \u00a0Lyrics ChorusWho&#8217;re you for, Brown Skin?I&#8217;m for you white folksWho&#8217;re you &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/brown-skin\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Brown Skin&#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-2183","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/Pa3ZiQ-zd","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2183","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=2183"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2183\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4846,"href":"https:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2183\/revisions\/4846"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2183"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}