{"id":2191,"date":"2021-10-20T21:02:22","date_gmt":"2021-10-20T21:02:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/?page_id=2191"},"modified":"2024-06-20T12:41:55","modified_gmt":"2024-06-20T12:41:55","slug":"down-kentucky-way","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/down-kentucky-way\/","title":{"rendered":"Down Kentucky Way"},"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 Darkey Lullaby)<br>A popular song from 1919.<br>Words and music by James W. Casey.<\/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\/Down-Kentucky-Way-1919.pdf\" type=\"application\/pdf\" style=\"width:100%;height:600px\" aria-label=\"Embed of Down Kentucky Way - Sheet Music.\"><\/object><a id=\"wp-block-file--media-9874f7a9-6473-4e33-8972-e2a96f864ea1\" href=\"https:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/Down-Kentucky-Way-1919.pdf\">Down Kentucky Way &#8211; Sheet Music<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/Down-Kentucky-Way-1919.pdf\" class=\"wp-block-file__button wp-element-button\" download aria-describedby=\"wp-block-file--media-9874f7a9-6473-4e33-8972-e2a96f864ea1\">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-4fae5452-5758-4585-a611-9d3c777bc39e\" href=\"https:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/Down_Kentucky_Way_1919_s_JPP.mid\">Down_Kentucky_Way &#8211; MIDI<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/Down_Kentucky_Way_1919_s_JPP.mid\" class=\"wp-block-file__button wp-element-button\" download aria-describedby=\"wp-block-file--media-4fae5452-5758-4585-a611-9d3c777bc39e\">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>Down Kentucky way<br>A little picaninny&#8217;s cryin&#8217;<br>Somethings happened in his play<br>Dat&#8217;s put de whole world wrong<br>By de cabin door<br>He hears his lubin&#8217; mammy sighing<br>As she takes him from de floor<br>And croons dis little song<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Refrain<br>&#8220;Rest yoh head on mammy&#8217;s arm<br>Yo&#8217; broken hearted coon<br>She will keep yo&#8217; from all harm<br>Dem worries come too soon<br>&#8216;Course I know you&#8217;ve lots of troubles<br>But dey&#8217;ll fade away like bubbles<br>Fade in yoh dreams chile &#8216;fore day<br>Mind what I say<br>Weep no mo&#8217; my baby and rest<br>Soon I&#8217;ll put yo&#8217; in yoh little snowy cotton nest&#8221;<br>While his mammy&#8217;s softly hummin&#8217;<br>Banjos &#8216;cross de fields am strumin<br>Down Kentucky way<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ol start=\"2\" class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>&#8220;Eber since de day<br>Yoh mammy found yo&#8217;, little honey<br>Out dar in de sugar cane<br>You&#8217;ve been her &#8220;precious lamb&#8221;<br>Don&#8217;t care what day say<br>I&#8217;d rather hab&#8217; yo&#8217; chile den money<br>Yoh de sunshine after rain<br>De only coon what am&#8221;<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[WARNING: This song contains antiquated racial stereotypes. It is presented here for historical and educational purposes only.] (A Darkey Lullaby)A popular song from 1919.Words and music by James W. Casey. The sheet music: Accompaniment by James Pitt-Payne: \u00a0Lyrics Refrain&#8220;Rest yoh head on mammy&#8217;s armYo&#8217; broken hearted coonShe will keep yo&#8217; from all harmDem worries come &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/down-kentucky-way\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Down Kentucky Way&#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-2191","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/Pa3ZiQ-zl","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2191","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=2191"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2191\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4850,"href":"https:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2191\/revisions\/4850"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2191"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}