{"id":248,"date":"2018-08-26T17:13:03","date_gmt":"2018-08-26T17:13:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/?page_id=248"},"modified":"2023-05-13T13:22:41","modified_gmt":"2023-05-13T13:22:41","slug":"belle-ob-baltimore","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/belle-ob-baltimore\/","title":{"rendered":"Belle ob Baltimore"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">[WARNING: This song contains antiquated racial language. It is presented here for historical and educational purposes only.]<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A 1848 melody of Bancker&#8217;s Troupe of Sable Brothers.<br>words, music, and arrangement by J. G. Evans<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity is-style-wide\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The sheet music:\u00a0<\/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\/2018\/08\/Belle-ob-Baltimore.pdf\" type=\"application\/pdf\" style=\"width:100%;height:600px\" aria-label=\"Embed of Belle ob Baltimore - Sheet Music.\"><\/object><a id=\"wp-block-file--media-00966725-5d86-42d4-9a6f-82476fa45ef5\" href=\"https:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/Belle-ob-Baltimore.pdf\">Belle ob Baltimore &#8211; Sheet Music<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/Belle-ob-Baltimore.pdf\" class=\"wp-block-file__button wp-element-button\" download aria-describedby=\"wp-block-file--media-00966725-5d86-42d4-9a6f-82476fa45ef5\">Download<\/a><\/div>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity is-style-wide\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Accompaniment:\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-file\"><a id=\"wp-block-file--media-500c3ebd-08e4-45dd-be53-16bdbb6cd732\" href=\"https:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/Belle-ob-Baltimore.mid\">Belle ob Baltimore &#8211; MIDI<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/Belle-ob-Baltimore.mid\" class=\"wp-block-file__button wp-element-button\" download aria-describedby=\"wp-block-file--media-500c3ebd-08e4-45dd-be53-16bdbb6cd732\">Download<\/a><\/div>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity is-style-wide\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Lyrics<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">1. I&#8217;ve been through Carolina<br>I&#8217;ve been to Tennessee<br>I sailed the Mississippi<br>For massa set me free<br>I&#8217;ve kissed de lubly Creole<br>On Lousianna&#8217;s shore<br>But I nebber found de gal to match<br>De blooming Belle ob Baltimore<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Chorus<br>Oh boys, Belle&#8217;s a beauty<br>Eyes so bright and cheek so sooty<br>No gal I ever seen afore<br>So sweet as Belle ob Baltimore<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">2. My Belle is tall and slender<br>And sings so berry clear<br>You&#8217;d tink she was an owlingale<br>If once her woice you hear<br>I walked down to her cabin<br>And rapped upon the door<br>I went to gub my doggertype<br>To my sweet Belle ob Baltimore<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">3. I found her by de ribber<br>My errand I did tell<br>Says she, &#8220;You gay deceiber<br>I know your tricks too well<br>I seen you kiss anudder gal<br>De berry night afore&#8221;<br>Wid dat she turned upon her heel<br>And off went Belle ob Baltimore<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">4. I wrote my lub a letter<br>And scented it so sweet<br>De musk, de clobes, and peppermint<br>Stuck out about a feet<br>But all my trouble was no use<br>I nebber seen her more<br>For I squached de tender &#8216;feckshins ob<br>My blooming Belle ob Baltimore<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity is-style-wide\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Sung here by Fred Feild:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"youtube-player\" width=\"840\" height=\"473\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/qISxAuU3wGQ?version=3&#038;rel=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;showinfo=1&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;fs=1&#038;hl=en-US&#038;autohide=2&#038;start=3&#038;wmode=transparent\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" style=\"border:0;\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox\"><\/iframe><\/span>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[WARNING: This song contains antiquated racial language. It is presented here for historical and educational purposes only.] A 1848 melody of Bancker&#8217;s Troupe of Sable Brothers.words, music, and arrangement by J. G. Evans The sheet music:\u00a0 Accompaniment:\u00a0 Lyrics 1. I&#8217;ve been through CarolinaI&#8217;ve been to TennesseeI sailed the MississippiFor massa set me freeI&#8217;ve kissed de &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/belle-ob-baltimore\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Belle ob Baltimore&#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-248","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/Pa3ZiQ-40","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/248","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=248"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/248\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3774,"href":"https:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/248\/revisions\/3774"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=248"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}