{"id":252,"date":"2018-08-26T17:18:12","date_gmt":"2018-08-26T17:18:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/?page_id=252"},"modified":"2023-05-13T13:31:46","modified_gmt":"2023-05-13T13:31:46","slug":"bill-bailey-wont-you-please-come-home","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/bill-bailey-wont-you-please-come-home\/","title":{"rendered":"Bill Bailey, Won&#8217;t You Please Come Home"},"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<div class=\"wp-block-group\"><div class=\"wp-block-group__inner-container is-layout-constrained wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">a famous 1902 popular song<br>words and music by Hughie Cannon<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Based on Willard G. Bailey getting locked out by his wife for late night carousing in Jackson, Michigan.<\/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:<\/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\/Bill-Bailey.pdf\" type=\"application\/pdf\" style=\"width:100%;height:600px\" aria-label=\"Embed of Bill Bailey - Sheet Music.\"><\/object><a id=\"wp-block-file--media-71255590-923e-418a-aab1-55913d286b63\" href=\"https:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/Bill-Bailey.pdf\">Bill Bailey &#8211; Sheet Music<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/Bill-Bailey.pdf\" class=\"wp-block-file__button wp-element-button\" download aria-describedby=\"wp-block-file--media-71255590-923e-418a-aab1-55913d286b63\">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-ba504824-015e-4373-8cc0-522001f7ae6b\" href=\"https:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/Bill-Bailey.mid\">Bill Bailey &#8211; MIDI<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/Bill-Bailey.mid\" class=\"wp-block-file__button wp-element-button\" download aria-describedby=\"wp-block-file--media-ba504824-015e-4373-8cc0-522001f7ae6b\">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. On one summer&#8217;s day, sun was shining fine<br>The lady love of old Bill Bailey was hanging clothes on the line<br>In her back yard, and weeping hard<br>She married a B.&amp; O. brakeman, dat took and throw&#8217;d her down<br>Bellering like a prune-fed calf, wid a big gang hanging &#8217;round<br>And to dat crowd, she yelled out loud<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Chorus<br>Won&#8217;t you come home, Bill Bailey, won&#8217;t you come home?<br>She moans the whole day long<br>I&#8217;ll do the cooking, darling, I&#8217;ll pay de rent<br>I knows I&#8217;ve done you wrong<br>&#8216;Member dat rainy eve dat I drove you out<br>Wid nothing but a fine tooth comb?<br>I know I&#8217;se to blame, well, ain&#8217;t dat a shame?<br>Bill Bailey, won&#8217;t you please come home?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">2. Bill drove by dat door, in an automobile<br>A great big diamond, coach, and foot-man, hear dat big wench squeal<br>&#8220;He&#8217;s all alone,&#8221; I heard her groan<br>She hollered thro&#8217; that door, &#8220;Bill Bailey, is you sore?<br>Stop a minute, won&#8217;t you listen to me? Won&#8217;t I see you no more?&#8221;<br>Bill winked his eye, as he heard her cry<\/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\/CAI4r-mf1M4?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;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 famous 1902 popular songwords and music by Hughie Cannon Based on Willard G. Bailey getting locked out by his wife for late night carousing in Jackson, Michigan. The sheet music: Accompaniment:\u00a0 Lyrics 1. 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