{"id":2530,"date":"2022-05-04T17:05:45","date_gmt":"2022-05-04T17:05:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/?page_id=2530"},"modified":"2024-06-22T12:56:18","modified_gmt":"2024-06-22T12:56:18","slug":"gimme-ma-money","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/gimme-ma-money\/","title":{"rendered":"Gimme Ma Money"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">[DISCLAIMER: 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 popular song from 1898.<br>Words and music by Nathan Bivins.<\/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\/2022\/05\/Gimme-Ma-Money-1898.pdf\" type=\"application\/pdf\" style=\"width:100%;height:600px\" aria-label=\"Embed of Gimme Ma Money - Sheet Music.\"><\/object><a id=\"wp-block-file--media-a9ed4b1f-1b6b-446d-90da-3e5f70745b73\" href=\"https:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/Gimme-Ma-Money-1898.pdf\">Gimme Ma Money &#8211; Sheet Music<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/Gimme-Ma-Money-1898.pdf\" class=\"wp-block-file__button wp-element-button\" download aria-describedby=\"wp-block-file--media-a9ed4b1f-1b6b-446d-90da-3e5f70745b73\">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-c072ec4f-4b54-4414-907e-34f2ab3225a3\" href=\"https:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/Gimme_Ma_Money_1898_s_JPP.mid\">Gimme_Ma_Money &#8211; MIDI<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/Gimme_Ma_Money_1898_s_JPP.mid\" class=\"wp-block-file__button wp-element-button\" download aria-describedby=\"wp-block-file--media-c072ec4f-4b54-4414-907e-34f2ab3225a3\">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\">Lyrics<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">1. Last night I went to a big Crap game<br>How dem coons did gamble wuz a sin and a shame<br>Coats and hats wuz layin&#8217; all over de floor<br>De house wuz crowded wid lots of toughs<br>Wid race horse touts wuz awful rough<br>One coon got broke and dese the words he said<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Refrain<br>Gimme ma money, don&#8217;t think you&#8217;re funny<br>Cause I&#8217;m a nigger you don&#8217;t cut no figure<br>I&#8217;m gambling for my Sadie cause she&#8217;s my lady<br>I&#8217;m a hustling coon, and dats just what I am<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">2. From der I goes to de Odd fellows Hall<br>To have a good time and dat wuz all<br>Another crap game wuz going on among a lot of touts<br>I shoots two bits dats all I had<br>When I lost it of course dat made me mad<br>&#8220;Stop dat music&#8221;, I began to shout<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">3. On de floor I dropped a ten dollar bill<br>A gal put her foot on&#8217;t, her name wuz Lill<br>I says Lady will you please mam look out<br>She says young man if you get gay<br>I&#8217;ll have my friend to put you away<br>And to dis gal I could not help but shout<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[DISCLAIMER: This song contains antiquated racial language. It is presented here for historical and educational purposes only.] A popular song from 1898.Words and music by Nathan Bivins. The sheet music: Accompaniment by James Pitt-Payne: Lyrics 1. Last night I went to a big Crap gameHow dem coons did gamble wuz a sin and a shameCoats &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/gimme-ma-money\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Gimme Ma Money&#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-2530","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/Pa3ZiQ-EO","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2530","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=2530"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2530\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4869,"href":"https:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2530\/revisions\/4869"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2530"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}