{"id":2535,"date":"2022-05-04T17:31:21","date_gmt":"2022-05-04T17:31:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/?page_id=2535"},"modified":"2024-06-22T12:58:48","modified_gmt":"2024-06-22T12:58:48","slug":"hold-dat-train","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/hold-dat-train\/","title":{"rendered":"Hold Dat Train"},"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 1919.<br>Words by Neile Edwards.<br>Music by Wallace C. Chambers.<\/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\/Hold-Dat-Train-1919.pdf\" type=\"application\/pdf\" style=\"width:100%;height:600px\" aria-label=\"Embed of Hold Dat Train - Sheet Music.\"><\/object><a id=\"wp-block-file--media-65f1f545-c96c-447d-bb13-fb014d9dd9b8\" href=\"https:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/Hold-Dat-Train-1919.pdf\">Hold Dat Train &#8211; Sheet Music<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/Hold-Dat-Train-1919.pdf\" class=\"wp-block-file__button wp-element-button\" download aria-describedby=\"wp-block-file--media-65f1f545-c96c-447d-bb13-fb014d9dd9b8\">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-65e5edd2-597d-4f7f-8334-8c7f6e3ad2cd\" href=\"https:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/Hold_Dat_Train_1919_s_JPP.mid\">Hold_Dat_Train &#8211; MIDI<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/Hold_Dat_Train_1919_s_JPP.mid\" class=\"wp-block-file__button wp-element-button\" download aria-describedby=\"wp-block-file--media-65e5edd2-597d-4f7f-8334-8c7f6e3ad2cd\">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. To New York Rufus William went and soon a job he got<br>Thought he liked the lights so bright just an awful lot<br>But when the Winter rolled around poor Rufus got cold feet<br>Packed his valise with all his clothes and made a quick retreat<br>He walked into the station and planked down all his fare<br>The Crier called track Two, the Dixie Flier&#8217;s there<br>Then Rufus wailed in accents loud and plain<br>&#8220;For lans sake Mister please sir hold dat train&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Chorus<br>Hold dat train<br>I&#8217;m on my way to Dixie Land<br>Hold dat train<br>I&#8217;m goin&#8217; home again<br>Hold dat train<br>That&#8217;s where I&#8217;m goin&#8217; to make my stand<br>Oh say there Mister, please sir hold dat train<br>I&#8217;m goin&#8217; where the climate suits my clothes<br>I just can&#8217;t stand this weather goodness knows<br>Alabama, Georgia and Tennessee<br>All shore looks good to me so hold dat train<br>Hold dat train<br>&#8216;Cause I&#8217;m on my way back home to Dixie Land<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">2. So Rufus took his ticket and started through the gate<br>The gateman stopped him on the spot and said you&#8217;re mighty late<br>I guess you&#8217;ve got your pullman too which I will have to punch<br>You can&#8217;t go through without it man so listen to this huntch<br>In ridin&#8217; on these fastest trains a sleeping birth you&#8217;ll need<br>You also should provide some cash to give yourself some feed<br>Then Rufus groaned as if he were in pain<br>I&#8217;ll pay it all but make &#8217;em hold dat train<\/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 1919.Words by Neile Edwards.Music by Wallace C. Chambers. The sheet music: Accompaniment by James Pitt-Payne: Lyrics 1. To New York Rufus William went and soon a job he gotThought he liked the lights so &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/hold-dat-train\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Hold Dat Train&#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-2535","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/Pa3ZiQ-ET","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2535","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=2535"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2535\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4870,"href":"https:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2535\/revisions\/4870"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2535"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}