{"id":2547,"date":"2022-05-05T12:21:27","date_gmt":"2022-05-05T12:21:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/?page_id=2547"},"modified":"2024-06-22T13:15:40","modified_gmt":"2024-06-22T13:15:40","slug":"dat-aint-nothin-but-talk","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/dat-aint-nothin-but-talk\/","title":{"rendered":"Dat Ain&#8217;t Nothin&#8217; But Talk"},"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\">From the musical &#8220;Mrs. Black Is Back&#8221;, 1904.<br>Words and music by Harry Brown and Chris Smith.<\/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\/Dat-Aint-Nothin-But-Talk-1904.pdf\" type=\"application\/pdf\" style=\"width:100%;height:600px\" aria-label=\"Embed of Dat Ain&apos;t Nothin&apos; But Talk - Sheet Music.\"><\/object><a id=\"wp-block-file--media-9664d626-ab42-4858-9e23-fea6f2e63527\" href=\"https:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/Dat-Aint-Nothin-But-Talk-1904.pdf\">Dat Ain&#8217;t Nothin&#8217; But Talk &#8211; Sheet Music<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/Dat-Aint-Nothin-But-Talk-1904.pdf\" class=\"wp-block-file__button wp-element-button\" download aria-describedby=\"wp-block-file--media-9664d626-ab42-4858-9e23-fea6f2e63527\">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-e3642263-223f-4cbe-b737-c9a3d009e039\" href=\"https:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/Dat_Aint_Nothin_But_Talk_1904_s_JPP.mid\">Dat_Aint_Nothin_But_Talk &#8211; MIDI<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/Dat_Aint_Nothin_But_Talk_1904_s_JPP.mid\" class=\"wp-block-file__button wp-element-button\" download aria-describedby=\"wp-block-file--media-e3642263-223f-4cbe-b737-c9a3d009e039\">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>Did your Mammy or your Daddy<br>Ever pat you on de head<br>An&#8217; say, &#8220;Child, &#8216;deed<br>You don&#8217;t know what you&#8217;re worth?&#8221;<br>They said to me &#8220;have manners<br>And you&#8217;ll never want for bread<br>For manners is the grandest thing on earth&#8221;<br>They said &#8216;twould take me further<br>Than my money ever could<br>And says, for want of things I&#8217;d never fret<br>But now I certainly knows enough<br>To say dat talk is cheap<br>Right now there&#8217;s things<br>I want and cannot get<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Chorus<br>Dat ain&#8217;t nothin&#8217; but talk, talk<br>Dat ain&#8217;t nothin&#8217; but talk<br>Without a doubt, I&#8217;ve done found out<br>Dat de old folks don&#8217;t know<br>What they&#8217;re talkin&#8217; &#8217;bout<br>Dat ain&#8217;t nothin&#8217; but talk, talk<br>Dat ain&#8217;t nothin&#8217; but talk<br>They&#8217;ll tell you this and dat<br>&#8216;Deed you don&#8217;t know where you&#8217;re at<br>Pshaw! dat ain&#8217;t nothin&#8217; but talk<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ol start=\"2\" class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Once a fortune teller said to me<br>&#8220;Just let me see your hand<br>There&#8217;s a line there that shows prosperity&#8221;<br>He said &#8220;You&#8217;ve got a rich old uncle<br>Livin&#8217; in the South<br>Who&#8217;s gwine to will to you his property&#8221;<br>It&#8217;s true I&#8217;ve got an uncle<br>But he never owned a thing<br>Dat fortune teller had an awful gall<br>To sit and tell me what I&#8217;ll get<br>From poor old uncle Ned<br>When he&#8217;s just barely livin&#8217; and dat&#8217;s all<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[WARNING: This song contains antiquated racial stereotypes. It is presented here for historical and educational purposes only.] From the musical &#8220;Mrs. Black Is Back&#8221;, 1904.Words and music by Harry Brown and Chris Smith. The sheet music: Accompaniment by James Pitt-Payne: \u00a0Lyrics ChorusDat ain&#8217;t nothin&#8217; but talk, talkDat ain&#8217;t nothin&#8217; but talkWithout a doubt, I&#8217;ve done &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/dat-aint-nothin-but-talk\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Dat Ain&#8217;t Nothin&#8217; But Talk&#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-2547","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/Pa3ZiQ-F5","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2547","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=2547"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2547\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4874,"href":"https:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2547\/revisions\/4874"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2547"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}