{"id":2603,"date":"2022-05-06T22:10:17","date_gmt":"2022-05-06T22:10:17","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/?page_id=2603"},"modified":"2024-06-22T13:49:21","modified_gmt":"2024-06-22T13:49:21","slug":"alabama","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/alabama\/","title":{"rendered":"Alabama"},"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\">From the 1908 musical \u201cA Broken Idol\u201d.<br>Words by Harry Williams.<br>Music by Egbert Van Alstyne.<\/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\/2022\/05\/Alabama-SHEET-MUSIC.pdf\" type=\"application\/pdf\" style=\"width:100%;height:600px\" aria-label=\"Embed of Alabama - Sheet Music.\"><\/object><a id=\"wp-block-file--media-52c81075-6710-4114-b85e-b8a8a441e734\" href=\"https:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/Alabama-SHEET-MUSIC.pdf\">Alabama &#8211; Sheet Music<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/Alabama-SHEET-MUSIC.pdf\" class=\"wp-block-file__button wp-element-button\" download aria-describedby=\"wp-block-file--media-52c81075-6710-4114-b85e-b8a8a441e734\">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 by James Pitt-Payne:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-file\"><a id=\"wp-block-file--media-4e6de357-1de0-4539-aeea-0bb34a181a82\" href=\"https:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/Alabama_1908_s_JPP.mid\">Alabama &#8211; MIDI<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/Alabama_1908_s_JPP.mid\" class=\"wp-block-file__button wp-element-button\" download aria-describedby=\"wp-block-file--media-4e6de357-1de0-4539-aeea-0bb34a181a82\">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. The sun am bright and the heart am light<br>Way down in Alabam<br>Coons are free for a jubilee<br>Way down in Alabam<br>&#8216;Nuf to eat and a place to sleep<br>Way down in Alabam<br>And they don&#8217;t give a cent, who&#8217;s President<br>Way down in Alabam<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Chorus<br>Way down in sunny Alabam<br>Land of Watermelon, cane and ham<br>Law dem niggers how they shake their feet<br>When they hear somebody hollar possum sweet<br>Basted all around with candy yam, yam, yam, yam<br>Way down in sunny Alabam<br>All dem coons are happy as a clam<br>They wrote the answer to the word called &#8220;shirk&#8221;<br>They don&#8217;t want anything that looks like work<br>Way down in Alabam<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">2. A coon and dog hid behind a log<br>Way down in Alabam<br>He saw a hog through the mornin&#8217; fog<br>Way down in Alabam<br>He raised his fun for the have some fun<br>Way down in Alabam<br>And he missed that hog and shot his dog<br>Way down in Alabam<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">3. Old Jasper Toole bought a Jinny mule<br>Way down in Alabam<br>He hit that mule with a milkin&#8217; stool<br>Way down in Alabam<br>The mule &#8220;he hawed&#8221; &#8217;cause her name was Maud<br>Way down in Alabam<br>And a barrell stave now marks the grave<br>Way down in Alabam<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity is-style-wide\"\/>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[WARNING: This song contains antiquated racial language. It is presented here for historical and educational purposes only.] From the 1908 musical \u201cA Broken Idol\u201d.Words by Harry Williams.Music by Egbert Van Alstyne. The sheet music: Accompaniment by James Pitt-Payne: Lyrics 1. 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