{"id":2730,"date":"2022-05-26T13:35:11","date_gmt":"2022-05-26T13:35:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/?page_id=2730"},"modified":"2024-06-25T13:12:29","modified_gmt":"2024-06-25T13:12:29","slug":"put-me-off-at-buffalo","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/put-me-off-at-buffalo\/","title":{"rendered":"Put Me Off At Buffalo"},"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 1895.<br>Words by Harry Dillon.<br>Music by John Dillon.<\/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\/Put-Me-Off-At-Buffalo.pdf\" type=\"application\/pdf\" style=\"width:100%;height:600px\" aria-label=\"Embed of Put-Me-Off-At-Buffalo - Sheet Music.\"><\/object><a id=\"wp-block-file--media-b793a618-5701-41de-9475-21a0123f6edd\" href=\"https:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/Put-Me-Off-At-Buffalo.pdf\">Put-Me-Off-At-Buffalo &#8211; Sheet Music<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/Put-Me-Off-At-Buffalo.pdf\" class=\"wp-block-file__button wp-element-button\" download aria-describedby=\"wp-block-file--media-b793a618-5701-41de-9475-21a0123f6edd\">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-d122a383-cb15-4671-942d-3b4b1f34413b\" href=\"https:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/Put_Me_Off_At_Buffalo_1895.mid\">Put_Me_Off_At_Buffalo &#8211; MIDI<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/Put_Me_Off_At_Buffalo_1895.mid\" class=\"wp-block-file__button wp-element-button\" download aria-describedby=\"wp-block-file--media-d122a383-cb15-4671-942d-3b4b1f34413b\">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. He caught the train at Albany<br>And to the porter said<br>Put me off at Buffalo<br>He was tired and took a sleeper<br>And says now I\u2019ll go to bed<br>Just to rest an hour or so<br>In an undertone he murmured<br>\u201cNow I lay me down to wink\u201d<br>Put me off at Buffalo<br>Then he tipped the porter saying<br>Port old boy come have a drink<br>Put me off at Buffalo, oh, oh<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Chorus<br>Don\u2019t forget to put me off at Buf-\u201cHallo\u201d<br>Oh, oh, my berth is lower five<br>If you find me hard to wake<br>Oh don\u2019t be afraid to shake<br>Throw me off there dead or alive<br>Mister Porter when you call me in the morn<br>He says, I\u2019ll kick but of course it doesn\u2019t go<br>No matter what I say<br>Just remember I\u2019m the jay<br>That goes off the train<br>When you get to Buffalo<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">2. The porter started drinking<br>And you\u2019d think he owned the road<br>When he got to Buffalo<br>The train was way behind<br>The engineer he had a load<br>Take water he says, no, no<br>When the porter went to call his man<br>He got at the wrong berth<br>Says get off at Buffalo<br>Oh, the man he says you\u2019re wrong old boy<br>Look out you\u2019ll tear my shirt<br>I don\u2019t get off at Buffalo, oh, oh<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Chorus<br>Don\u2019t tell me you won\u2019t get off at Buf-\u201cHallo\u201d<br>Oh, oh, be quick and grab your clothes<br>Here\u2019s the hardest guy to wake<br>Said the porter with a shake<br>They exchanged some good hard blows<br>Oh, the porter got a soaker, but he fired the man<br>With a crash thro\u2019 the window he did go<br>Then the man they should awoke<br>In his sleep says thats a joke<br>Put me off the train, when we get to Buffalo<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">3. When the brakeman shouted Cleveland<br>Why the man jumped out of bed<br>And says we\u2019ve gone thro\u2019 Buffalo<br>Then he saw the poor old porter<br>With a bandage on his head<br>And his eyes swelled out, oh, oh<br>His whiskers they were sandy<br>In the sand he done a jig<br>Put me off at Buffalo<br>He says my wife was waiting at the depot with a rig<br>Take me back to Buffalo, oh, I<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Chorus<br>Thought I told you put me off at Buf-\u201cHallo\u201d<br>Oh, oh, there\u2019s trouble in the air<br>Oh the porter shook with fright<br>Yes, he turned from black to white<br>Oh, how that coon did stare<br>I\u2019m a dead nigger now he whispered to himself<br>Its my last trip on this road, I know<br>My goodness sakes alive<br>Here\u2019s the gent in number five<br>I put the wrong man off the train at Buffalo<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Sung here by Fred Feild:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-audio\"><audio controls src=\"https:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/Put-Me-Off-At-Buffalo.mp3\"><\/audio><\/figure>\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 1895.Words by Harry Dillon.Music by John Dillon. The sheet music: Accompaniment by James Pitt-Payne: Lyrics 1. He caught the train at AlbanyAnd to the porter saidPut me off at BuffaloHe was tired and took &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/put-me-off-at-buffalo\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Put Me Off At Buffalo&#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-2730","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/Pa3ZiQ-I2","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2730","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=2730"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2730\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4893,"href":"https:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2730\/revisions\/4893"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2730"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}