{"id":2759,"date":"2022-07-15T16:47:35","date_gmt":"2022-07-15T16:47:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/?page_id=2759"},"modified":"2024-06-25T13:39:42","modified_gmt":"2024-06-25T13:39:42","slug":"ole-shady","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/ole-shady\/","title":{"rendered":"Ole Shady"},"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\">The Song of the Contraband, 1861.<br>Words and music Benjamin R. Hanby.<\/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\/07\/Ole-Shady-1861.pdf\" type=\"application\/pdf\" style=\"width:100%;height:600px\" aria-label=\"Embed of Ole Shady - Sheet Music.\"><\/object><a id=\"wp-block-file--media-104d992d-4583-4d2e-b676-ead55695c48b\" href=\"https:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/Ole-Shady-1861.pdf\">Ole Shady &#8211; Sheet Music<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/Ole-Shady-1861.pdf\" class=\"wp-block-file__button wp-element-button\" download aria-describedby=\"wp-block-file--media-104d992d-4583-4d2e-b676-ead55695c48b\">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-b3ef6c3c-d076-4e79-ad40-d98023f798a7\" href=\"https:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/Ole_Shady_1861.mid\">Ole_Shady &#8211; MIDI<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/Ole_Shady_1861.mid\" class=\"wp-block-file__button wp-element-button\" download aria-describedby=\"wp-block-file--media-b3ef6c3c-d076-4e79-ad40-d98023f798a7\">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. Oh yah! yah! darkies, laugh wid me<br>For de white folks say Ole Shady&#8217;s free<br>So, don&#8217;t you see dat de jubilee<br>Is a-coming, coming, Hail mighty day<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Chorus<br>Den away, away, for I can&#8217;t wait any longer<br>Hooray, hooray, I&#8217;m going home<br>Den away, away, for I can&#8217;t wait any longer<br>Hooray, hooray, I&#8217;m going home<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">2. Oh Mass&#8217; got scared and so did his lady<br>Dis chile breaks for Ole Uncle Aby<br>&#8220;Open de gates! out here&#8217;s old Shady<br>A-coming, coming&#8221;, Hail mighty day<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">3. Good bye Mass&#8217; Jeff, good bye Mis&#8217;r Stephens<br>&#8216;Scuse dis niggah for takin&#8217; his leavins<br>&#8216;Spect pretty soon you&#8217;ll hear Uncle Abram&#8217;s<br>Coming, coming, Hail mighty day<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">4. Good bye hard work wid never any pay<br>I&#8217;se a-gwine up North where the good folks say<br>Dat white wheat bread and a dollar a day<br>Are a-comin, comin, Hail mighty day<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">5. Oh I&#8217;ve got a wife, and I&#8217;ve got a baby<br>Living up yonder in Lower Canady<br>Won&#8217;t dey laugh when dey see Ole Shady<br>Coming, coming, Hail mighty day<\/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>[WARNING: This song contains antiquated racial stereotypes. It is presented here for historical and educational purposes only.] The Song of the Contraband, 1861.Words and music Benjamin R. Hanby. The sheet music: Accompaniment by James Pitt-Payne: Lyrics 1. Oh yah! yah! darkies, laugh wid meFor de white folks say Ole Shady&#8217;s freeSo, don&#8217;t you see dat &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/ole-shady\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Ole Shady&#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-2759","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/Pa3ZiQ-Iv","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2759","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=2759"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2759\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4899,"href":"https:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2759\/revisions\/4899"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2759"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}