{"id":284,"date":"2018-08-26T18:42:03","date_gmt":"2018-08-26T18:42:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/?page_id=284"},"modified":"2023-05-13T13:53:51","modified_gmt":"2023-05-13T13:53:51","slug":"bowery","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/bowery\/","title":{"rendered":"The Bowery"},"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\">A comic tale told by a rube new to the city, 1892<br>words by Charles H. Hoyt<br>music by Percy Gaunt<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">This was in a musical called A Trip to Chinatown. The Bowery was a street in lower Manhattan. It was also the neighborhood around the street where theater life flourished from 1860 to 1875. By the 1880s it had become a sordid district with flop houses, dance halls, and pawnshops, with very few theaters. This song warns of that decline.<\/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:&nbsp;<\/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\/2018\/08\/Bowery.pdf\" type=\"application\/pdf\" style=\"width:100%;height:600px\" aria-label=\"Embed of Bowery - Sheet Music.\"><\/object><a id=\"wp-block-file--media-18c3d72c-8511-4067-b0a2-cceb1350e8b7\" href=\"https:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/Bowery.pdf\">Bowery &#8211; Sheet Music<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/Bowery.pdf\" class=\"wp-block-file__button wp-element-button\" download aria-describedby=\"wp-block-file--media-18c3d72c-8511-4067-b0a2-cceb1350e8b7\">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: <\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-file\"><a id=\"wp-block-file--media-5af28f02-2fc0-43c8-b755-a5a392e3b562\" href=\"https:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/Bowery.mid\">Bowery &#8211; MIDI<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/Bowery.mid\" class=\"wp-block-file__button wp-element-button\" download aria-describedby=\"wp-block-file--media-5af28f02-2fc0-43c8-b755-a5a392e3b562\">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. Oh! the night that I struck New York<br>I went out for a quiet walk<br>Folks who are &#8220;on to&#8221; the city say<br>Better by far that I took Broadway<br>But I was out to enjoy the sights<br>There was the Bowery a-blaze with lights<br>I had one of the devil&#8217;s own nights!<br>I&#8217;ll never go there any more!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Chorus<br>The Bowery, the Bowery<br>They say such things, and they do strange things<br>On the Bowery! the Bowery<br>I&#8217;ll never go there any more!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">2. I had walk&#8217;d but a block or two<br>When up came a fellow and me he knew<br>Then a policeman came walking by<br>Chased him away and I asked him why?<br>&#8220;Wasn&#8217;t he pulling your leg,&#8221; said he<br>Said I &#8220;He never laid hands on me!&#8221;<br>&#8220;Get off the Bowery you Yep!&#8221; said he<br>I&#8217;ll never go there any more!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">3. I went into an auction store<br>I never saw any thieves before<br>First he sold me a pair of socks<br>Then said he, &#8220;how much for the box?&#8221;<br>Someone said &#8220;two dollars!&#8221; I said &#8220;three!&#8221;<br>He emptied the box and gave it to me<br>&#8220;I sold you the box, not the socks,&#8221; said he<br>I&#8217;ll never go there any more!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">4. I went into a concert hall<br>I didn&#8217;t have a good time at all<br>Just the minute that I sat down<br>Girls began singing &#8220;New Coon in Town&#8221;<br>I got up mad and spoke out free<br>&#8220;Somebody put that man out,&#8221; said she<br>A man called a bouncer attended to me<br>I&#8217;ll never go there any more!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">5. I went into a barber shop<br>He talk&#8217;d till I thought he would never stop<br>I, &#8220;Cut it short,&#8221; he misunderstood<br>Clipp&#8217;d down my hair just as close as he could<br>He shaved with a razor that scratched like a pin<br>Took off my whiskers and most of my chin<br>That was the worst scrape I ever got in<br>I&#8217;ll never go there any more!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">6. I struck a place that they called a &#8220;dive&#8221;<br>I was in luck to get out alive<br>When the policeman heard my woes<br>Saw my black eyes and my battered nose<br>&#8220;You&#8217;ve been held up!&#8221; said the &#8220;copper&#8221; fly!<br>&#8220;No, sir! but I&#8217;ve been knocked down!&#8221; said I<br>Then he laughed, tho&#8217; I couldn&#8217;t see why!<br>I&#8217;ll never go there any more!<\/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\">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\/04\/The-Bowery.mp3\"><\/audio><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[WARNING: This song contains antiquated racial language. It is presented here for historical and educational purposes only.] A comic tale told by a rube new to the city, 1892words by Charles H. Hoytmusic by Percy Gaunt This was in a musical called A Trip to Chinatown. The Bowery was a street in lower Manhattan. 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