{"id":2942,"date":"2022-08-29T17:40:16","date_gmt":"2022-08-29T17:40:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/?page_id=2942"},"modified":"2024-07-26T13:57:10","modified_gmt":"2024-07-26T13:57:10","slug":"pensacola-pickaninny","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/pensacola-pickaninny\/","title":{"rendered":"Pensacola Pickaninny"},"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\">A plantation lullaby from 1900.<br>Words by Richard Henry Buck.<br>Music by Adam Geibel.<\/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\/08\/Pensacola-Pickaninny-1900.pdf\" type=\"application\/pdf\" style=\"width:100%;height:600px\" aria-label=\"Embed of Pensacola Pickaninny - Sheet Music.\"><\/object><a id=\"wp-block-file--media-c943b722-3e93-47a1-b400-e6ead9f27838\" href=\"https:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/Pensacola-Pickaninny-1900.pdf\">Pensacola Pickaninny &#8211; Sheet Music<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/Pensacola-Pickaninny-1900.pdf\" class=\"wp-block-file__button wp-element-button\" download aria-describedby=\"wp-block-file--media-c943b722-3e93-47a1-b400-e6ead9f27838\">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-5b2c8f05-0b39-4148-93c5-c1b5f83dd4eb\" href=\"https:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/Pensacola_Pickaninny_1900.mid\">Pensacola_Pickaninny &#8211; MIDI<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/Pensacola_Pickaninny_1900.mid\" class=\"wp-block-file__button wp-element-button\" download aria-describedby=\"wp-block-file--media-5b2c8f05-0b39-4148-93c5-c1b5f83dd4eb\">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. Is yo&#8217; gwine fo&#8217; to slumber<br>Is yo&#8217; gwine fo&#8217; to sleep?<br>Pensacola pickaninny, tell me<br>Jes&#8217; close yo&#8217; eyes in slumber now<br>An&#8217; doan&#8217; yo&#8217; dar&#8217; to peep<br>Pensacola pickaninny, tell me<br>Yo&#8217;se been rompin&#8217; all de night<br>Yo&#8217;se been rompin&#8217; all de day<br>An&#8217; seems to me it&#8217;s time to put yo&#8217; wakeness away<br>Why doan&#8217; yo&#8217; &#8216;bey yo&#8217; mammy now<br>What has yo&#8217; got to say?<br>Pensacola pickaninny, tell me<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Refrain<br>Pensacola, do what I tol&#8217; yo&#8217;<br>Shut yo&#8217; eyes in slumberness fo&#8217; me<br>Stars am a peepin&#8217;, time yo&#8217; was sleepin&#8217;<br>Pensacola pickaninny<br>Pensacola, , do what I tol&#8217; yo&#8217;<br>Shut yo&#8217; eyes in slumberness fo&#8217; me<br>Stars am a peepin&#8217;, time yo&#8217; was sleepin&#8217;<br>Pensacola pickaninny<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">2. Doan&#8217; yo&#8217; see Mister Sandman<br>As he winks bof his eyes?<br>Pensacola pickaninny, tell me<br>He&#8217;ll come an&#8217; raise a rumpus<br>If my little Phoebe cries<br>Pensacola pickaninny, tell me<br>Once he caught a pick-a-nin&#8217;<br>Who jes&#8217; wouldn&#8217;t go to bed<br>An&#8217; acted jes&#8217; contrariness<br>To what its mammy said<br>De sandman took an&#8217; eat him up<br>Jes&#8217; like a piece of bread<br>Pensacola pickaninny, tell me<\/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.] A plantation lullaby from 1900.Words by Richard Henry Buck.Music by Adam Geibel. The sheet music: Accompaniment by James Pitt-Payne: Lyrics 1. Is yo&#8217; gwine fo&#8217; to slumberIs yo&#8217; gwine fo&#8217; to sleep?Pensacola pickaninny, tell meJes&#8217; close yo&#8217; eyes &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/pensacola-pickaninny\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Pensacola Pickaninny&#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-2942","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/Pa3ZiQ-Ls","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2942","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=2942"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2942\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4996,"href":"https:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2942\/revisions\/4996"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2942"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}