{"id":299,"date":"2018-08-26T19:05:23","date_gmt":"2018-08-26T19:05:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/?page_id=299"},"modified":"2023-05-15T10:57:49","modified_gmt":"2023-05-15T10:57:49","slug":"by-the-watermelon-vine","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/by-the-watermelon-vine\/","title":{"rendered":"By the Watermelon Vine"},"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\">words by and music by Thomas. S. Allen, 1904<\/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\/2018\/08\/By-the-Watermelon-Vine.pdf\" type=\"application\/pdf\" style=\"width:100%;height:600px\" aria-label=\"Embed of By the Watermelon Vine - Sheet Music.\"><\/object><a id=\"wp-block-file--media-741c3440-49f0-4b84-9dc1-e194f62cf34c\" href=\"https:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/By-the-Watermelon-Vine.pdf\">By the Watermelon Vine &#8211; Sheet Music<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/By-the-Watermelon-Vine.pdf\" class=\"wp-block-file__button wp-element-button\" download aria-describedby=\"wp-block-file--media-741c3440-49f0-4b84-9dc1-e194f62cf34c\">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:\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-file\"><a id=\"wp-block-file--media-3104ccd4-252b-43d1-83cf-934c12245710\" href=\"https:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/By-the-Watermelon-Vine.mid\">By the Watermelon Vine &#8211; MIDI<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/By-the-Watermelon-Vine.mid\" class=\"wp-block-file__button wp-element-button\" download aria-describedby=\"wp-block-file--media-3104ccd4-252b-43d1-83cf-934c12245710\">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. Down Louisiana where the Mississippi&#8217;s flowin&#8217;<br>Oh, oh, Miss Lindy<br>On the old plantation where the cotton am a-growing<br>Oh, oh, my Lindy Lou<br>As I sit a-thinking when my days work am through<br>I think of you, for you&#8217;re my Lindy Lou<br>And you&#8217;ll always find me when I&#8217;ve nothing to do<br>Singing the same old song<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Chorus<br>Lindy, Lindy, sweet as the sugar cane<br>Lindy, Lindy, say you&#8217;ll be mine<br>When the moon am a-shining<br>Then my heart am a-pining<br>Meet me pretty Lindy by the watermelon vine<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">2. When the moon am shining and the darkies am a-singing<br>Oh, oh, Miss Lindy<br>Over to the big house where the banjos am a-ringing<br>Oh, oh, my Lindy Lou<br>In the melon patch we sit as cute as can be<br>Just you and me, on the trunk of a tree<br>And just like the nightingale I&#8217;m happy and free<br>Singing the same old song<\/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\/By-the-Watermelon-Vine.mp3\"><\/audio><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[WARNING: This song contains antiquated racial stereotypes. It is presented here for historical and educational purposes only.] words by and music by Thomas. S. Allen, 1904 The sheet music: Accompaniment:\u00a0 Lyrics 1. 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