{"id":3007,"date":"2022-09-03T13:49:39","date_gmt":"2022-09-03T13:49:39","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/?page_id=3007"},"modified":"2024-07-27T11:42:20","modified_gmt":"2024-07-27T11:42:20","slug":"ole-virginy-break-down","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/ole-virginy-break-down\/","title":{"rendered":"Ole Virginy Break Down"},"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\">From Sweeny&#8217;s Virginia Melodies, 1840.<br>Words and music by Joel Walker Sweeny.<\/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\/09\/Ole-Virginy-Break-Down-1840.pdf\" type=\"application\/pdf\" style=\"width:100%;height:600px\" aria-label=\"Embed of Ole Virginy Break Down - Sheet Music.\"><\/object><a id=\"wp-block-file--media-79263da2-6976-4c95-b2f4-d22eac072fd1\" href=\"https:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/Ole-Virginy-Break-Down-1840.pdf\">Ole Virginy Break Down &#8211; Sheet Music<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/Ole-Virginy-Break-Down-1840.pdf\" class=\"wp-block-file__button wp-element-button\" download aria-describedby=\"wp-block-file--media-79263da2-6976-4c95-b2f4-d22eac072fd1\">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 Benjamin R. Tubb:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-file\"><a id=\"wp-block-file--media-b515c745-823d-4dac-a33f-4f896a466604\" href=\"https:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/Ole-Virginy-Break-Down-MIDI.mid\">Ole Virginy Break Down &#8211; MIDI<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/Ole-Virginy-Break-Down-MIDI.mid\" class=\"wp-block-file__button wp-element-button\" download aria-describedby=\"wp-block-file--media-b515c745-823d-4dac-a33f-4f896a466604\">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. Way down in ole Virginny<br>Dar I hear de fiddle ring<br>All de time dis nigger Jo<br>Play upon de Banjo String,<br>I got up in de morning<br>I go to de kitchen<br>To get a chunck ob fire<br>For to go a fishing.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">2. My mamma was a wolf<br>My daddy was a tiger<br>I am what you call<br>De Ole Virginny Nigger<br>Half fire half smoke<br>A little touch of thunder<br>I am what you call<br>De eighth wonder.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">3. I got up in de morning<br>Bout broke ob day<br>I went to de riber<br>My canoe gone away<br>When I got to de riber<br>De riber rader wide<br>I look ober yonder<br>My canoe on toder side.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">4. Last saturday night<br>De nigger went a hunting<br>De dog run de wooler<br>And de wooler run de tiger<br>De tiger run de stiff neck<br>Stiff nect run de debil<br>And dey all run together<br>[Spoken](And de nigger run rite arter em)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">5. I went to de mill<br>For to see de miller<br>Says I Ole Mr Miller<br>Aint you got a chor tobacco<br>De miller had three dogs<br>One de name was Jowler<br>De oder ole Ranger<br>And de oder ole (Hard Times.)<\/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.] From Sweeny&#8217;s Virginia Melodies, 1840.Words and music by Joel Walker Sweeny. The sheet music: Accompaniment by Benjamin R. Tubb: Lyrics 1. Way down in ole VirginnyDar I hear de fiddle ringAll de time dis nigger JoPlay upon de &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/ole-virginy-break-down\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Ole Virginy Break Down&#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-3007","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/Pa3ZiQ-Mv","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/3007","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=3007"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/3007\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5007,"href":"https:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/3007\/revisions\/5007"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3007"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}