{"id":3012,"date":"2022-09-03T14:04:48","date_gmt":"2022-09-03T14:04:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/?page_id=3012"},"modified":"2024-07-27T11:44:30","modified_gmt":"2024-07-27T11:44:30","slug":"babe-its-too-long-off","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/babe-its-too-long-off\/","title":{"rendered":"Babe, It&#8217;s Too Long Off"},"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 popular song from 1906.<br>Words by Elmer Bowman.<br>Music by Louis Chauvin.<\/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\/Babe-Its-Too-Long-Off-1906.pdf\" type=\"application\/pdf\" style=\"width:100%;height:600px\" aria-label=\"Embed of Babe, It&apos;s Too Long Off - Sheet Music.\"><\/object><a id=\"wp-block-file--media-2ac3d9f0-6adb-4d81-ac73-fc1a5dee6e64\" href=\"https:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/Babe-Its-Too-Long-Off-1906.pdf\">Babe, It&#8217;s Too Long Off &#8211; Sheet Music<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/Babe-Its-Too-Long-Off-1906.pdf\" class=\"wp-block-file__button wp-element-button\" download aria-describedby=\"wp-block-file--media-2ac3d9f0-6adb-4d81-ac73-fc1a5dee6e64\">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-037ee792-d0cf-4cbf-a268-cecd05041824\" href=\"https:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/Babe_Its_Too_Long_Off_1906.mid\">Babe_Its_Too_Long_Off &#8211; MIDI<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/Babe_Its_Too_Long_Off_1906.mid\" class=\"wp-block-file__button wp-element-button\" download aria-describedby=\"wp-block-file--media-037ee792-d0cf-4cbf-a268-cecd05041824\">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. Amos Jackson said to his lady love<br>&#8220;Let&#8217;s get married right away&#8221;<br>He didn&#8217;t get the mitten<br>But he got a boxin&#8217; glove<br>When she answered<br>&#8220;Yes, just one year from next May&#8221;<br>The way that lady said it<br>Struck poor Amos dumb<br>His face was twisted till it was a sight<br>So then he started countin&#8217;<br>On his fingers and his thumbs<br>Poor Amos couldn&#8217;t make it come out right<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Chorus<br>Thirty days has September<br>April, June and November<br>That&#8217;s a little too long for me to remember<br>I&#8217;m mighty feared I just can&#8217;t wait<br>Now can&#8217;t you set an earlier date?<br>Though I am silly honey, I ain&#8217;t sof&#8217;<br>Babe it&#8217;s too long off<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">2. Amos &#8216;course was in a very ugly mood<br>The comin&#8217; trouble couldn&#8217;t fail<br>He started down the line<br>To do his colored brotherhood<br>Before the break of day he was in jail<br>The way that old Judge soaked him<br>Struck poor Amos dumb<br>Says &#8220;Ninety days for you an&#8217; that&#8217;s too light<br>Poor Amos started countin&#8217;<br>On his fingers and his thumbs<br>But he couldn&#8217;t make it come out right<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Chorus<br>Thirty days has September<br>April, June and November<br>That&#8217;s a little too long for me to remember<br>Please can&#8217;t you set a closer date<br>I&#8217;m mighty feared I just can&#8217;t wait<br>I may act foolish now but I ain&#8217;t sof&#8217;<br>Judge, it&#8217;s too long off<\/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 popular song from 1906.Words by Elmer Bowman.Music by Louis Chauvin. The sheet music: Accompaniment by James Pitt-Payne: Lyrics 1. Amos Jackson said to his lady love&#8220;Let&#8217;s get married right away&#8221;He didn&#8217;t get the mittenBut he got a &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/babe-its-too-long-off\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Babe, It&#8217;s Too Long Off&#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-3012","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/Pa3ZiQ-MA","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/3012","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=3012"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/3012\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5008,"href":"https:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/3012\/revisions\/5008"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3012"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}