{"id":3071,"date":"2022-09-13T17:42:31","date_gmt":"2022-09-13T17:42:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/?page_id=3071"},"modified":"2024-07-28T18:29:40","modified_gmt":"2024-07-28T18:29:40","slug":"mistah-police-dont-rest-me","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/mistah-police-dont-rest-me\/","title":{"rendered":"Mistah Police Don&#8217;t &#8216;Rest Me"},"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\">Negro character song and dance, 1896.<br>Words by Dave Barton.<br>Music by N. Clark Smith.<\/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\/Mistah-Police-Dont-Rest-Me-1896.pdf\" type=\"application\/pdf\" style=\"width:100%;height:600px\" aria-label=\"Embed of Mistah Police Don&apos;t &apos;Rest Me - Sheet Music.\"><\/object><a id=\"wp-block-file--media-ccef4be7-f24a-4470-a058-23de8d43cf12\" href=\"https:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/Mistah-Police-Dont-Rest-Me-1896.pdf\">Mistah Police Don&#8217;t &#8216;Rest Me &#8211; Sheet Music<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/Mistah-Police-Dont-Rest-Me-1896.pdf\" class=\"wp-block-file__button wp-element-button\" download aria-describedby=\"wp-block-file--media-ccef4be7-f24a-4470-a058-23de8d43cf12\">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-5764a1a8-2fce-4fc0-8dd4-b8dc350085b8\" href=\"https:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/Mistah_Police_Dont_Rest_Me_1896.mid\">Mistah_Police_Dont_Rest_Me &#8211; MIDI<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/Mistah_Police_Dont_Rest_Me_1896.mid\" class=\"wp-block-file__button wp-element-button\" download aria-describedby=\"wp-block-file--media-5764a1a8-2fce-4fc0-8dd4-b8dc350085b8\">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. There&#8217;s an old colored man<br>By the name of uncle Dan<br>He was always as happy as could be<br>He would work all the week<br>And on Saturday night<br>He would go out on a drunken spree<br>Now this old Dan was a lively old man<br>When he had ten cents to rush the can<br>If he met a Policeman on his way home<br>De&#8217;se am de words he&#8217;d say<br>O! O! O!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Refrain<br>Oh! Mistah Police, don&#8217;t &#8216;rest me<br>I am going home don&#8217;t you see<br>For I&#8217;ve been drinking my ever good wine<br>Oh! Mister Police, turn me loose<br>I&#8217;ve got no money but a good excuse<br>I&#8217;ve been having my ever good time<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">2. Last Saturday night, he came home tight<br>A sight for his wife to see<br>As he stepped in the door, he fell on the floor<br>Saying to his wife come &#8216;ere to me<br>She came in a run but oh what fun<br>If he hadn&#8217;t been drunk I know he&#8217;d run<br>For she grabbed him by the hair<br>An hit him with a chair<br>An de&#8217;se am de words he said<br>(Drunken hecups)<\/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.] Negro character song and dance, 1896.Words by Dave Barton.Music by N. Clark Smith. The sheet music: Accompaniment by James Pitt-Payne: Lyrics 1. There&#8217;s an old colored manBy the name of uncle DanHe was always as happy as could &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/mistah-police-dont-rest-me\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Mistah Police Don&#8217;t &#8216;Rest Me&#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-3071","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/Pa3ZiQ-Nx","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/3071","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=3071"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/3071\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5026,"href":"https:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/3071\/revisions\/5026"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3071"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}