{"id":3158,"date":"2023-01-20T13:02:22","date_gmt":"2023-01-20T13:02:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/?page_id=3158"},"modified":"2024-07-31T16:23:57","modified_gmt":"2024-07-31T16:23:57","slug":"dont-argify","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/dont-argify\/","title":{"rendered":"Don&#8217;t Argify"},"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 1905<br>Words and music by John B. Lowitz<\/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\/2023\/01\/Dont-Argify.pdf\" type=\"application\/pdf\" style=\"width:100%;height:600px\" aria-label=\"Embed of Don&apos;t Argify - Sheet Music.\"><\/object><a id=\"wp-block-file--media-5d017b85-11f6-46f0-ab85-ae527756e2a1\" href=\"https:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/Dont-Argify.pdf\">Don&#8217;t Argify &#8211; Sheet Music<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/Dont-Argify.pdf\" class=\"wp-block-file__button wp-element-button\" download aria-describedby=\"wp-block-file--media-5d017b85-11f6-46f0-ab85-ae527756e2a1\">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-d155fdbb-283a-4625-9051-b75d06871d96\" href=\"https:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/Dont_Argify_1905.mid\">Dont_Argify &#8211; MIDI<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/Dont_Argify_1905.mid\" class=\"wp-block-file__button wp-element-button\" download aria-describedby=\"wp-block-file--media-d155fdbb-283a-4625-9051-b75d06871d96\">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. Bill Jones was a happy coon<br>Never worked from moon to moon<br>Then again he had a way<br>Of buttin\u2019 in on others say<br>When he saw folks speaking nigh<br>Never mind how hard he\u2019d try<br>He\u2019d have to edge right up and cry<br>Dat point I\u2019m gwine to argify<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Chorus<br>Never stop to argify<br>Just let trouble amble by<br>If you try that butt-in game<br>You will surely walk off lame<br>When you see folks in a row<br>Pass \u2019em quick, don\u2019t ever bow<br>Amble, gamble, ramble, scramble<br>Don\u2019t argify<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">2. \u201cA real live burglar man I\u2019ll be\u201d<br>Bill said, \u201cIt looks good to me\u201d<br>So, that night he started out<br>To turn folks pockets inside out<br>The very first house that he spied<br>A big bull dog just lay outside<br>And when it growled, Bill said I\u2019ll try<br>It on this dog to argify<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Chorus<br>Never stop to argify<br>Just let trouble amble by<br>If you try that butt-in game<br>You will surely walk off lame<br>When you see dogs laying down<br>Let \u2019em lay, don\u2019t hang around<br>Amble, gamble, ramble, scramble<br>Don\u2019t argify<\/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 1905Words and music by John B. Lowitz The sheet music: Accompaniment by James Pitt-Payne: Lyrics 1. Bill Jones was a happy coonNever worked from moon to moonThen again he had a wayOf buttin\u2019 in &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/dont-argify\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Don&#8217;t Argify&#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-3158","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/Pa3ZiQ-OW","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/3158","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=3158"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/3158\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5046,"href":"https:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/3158\/revisions\/5046"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3158"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}