{"id":3166,"date":"2023-01-20T13:27:30","date_gmt":"2023-01-20T13:27:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/?page_id=3166"},"modified":"2024-07-31T16:31:53","modified_gmt":"2024-07-31T16:31:53","slug":"a-nice-quiet-day","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/a-nice-quiet-day\/","title":{"rendered":"A Nice Quiet Day"},"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\">(or, The Postman\u2019s \u2018Oliday)<br>A popular song from 1901<br>Words by Eustace Baynes and Edgar Bateman<br>Music by Maurice Scott<\/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\/A-Nice-Quiet-Day-1901.pdf\" type=\"application\/pdf\" style=\"width:100%;height:600px\" aria-label=\"Embed of A-Nice-Quiet-Day - Sheet Music.\"><\/object><a id=\"wp-block-file--media-b07ea18b-4d98-4421-82a2-03e5dcea8a0d\" href=\"https:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/A-Nice-Quiet-Day-1901.pdf\">A-Nice-Quiet-Day &#8211; Sheet Music<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/A-Nice-Quiet-Day-1901.pdf\" class=\"wp-block-file__button wp-element-button\" download aria-describedby=\"wp-block-file--media-b07ea18b-4d98-4421-82a2-03e5dcea8a0d\">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-21c60c99-3884-4f6b-a1fc-87d8e1179c19\" href=\"https:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/A_Nice_Quiet_Day_1901_s_JPP.mid\">A_Nice_Quiet_Day &#8211; MIDI<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/A_Nice_Quiet_Day_1901_s_JPP.mid\" class=\"wp-block-file__button wp-element-button\" download aria-describedby=\"wp-block-file--media-21c60c99-3884-4f6b-a1fc-87d8e1179c19\">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\">I works just like a nigger, and I isn\u2019t over strong<br>And I\u2019m mostly on my trotters all the time<br>So I\u2019m glad when Easter Monday or a Whitsun comes along<br>\u2018Cause a day of puffick rest is really prime<br>So I lately took it easy cause I \u2018ad a day to spare<br>Wiv the wife and kiddies in their Sunday clothes<br>\u2018Twas a treat to make my mind up for a little country air<br>And the pleasures of a quet day\u2019s repose<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Chorus<br>There was me and the Missus, and the \u2018arf-a-dozen kids<br>Starting in the morning for the Zoo<br>\u2018Twas a precious way, you know but we made our minds to go<br>And we took the lot to Eppin\u2019 Forest, too<br>Highgate, Barnet, \u2018Ampstead, Peckham Rye<br>At the Crystal Palace made a stay<br>We got weary on our pins, and we lost the blooming twins<br>But I\u2019m glad we \u2018ad a nice quiet day<\/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.] (or, The Postman\u2019s \u2018Oliday)A popular song from 1901Words by Eustace Baynes and Edgar BatemanMusic by Maurice Scott The sheet music: Accompaniment by James Pitt-Payne: Lyrics I works just like a nigger, and I isn\u2019t over strongAnd I\u2019m mostly &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/a-nice-quiet-day\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;A Nice Quiet Day&#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-3166","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/Pa3ZiQ-P4","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/3166","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=3166"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/3166\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5048,"href":"https:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/3166\/revisions\/5048"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3166"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}