{"id":3174,"date":"2023-01-20T13:50:55","date_gmt":"2023-01-20T13:50:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/?page_id=3174"},"modified":"2024-07-31T16:38:57","modified_gmt":"2024-07-31T16:38:57","slug":"ive-got-a-little-list","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/ive-got-a-little-list\/","title":{"rendered":"I&#8217;ve Got a Little List"},"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 The Mikado, 1886.<br>words by W. S. Gilbert<br>music by Sir Arthur Sullivan<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The \u201cnigger serenader\u201d at the beginning of verse two refers to the minstrel show. Opera people might look down their noses at the banjo and bones.<\/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\/Ive-Got-a-Little-List.pdf\" type=\"application\/pdf\" style=\"width:100%;height:600px\" aria-label=\"Embed of Ive-Got-a-Little-List - Sheet Music.\"><\/object><a id=\"wp-block-file--media-f7468778-1810-4fce-9825-cdacd746c822\" href=\"https:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/Ive-Got-a-Little-List.pdf\">Ive-Got-a-Little-List &#8211; Sheet Music<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/Ive-Got-a-Little-List.pdf\" class=\"wp-block-file__button wp-element-button\" download aria-describedby=\"wp-block-file--media-f7468778-1810-4fce-9825-cdacd746c822\">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-e6acbb73-d79e-4dbf-81e6-a5a6d7585269\" href=\"https:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/Ive_Got_A_Little_List_1886.mid\">Ive_Got_A_Little_List &#8211; MIDI<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/Ive_Got_A_Little_List_1886.mid\" class=\"wp-block-file__button wp-element-button\" download aria-describedby=\"wp-block-file--media-e6acbb73-d79e-4dbf-81e6-a5a6d7585269\">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. As some day it may happen that a victim must be found<br>I\u2019ve got a little list \u2013 I\u2019ve got a little list<br>Of society offenders who might well be underground<br>And who never would be missed \u2013 who never would be missed!<br>There\u2019s the pestilential nuisances who write for autographs<br>All people who have flabby hands and irritating laughs<br>All children who are up in dates, and floor you with \u2019em flat<br>All persons who in shaking hands, shake hands with you like that<br>And all third persons who on spoiling t\u00eate-\u00e0-t\u00eates insist<br>They\u2019d none of \u2019em be missed \u2013 they\u2019d none of \u2019em be missed!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Chorus<br>He\u2019s got \u2019em on the list \u2013 he\u2019s got \u2019em on the list<br>And they\u2019ll none of \u2019em be missed \u2013 they\u2019ll none of \u2019em be missed<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">2. There\u2019s the nigger serenader, and the others of his race<br>And the piano-organist \u2013 I\u2019ve got him on the list!<br>And the people who eat peppermint and puff it in your face<br>They never would be missed \u2013 they never would be missed!<br>Then the idiot who praises, with enthusiastic tone<br>All centuries but this, and every country but his own<br>And the lady from the provinces, who dresses like a guy<br>And who \u201cdoesn\u2019t think she dances, but would rather like to try\u201d<br>And that singular anomaly, the lady novelist<br>I don\u2019t think she\u2019d be missed \u2013 I\u2019m sure she\u2019d not he missed!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Chorus<br>He\u2019s got her on the list \u2013 he\u2019s got her on the list<br>And I don\u2019t think she\u2019ll be missed \u2013 I\u2019m sure she\u2019ll not be missed!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">3. And that Nisi Prius nuisance, who just now is rather rife<br>The Judicial humorist \u2013 I\u2019ve got him on the list!<br>All funny fellows, comic men, and clowns of private life<br>They\u2019d none of \u2019em be missed \u2013 they\u2019d none of \u2019em be missed<br>And apologetic statesmen of a compromising kind<br>Such as \u2013 What d\u2019ye call him \u2013 Thing\u2019em-bob, and likewise \u2013 Never-mind<br>And \u2018St- \u2018st- \u2018st- and What\u2019s-his-name, and also You-know-who<br>The task of filling up the blanks I\u2019d rather leave to you<br>But it really doesn\u2019t matter whom you put upon the list<br>For they\u2019d none of \u2019em be missed \u2013 they\u2019d none of \u2019em be missed!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Chorus<br>You may put \u2019em on the list \u2013 you may put \u2019em on the list<br>And they\u2019ll none of \u2019em be missed \u2013 they\u2019ll none of \u2019em be missed!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Sung here by Fred Feild:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"youtube-player\" width=\"840\" height=\"473\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/zx7ik5uiwdQ?version=3&#038;rel=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;showinfo=1&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;fs=1&#038;hl=en-US&#038;autohide=2&#038;wmode=transparent\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" style=\"border:0;\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox\"><\/iframe><\/span>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[WARNING: This song contains antiquated racial stereotypes. It is presented here for historical and educational purposes only.] From The Mikado, 1886.words by W. S. Gilbertmusic by Sir Arthur Sullivan The \u201cnigger serenader\u201d at the beginning of verse two refers to the minstrel show. Opera people might look down their noses at the banjo and bones. &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/ive-got-a-little-list\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;I&#8217;ve Got a Little List&#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-3174","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/Pa3ZiQ-Pc","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/3174","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=3174"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/3174\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5051,"href":"https:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/3174\/revisions\/5051"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3174"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}