{"id":3299,"date":"2023-03-27T13:54:24","date_gmt":"2023-03-27T13:54:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/?page_id=3299"},"modified":"2024-07-31T17:19:51","modified_gmt":"2024-07-31T17:19:51","slug":"down-in-dear-old-new-orleans","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/down-in-dear-old-new-orleans\/","title":{"rendered":"Down In Dear Old New Orleans"},"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 1912 Ziegfeld Follies<br>Words by Joe Young.<br>Music by Conrad &amp; Whidden.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity is-style-wide\"\/>\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\/03\/Down-In-Dear-Old-New-Orleans.pdf\" type=\"application\/pdf\" style=\"width:100%;height:600px\" aria-label=\"Embed of Down-In-Dear-Old-New-Orleans - Sheet Music.\"><\/object><a id=\"wp-block-file--media-2c1acc5c-2827-47fc-9f80-0f191aab21b7\" href=\"https:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/Down-In-Dear-Old-New-Orleans.pdf\">Down-In-Dear-Old-New-Orleans &#8211; Sheet Music<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/Down-In-Dear-Old-New-Orleans.pdf\" class=\"wp-block-file__button wp-element-button\" download aria-describedby=\"wp-block-file--media-2c1acc5c-2827-47fc-9f80-0f191aab21b7\">Download<\/a><\/div>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity is-style-wide\"\/>\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-cbb16a39-a047-4ad5-84a7-d6294feb02ca\" href=\"https:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/Down_In_Dear_Old_New_Orleans_1912.mid\">Down_In_Dear_Old_New_Orleans &#8211; MIDI<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/Down_In_Dear_Old_New_Orleans_1912.mid\" class=\"wp-block-file__button wp-element-button\" download aria-describedby=\"wp-block-file--media-cbb16a39-a047-4ad5-84a7-d6294feb02ca\">Download<\/a><\/div>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity is-style-wide\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Lyrics<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Hear that whistle a-blowing<br>Now I know that we\u2019re going<br>We\u2019ve just started, yes, we\u2019ve departed<br>Why, we\u2019re leaving the pier<br>I say, we\u2019re steaming from New York Bay<br>That\u2019s why I feel so gay<br>If we get there on time<br>I\u2019ll be mighty happy<br>If we\u2019re not there on time<br>Why, I\u2019ll feel mighty bad<br>\u2018Cause we\u2019ll sure have sometime<br>\u2018Way down in Lou\u2019siana<br>Here\u2019s what makes them all feel glad<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Chorus<br>Dancing in the moonlight on a bright night<br>A summer\u2019s night in June<br>Where darkies all are hummin\u2019 and strummin\u2019<br>Banjos to that Dixie tune and soon<br>You\u2019ll find them dancing and prancing<br>\u2018Round the bales of cotton<br>In the ev\u2019ning by the moonlight<br>Down in dear old New Orleans<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ol start=\"2\" class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Hear that whistle a-blowing<br>See the ropes they are throwing<br>We\u2019ve just landed, yes, we\u2019ve just landed<br>Now we\u2019ll take in the sights<br>Oh gee! I\u2019m sure, honey<br>You\u2019ll agree there\u2019s lots of things to see<br>Turn your head to the left<br>There\u2019s the Mississippi<br>Turn your head to the right<br>The Levee you will see<br>Now we\u2019ll jump in a cab<br>And drive around the city<br>To a place where we can see<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity is-style-wide\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\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 1912 Ziegfeld FolliesWords by Joe Young.Music by Conrad &amp; Whidden. The sheet music: Accompaniment by James Pitt-Payne: Lyrics ChorusDancing in the moonlight on a bright nightA summer\u2019s night in JuneWhere darkies all are hummin\u2019 and strummin\u2019Banjos &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/down-in-dear-old-new-orleans\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Down In Dear Old New Orleans&#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-3299","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/Pa3ZiQ-Rd","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/3299","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=3299"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/3299\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5071,"href":"https:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/3299\/revisions\/5071"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3299"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}