{"id":3452,"date":"2023-04-17T13:24:41","date_gmt":"2023-04-17T13:24:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/?page_id=3452"},"modified":"2025-03-12T09:28:00","modified_gmt":"2025-03-12T13:28:00","slug":"kentucky-sue","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/kentucky-sue\/","title":{"rendered":"Kentucky Sue"},"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 1912.<br>Words by Lew Brown.<br>Music by Albert Von Tilzer.<\/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\/04\/Im-Going-Back-To-Kentucky-Sue-1912-1.pdf\" type=\"application\/pdf\" style=\"width:100%;height:600px\" aria-label=\"Embed of Im-Going-Back-To-Kentucky-Sue - Sheet Music.\"><\/object><a id=\"wp-block-file--media-cfa4d634-1dbf-465c-9343-3234c18ec65b\" href=\"https:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/Im-Going-Back-To-Kentucky-Sue-1912-1.pdf\">Im-Going-Back-To-Kentucky-Sue &#8211; Sheet Music<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/Im-Going-Back-To-Kentucky-Sue-1912-1.pdf\" class=\"wp-block-file__button wp-element-button\" download aria-describedby=\"wp-block-file--media-cfa4d634-1dbf-465c-9343-3234c18ec65b\">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-951c2c8e-c5f6-42d3-bf15-41dc0338de4d\" href=\"https:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/Kentucky_Sue_1912.mid\">Kentucky_Sue &#8211; MIDI<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/Kentucky_Sue_1912.mid\" class=\"wp-block-file__button wp-element-button\" download aria-describedby=\"wp-block-file--media-951c2c8e-c5f6-42d3-bf15-41dc0338de4d\">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>Honey, I feel lonely, honey, I feel blue<br>Ev\u2019rything seems kind of lonesome, too<br>Hear those darkies singing<br>Hear them banjos ringing<br>Makes me think of you Kentucky Sue<br>I can see your mammy standing at the cabin door<br>Don\u2019t forget to tell her that I\u2019m coming back once more<br>\u2018Cause you know Kentucky is the place that I adore<br>And there I long to be<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Refrain<br>I\u2019m going back, I\u2019m going back<br>I\u2019m going back to my home<br>In old Kentucky, where the green grass is blue<br>The girls there are true<br>You see the darkies dancing<br>While they\u2019re singing songs for you<br>I want to hear, I want to hear<br>The preacher man there say<br>Do you promise to obey? (Oh, say!)<br>I\u2019d promise anything, the way I feel today<br>I\u2019m coming, I\u2019m coming<br>Back to you my gal so true<br>Kentucky, you lucky, Kentucky Sue<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ol start=\"2\" class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>I\u2019ve been saving kisses, and some loving, too<br>You can have them all Kentucky Sue<br>When you hear me singing<br>Then you\u2019ll know I\u2019m bringing<br>Back a little wedding band for you<br>Ev\u2019ry day you\u2019ve been away from me seems \u2019bout a year<br>That\u2019s the reason why I\u2019m always longing for you dear<br>Taint no use in wishing that I had you with me here<br>I\u2019ll start for home today<\/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\">Sung here by Vancha March:<\/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\/IVG9LLbn5Aw?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.] A popular song from 1912.Words by Lew Brown.Music by Albert Von Tilzer. The sheet music: Accompaniment by James Pitt-Payne: Lyrics RefrainI\u2019m going back, I\u2019m going backI\u2019m going back to my homeIn old Kentucky, where the green grass is &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/kentucky-sue\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Kentucky Sue&#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-3452","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/Pa3ZiQ-TG","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/3452","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=3452"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/3452\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5443,"href":"https:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/3452\/revisions\/5443"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3452"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}