{"id":3493,"date":"2023-04-20T13:24:08","date_gmt":"2023-04-20T13:24:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/?page_id=3493"},"modified":"2023-04-20T13:24:08","modified_gmt":"2023-04-20T13:24:08","slug":"goodbye-alexander-goodbye-honey-boy","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/goodbye-alexander-goodbye-honey-boy\/","title":{"rendered":"Goodbye Alexander, Goodbye Honey-boy"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">[This song contains antiquated racial language. It is presented here for historical and educational purposes only.]<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A WWI song from 1918.<br>Words and music by Creamer and Layton.<\/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\/Good-bye-AlexanderGood-bye-Honey-boy.pdf\" type=\"application\/pdf\" style=\"width:100%;height:600px\" aria-label=\"Embed of Good-bye-AlexanderGood-bye-Honey-boy - Sheet Music.\"><\/object><a id=\"wp-block-file--media-27d1a972-9885-46fb-a49e-9b97bef474ab\" href=\"https:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/Good-bye-AlexanderGood-bye-Honey-boy.pdf\">Good-bye-AlexanderGood-bye-Honey-boy &#8211; Sheet Music<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/Good-bye-AlexanderGood-bye-Honey-boy.pdf\" class=\"wp-block-file__button wp-element-button\" download aria-describedby=\"wp-block-file--media-27d1a972-9885-46fb-a49e-9b97bef474ab\">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-3a761717-ef72-4370-8f64-59508009a5b6\" href=\"https:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/Goodbye_Alexander_1918_s_JPP.mid\">Goodbye_Alexander &#8211; MIDI<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/Goodbye_Alexander_1918_s_JPP.mid\" class=\"wp-block-file__button wp-element-button\" download aria-describedby=\"wp-block-file--media-3a761717-ef72-4370-8f64-59508009a5b6\">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>Alexander Cooper was a colored trooper<br>With his regiment he marched away<br>Bands were gaily playing<br>Colored folks were swaying<br>On Emancipation Day<br>From the crowd, Dinah Lee so proud<br>Hollored to her sweetie good and loud<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Chorus<br>Goodbye Alexander, goodbye honey boy<br>Dressed up in that uniform<br>You fills my heart with joy<br>You ain\u2019t born for mopin\u2019<br>Boy, you sure can laugh<br>But you left that window open<br>And they got you in the draft<br>Alexander, I\u2019ll save my loving for you<br>I\u2019ll be waiting like Poor Butterfly<br>So get busy with that gun<br>And don\u2019t come back here till you\u2019ve won<br>Alexander goodbye<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\" start=\"2\">\n<li>Brave old Alexander<br>He could understand her<br>He knew Dinah Lee was really blue<br>Yet he kept on smiling<br>While his troop went filing<br>Proudly down the avenue<br>On the pier, everyone could hear<br>Dinah callling to her sweetie dear<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Chorus<br>Goodbye Alexander, goodbye honey boy<br>Dressed up in that uniform<br>You fills my heart with joy<br>You ain\u2019t born for mopin\u2019<br>Boy, you sure can laugh<br>But you left that window open<br>And they got you in the draft<br>Alexander, I\u2019ll save my loving for you<br>I\u2019ll be waiting like Poor Butterfly<br>If you want to see me grin<br>Bring me a pig-foot from Berlin<br>Alexander goodbye<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity is-style-wide\"\/>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[This song contains antiquated racial language. It is presented here for historical and educational purposes only.] A WWI song from 1918.Words and music by Creamer and Layton. The sheet music: Accompaniment by James Pitt-Payne: Lyrics ChorusGoodbye Alexander, goodbye honey boyDressed up in that uniformYou fills my heart with joyYou ain\u2019t born for mopin\u2019Boy, you sure &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/goodbye-alexander-goodbye-honey-boy\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Goodbye Alexander, Goodbye Honey-boy&#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-3493","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/Pa3ZiQ-Ul","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/3493","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=3493"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/3493\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3496,"href":"https:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/3493\/revisions\/3496"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3493"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}