{"id":3556,"date":"2023-04-24T13:43:01","date_gmt":"2023-04-24T13:43:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/?page_id=3556"},"modified":"2023-04-24T13:43:01","modified_gmt":"2023-04-24T13:43:01","slug":"the-midnight-choo-choo","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/the-midnight-choo-choo\/","title":{"rendered":"The Midnight Choo-Choo"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">[WARNING: 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\">(Bound For Maryland)<br>a 1922 popular song<br>Words and music by Jos. Geo. Gilbert.<\/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\/04\/Midnight-Choo-Choo-SHEET-MUSIC.pdf\" type=\"application\/pdf\" style=\"width:100%;height:600px\" aria-label=\"Embed of Midnight-Choo-Choo - Sheet Music.\"><\/object><a id=\"wp-block-file--media-95065837-0c55-4e32-8359-ba17d5e7ff23\" href=\"https:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/Midnight-Choo-Choo-SHEET-MUSIC.pdf\">Midnight-Choo-Choo &#8211; Sheet Music<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/Midnight-Choo-Choo-SHEET-MUSIC.pdf\" class=\"wp-block-file__button wp-element-button\" download aria-describedby=\"wp-block-file--media-95065837-0c55-4e32-8359-ba17d5e7ff23\">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-92a3b531-6b50-4691-806f-bdda8127cec6\" href=\"https:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/The_Midnight_Choo-Choo_1922.mid\">The_Midnight_Choo-Choo &#8211; MIDI<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/The_Midnight_Choo-Choo_1922.mid\" class=\"wp-block-file__button wp-element-button\" download aria-describedby=\"wp-block-file--media-92a3b531-6b50-4691-806f-bdda8127cec6\">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<ol class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Maryland, Maryland, I love you best of all<br>Maryland, Maryland, I seem to hear you call<br>My heart you\u2019ve guided, and now I\u2019ve decided<br>To hurry back to you<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Chorus<br>Goodbye, I\u2019m leaving on the midnight choo-choo<br>Bound for Maryland<br>Gee! won\u2019t that be grand<br>When I meet my Dad and Mammy<br>Sister Sue, and Uncle Sammy<br>I\u2019ll be happy when I greet my Sweetie<br>Can\u2019t you understand?<br>Birds will sing merrily<br>Wedding bells will ring a sweet melody<br>And that is why I\u2019m leaving on the midnight choo-choo<br>Bound for Maryland<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\" start=\"2\">\n<li>Maryland, Maryland, train whistle seems to say<br>Maryland, Maryland, that\u2019s where I\u2019m off today<br>Darkies are singing, glad news they are bringing<br>To someone far away<\/li>\n<\/ol>\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\/eN4gdUUga5Q?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 language. It is presented here for historical and educational purposes only.] (Bound For Maryland)a 1922 popular songWords and music by Jos. Geo. Gilbert. The sheet music: Accompaniment by James Pitt-Payne: Lyrics ChorusGoodbye, I\u2019m leaving on the midnight choo-chooBound for MarylandGee! won\u2019t that be grandWhen I meet my Dad and &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/the-midnight-choo-choo\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;The Midnight Choo-Choo&#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-3556","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/Pa3ZiQ-Vm","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/3556","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=3556"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/3556\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3559,"href":"https:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/3556\/revisions\/3559"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3556"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}