{"id":3560,"date":"2023-04-24T13:55:37","date_gmt":"2023-04-24T13:55:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/?page_id=3560"},"modified":"2023-04-24T13:55:37","modified_gmt":"2023-04-24T13:55:37","slug":"underneath-the-dixie-skies","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/underneath-the-dixie-skies\/","title":{"rendered":"Underneath the Dixie Skies"},"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\">A popular song from 1922.<br>Words and music by Billy Jackman.<\/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\/Underneath-the-Dixie-Skies-1922.pdf\" type=\"application\/pdf\" style=\"width:100%;height:600px\" aria-label=\"Embed of Underneath-the-Dixie-Skies - Sheet Music.\"><\/object><a id=\"wp-block-file--media-34881f21-4dbf-4ab1-8683-de6fdb288abf\" href=\"https:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/Underneath-the-Dixie-Skies-1922.pdf\">Underneath-the-Dixie-Skies &#8211; Sheet Music<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/Underneath-the-Dixie-Skies-1922.pdf\" class=\"wp-block-file__button wp-element-button\" download aria-describedby=\"wp-block-file--media-34881f21-4dbf-4ab1-8683-de6fdb288abf\">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-274e3371-af4f-4cfd-8ca4-710ea2622df2\" href=\"https:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/Underneath_The_Dixie_Skies-MIDI.mid\">Underneath_The_Dixie_Skies &#8211; MIDI<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/Underneath_The_Dixie_Skies-MIDI.mid\" class=\"wp-block-file__button wp-element-button\" download aria-describedby=\"wp-block-file--media-274e3371-af4f-4cfd-8ca4-710ea2622df2\">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>There\u2019s a place in dear old Georgia<br>Underneath the Dixie skies<br>All the time my heart am longing<br>For the place I idolize<br>Way down by the Swanee River<br>\u2018Mid the fields of snowy white<br>I can see the darkies quiver<br>Underneath the pale moonlight<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Chorus<br>Underneath the Dixie skies<br>Underneath the Dixie skies<br>All the folks are jazzing, happy as can be<br>Ev\u2019rybody\u2019s dancing to a Dixie melody<br>Underneath the Dixie skies<br>In the land where no one sighs<br>Hear the Banjos ringing, darkies singing<br>Oh, what joy their music\u2019s bringing<br>Underneath the moonlit Dixie skies<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\" start=\"2\">\n<li>When the toil of day is over<br>And the sun is sinking low<br>All the colored folks they gather<br>Where the southern breezes blow<br>Hark while the banjos are ringing<br>Listen to the music\u2019s strain<br>Floating o\u2019er the fields of cotton<br>I wish I was back again<\/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\/_2krhXLSEw8?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.] A popular song from 1922.Words and music by Billy Jackman. The sheet music: Accompaniment by James Pitt-Payne: Lyrics ChorusUnderneath the Dixie skiesUnderneath the Dixie skiesAll the folks are jazzing, happy as can beEv\u2019rybody\u2019s dancing to a Dixie melodyUnderneath &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/underneath-the-dixie-skies\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Underneath the Dixie Skies&#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-3560","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/Pa3ZiQ-Vq","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/3560","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=3560"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/3560\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3563,"href":"https:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/3560\/revisions\/3563"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3560"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}