{"id":3598,"date":"2023-05-07T16:48:23","date_gmt":"2023-05-07T16:48:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/?page_id=3598"},"modified":"2023-05-07T16:48:23","modified_gmt":"2023-05-07T16:48:23","slug":"silver-swanee","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/silver-swanee\/","title":{"rendered":"Silver Swanee"},"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\">From the Passing Show of 1922.<br>Words by Eddie Cantor.<br>Music by Jean Schwartz.<\/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\/05\/Silver-Swanee.pdf\" type=\"application\/pdf\" style=\"width:100%;height:600px\" aria-label=\"Embed of Silver-Swanee - Sheet Music.\"><\/object><a id=\"wp-block-file--media-26c139cc-5cdc-408c-ac65-42af8d2a98ce\" href=\"https:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/Silver-Swanee.pdf\">Silver-Swanee &#8211; Sheet Music<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/Silver-Swanee.pdf\" class=\"wp-block-file__button wp-element-button\" download aria-describedby=\"wp-block-file--media-26c139cc-5cdc-408c-ac65-42af8d2a98ce\">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-f0383f8a-1fd7-4ede-b992-867ea75fbc0e\" href=\"https:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/Silver_Swanee_1922_s_JPP-MIDI.mid\">Silver_Swanee &#8211; MIDI<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/Silver_Swanee_1922_s_JPP-MIDI.mid\" class=\"wp-block-file__button wp-element-button\" download aria-describedby=\"wp-block-file--media-f0383f8a-1fd7-4ede-b992-867ea75fbc0e\">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>I see a shadow standing by<br>The Swanee Shore once more<br>I see the lights a-gleaming<br>As in days of yore once more<br>I see the cotton blossoms shining bright<br>Or is it Mammy\u2019s hair so snowy white<br>Swanee breeze I hear you sighing<br>I feel blue just for you<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Chorus<br>Way down upon the Silver Swanee<br>Someone\u2019s calling<br>Way down upon the Silver Swanee<br>Tears are falling<br>Swanee don\u2019t you cry<br>Swanee dry your eye<br>I\u2019m coming home<br>Soon I\u2019ll rock-a-bye<br>To your lullabye<br>In my Dixie cradle<br>Way down upon my knee<br>Each night alone I\u2019m praying<br>And in my dreams I see a cabin door<br>I hear your gentle voice a-calling<br>Come home come home to your Silvery Swanee once more<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Patter<br>Swanee shore Sycamore<br>Dog and cat, welcome mat<br>Daffy-dill, whippoorwill<br>Mammy bake buckwheat cake<br>Serve them hot, reach the spot<br>Blossoms fall, crickets call<br>Those were the days that I loved best of all<br>Give me my grip, here is your tip<br>Don\u2019t wake me up, I am only dreaming<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\" start=\"2\">\n<li>I hear a banjo strumming<br>Old familiar tunes, sweet tunes<br>The honeybees are humming<br>\u2018Neath the honeymoon, those tunes<br>I see a pickaninny roll his eyes<br>While Mammy Ginnie\u2019s baking pumpkin pies<br>Swanee babe, say you are lonely<br>Do you miss Mammy\u2019s kiss<\/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 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\/uaaVSsrh13E?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.] From the Passing Show of 1922.Words by Eddie Cantor.Music by Jean Schwartz. The sheet music: Accompaniment by James Pitt-Payne: Lyrics ChorusWay down upon the Silver SwaneeSomeone\u2019s callingWay down upon the Silver SwaneeTears are fallingSwanee don\u2019t you crySwanee dry &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/silver-swanee\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Silver Swanee&#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-3598","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/Pa3ZiQ-W2","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/3598","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=3598"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/3598\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3601,"href":"https:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/3598\/revisions\/3601"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3598"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}