{"id":3739,"date":"2023-05-12T13:27:02","date_gmt":"2023-05-12T13:27:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/?page_id=3739"},"modified":"2023-05-12T13:27:02","modified_gmt":"2023-05-12T13:27:02","slug":"the-aunt-jemima-slide","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/the-aunt-jemima-slide\/","title":{"rendered":"The Aunt Jemima Slide"},"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 1917 popular song.<br>Words by Hugh McNutt.<br>Music by Karl Johnson.<br>Song suggested by Jeff Chandler.<\/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\/The-Aunt-Jemima-Slide.pdf\" type=\"application\/pdf\" style=\"width:100%;height:600px\" aria-label=\"Embed of The-Aunt-Jemima-Slide - Sheet Music.\"><\/object><a id=\"wp-block-file--media-d1f8166e-5967-4cb0-ae5a-73098062be53\" href=\"https:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/The-Aunt-Jemima-Slide.pdf\">The-Aunt-Jemima-Slide &#8211; Sheet Music<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/The-Aunt-Jemima-Slide.pdf\" class=\"wp-block-file__button wp-element-button\" download aria-describedby=\"wp-block-file--media-d1f8166e-5967-4cb0-ae5a-73098062be53\">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-34f971ee-eb97-43f4-9216-d9c0b024e4d4\" href=\"https:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/The_Aunt_Jemima_Slide-MIDI.mid\">The_Aunt_Jemima_Slide &#8211; MIDI<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/The_Aunt_Jemima_Slide-MIDI.mid\" class=\"wp-block-file__button wp-element-button\" download aria-describedby=\"wp-block-file--media-34f971ee-eb97-43f4-9216-d9c0b024e4d4\">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>Aunt Jemima lives down where the Deacons are strict<br>About the way the Holy work goes on<br>Ev\u2019ry evening while the picaninnies were sleepin\u2019<br>She was prayin\u2019 for a brighter dawn<br>But one night when the Parson wasn\u2019t lookin\u2019<br>Uncle Mose he taught her that new glide<br>Now the congregation\u2019s simply joined in syncopation<br>To the time of that entrancing slide<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Chorus<br>Oh that Aunt Jemima slide<br>How they sway from side to side<br>Ev\u2019rybody\u2019s goin the Wicki Wacki Wooin\u2019<br>And the Deacons begin to shout<br>\u201cParson must be losing out\u201d<br>When that saxophone starts to groan<br>How the darkies do dance and moan<br>Ain\u2019t no use of talkin\u2019<br>You got to keep walkin\u2019<br>When they play the Aunt Jemima slide<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\" start=\"2\">\n<li>Rastus and Diana were the two picaninnies<br>Who had wandered far from Dixie Land<br>While away they learned to do the One-Step<br>And Fox-Trot to the music of Hawaii\u2019s band<br>But when they returned to demonstrate the dances<br>Darkies on the old plantation cried<br>If you want a tune that\u2019s full of old time religion<br>Listen to the Aunt Jemima slide<\/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\/HOutLSSAj0E?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 1917 popular song.Words by Hugh McNutt.Music by Karl Johnson.Song suggested by Jeff Chandler. The sheet music: Accompaniment by James Pitt-Payne: Lyrics ChorusOh that Aunt Jemima slideHow they sway from side to sideEv\u2019rybody\u2019s goin the Wicki Wacki Wooin\u2019And &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/the-aunt-jemima-slide\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;The Aunt Jemima Slide&#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-3739","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/Pa3ZiQ-Yj","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/3739","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=3739"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/3739\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3742,"href":"https:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/3739\/revisions\/3742"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3739"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}