{"id":3787,"date":"2023-05-14T11:08:57","date_gmt":"2023-05-14T11:08:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/?page_id=3787"},"modified":"2023-05-14T11:08:57","modified_gmt":"2023-05-14T11:08:57","slug":"the-old-calliope","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/the-old-calliope\/","title":{"rendered":"The Old Calliope"},"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 film \u201cSailor Beware\u201d, 1951.<br>Words by Mack David.<br>Music by Jerry Livingston.<\/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-Old-Calliope-1951.pdf\" type=\"application\/pdf\" style=\"width:100%;height:600px\" aria-label=\"Embed of The-Old-Calliope - Sheet Music.\"><\/object><a id=\"wp-block-file--media-5e567c9e-80e3-43f6-ad08-4d76e379bc50\" href=\"https:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/The-Old-Calliope-1951.pdf\">The-Old-Calliope &#8211; Sheet Music<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/The-Old-Calliope-1951.pdf\" class=\"wp-block-file__button wp-element-button\" download aria-describedby=\"wp-block-file--media-5e567c9e-80e3-43f6-ad08-4d76e379bc50\">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-5e10bcc1-2a4f-42d8-b25f-7b2273d90cce\" href=\"https:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/The_Old_Callliope_1951.mid\">The_Old_Callliope &#8211; MIDI<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/The_Old_Callliope_1951.mid\" class=\"wp-block-file__button wp-element-button\" download aria-describedby=\"wp-block-file--media-5e10bcc1-2a4f-42d8-b25f-7b2273d90cce\">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<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">My grandpa was a minstrel man<br>A minstrel man was he<br>And, to tell the truth<br>I guess I\u2019ve got some minstrel blood in me<br>You can have all the harps in heaven<br>Blow all the horns here on the ground<br>But I find I still get my greatest thrill<br>Ev\u2019ry time I hear this sound<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Refrain<br>I love to hear an old calliope<br>I love the melody of an old calliope<br>And when you hear that thrillig hamony<br>Gather roun\u2019, the minstrel show\u2019s in town<br>It sounds so grand, that old calliope<br>What is more heavenly than an old calliope?<br>Here comes the band, oh what a sight to see<br>Gather roun\u2019, the minstrel show\u2019s in town<br>Banjo\u2019s strummin\u2019, za zoo za zoo za zoo zaz<br>Folks are hummin\u2019, za zoo za zoo za zoo zaz<br>Minstrels comin\u2019, za zoo za zoo za zoo zaz<br>What a show, what a show<br>It\u2019s the finest show I know<br>It\u2019s comin\u2019 near that old calliope<br>Oh, what a melody on that old calliope<br>So loud and clear, that thrilling harmony<br>Gather roun\u2019, the minstrel show\u2019s in town<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Interlude<br>There\u2019s the Interlocutor<br>And Mister Bones so full of life<br>\u201cWho was that lady you were with last night?\u201d<br>\u201cThat was no lady that was my wife\u201d<br>Ha, ha, ho, ho<br>What a show, what a show, what a show<br>Says the Interlocutor<br>To Mister Bones so full of pride<br>\u201cWhy does the chicken cross the road?\u201d<br>\u201cTo get on the other side\u201d<br>I love to hear an old calliope<br>I love the melody of an old calliope<br>And when you hear that thrilling harmony<br>Gather roun\u2019, the minstrel show\u2019s in town<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity is-style-wide\"\/>\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 film \u201cSailor Beware\u201d, 1951.Words by Mack David.Music by Jerry Livingston. The sheet music: Accompaniment by James Pitt-Payne: Lyrics My grandpa was a minstrel manA minstrel man was heAnd, to tell the truthI guess I\u2019ve got some &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/the-old-calliope\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;The Old Calliope&#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-3787","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/Pa3ZiQ-Z5","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/3787","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=3787"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/3787\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3790,"href":"https:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/3787\/revisions\/3790"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3787"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}