{"id":3791,"date":"2023-05-14T11:17:00","date_gmt":"2023-05-14T11:17:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/?page_id=3791"},"modified":"2023-05-14T11:17:00","modified_gmt":"2023-05-14T11:17:00","slug":"abraham-lincoln-jones-3","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/abraham-lincoln-jones-3\/","title":{"rendered":"Abraham Lincoln Jones"},"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\">(or \u201cThe Christening\u201d)<br>a 1909 popular song<br>words and music by Cecil Mack and Chris Smith<\/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\/2018\/05\/Abraham-Lincoln-Jones.pdf\" type=\"application\/pdf\" style=\"width:100%;height:600px\" aria-label=\"Embed of Abraham Lincoln Jones - Sheet Music.\"><\/object><a id=\"wp-block-file--media-9f1e4fee-c81e-41a3-bf70-e834427a3e69\" href=\"https:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/Abraham-Lincoln-Jones.pdf\">Abraham Lincoln Jones &#8211; Sheet Music<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/Abraham-Lincoln-Jones.pdf\" class=\"wp-block-file__button wp-element-button\" download aria-describedby=\"wp-block-file--media-9f1e4fee-c81e-41a3-bf70-e834427a3e69\">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:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-file\"><a id=\"wp-block-file--media-e840f361-c76e-4bf0-9bf8-f488e6bd0f20\" href=\"https:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/Abraham-Lincoln-Jones.mid\">Abraham Lincoln Jones &#8211; MIDI<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/Abraham-Lincoln-Jones.mid\" class=\"wp-block-file__button wp-element-button\" download aria-describedby=\"wp-block-file--media-e840f361-c76e-4bf0-9bf8-f488e6bd0f20\">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>Abe Jones had a christening at his house last night<br>To name his first born child<br>To get it a high-toned name and start it right<br>Old Abe was almost wild<br>The day \u2018for the christening Deacon Green inquired<br>What the child\u2019s name was to be<br>One said name it Sam. another hollered Ham<br>But Abe said, \u201cName it this for me\u201d<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Chorus<br>George Washington, Christopher Columbus<br>Roosevelt, Douglas Lee<br>Jim Jeffries, Joe Gans, Dixon, ring in Booker T.<br>Admiral Dewey, Thomas Jeff\u2019son<br>McKinly, Sherlock Holmes<br>Hezekiah, Obediah, Abraham Lincoln Jones<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\" start=\"2\">\n<li>Abe\u2019s friend said to him, \u201cYou must be crazy sure<br>It\u2019s too much name, that\u2019s all<br>Now why don\u2019t you name it something short and sweet<br>Like Peter, John or Paul?\u201d<br>Old Abe shook his head and said, \u201cThe name is long<br>I really must confess<br>I can\u2019t give it fame, but here is some more name<br>So christen it what I like best\u201d<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>They all got excited till one brother cried<br>\u201cWe\u2019ll leave it to its Aunt\u201d<br>Said she, \u201cI ain\u2019t caring how much name it gets<br>Don\u2019t leave out Genral Grant\u201d<br>\u2018Twas then, that its mammy raised her voice and said<br>\u201cJust let me talk a while<br>All them arguments don\u2019t mount to thirty cents<br>Because it ain\u2019t that kind of child\u201d<\/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\/9V02Q6GU7Nk?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.] (or \u201cThe Christening\u201d)a 1909 popular songwords and music by Cecil Mack and Chris Smith The sheet music: Accompaniment: Lyrics ChorusGeorge Washington, Christopher ColumbusRoosevelt, Douglas LeeJim Jeffries, Joe Gans, Dixon, ring in Booker T.Admiral Dewey, Thomas Jeff\u2019sonMcKinly, Sherlock HolmesHezekiah, &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/abraham-lincoln-jones-3\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Abraham Lincoln Jones&#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-3791","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/Pa3ZiQ-Z9","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/3791","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=3791"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/3791\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3792,"href":"https:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/3791\/revisions\/3792"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3791"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}