{"id":4460,"date":"2023-10-29T19:11:36","date_gmt":"2023-10-29T19:11:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/?page_id=4460"},"modified":"2024-08-11T13:50:30","modified_gmt":"2024-08-11T13:50:30","slug":"that-ragtime-chicken-rag","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/that-ragtime-chicken-rag\/","title":{"rendered":"That Ragtime Chicken Rag"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">[WARNING: This song contains antiquated racial stereotypes. It is presented here for historical and educational purposes only.]<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A popular song from 1913<br>Words by William B. Delancy<br>Music by Jack Stanley<\/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\/10\/That-Ragtime-Chicken-Rag-1913.pdf\" type=\"application\/pdf\" style=\"width:100%;height:600px\" aria-label=\"Embed of That-Ragtime-Chicken-Rag - Sheet Music.\"><\/object><a id=\"wp-block-file--media-67f589a1-116f-4a5a-8150-686c16e46959\" href=\"https:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/That-Ragtime-Chicken-Rag-1913.pdf\">That-Ragtime-Chicken-Rag &#8211; Sheet Music<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/That-Ragtime-Chicken-Rag-1913.pdf\" class=\"wp-block-file__button wp-element-button\" download aria-describedby=\"wp-block-file--media-67f589a1-116f-4a5a-8150-686c16e46959\">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-7fffc92a-5df7-4eaf-b944-4db79e54b799\" href=\"https:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/That_Ragtime_Chicken_Rag_1913.mid\">That_Ragtime_Chicken_Rag &#8211; MIDI<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/That_Ragtime_Chicken_Rag_1913.mid\" class=\"wp-block-file__button wp-element-button\" download aria-describedby=\"wp-block-file--media-7fffc92a-5df7-4eaf-b944-4db79e54b799\">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>When de sun&#8217;s at rest, in de golden West<br>And de stars begin ter shine<br>Den I dress myself in my Sunday best<br>An&#8217; I takes dat gal ob mine<br>Where we dance all night toward de mornin&#8217; light<br>Should our feet begin to lag<br>At de dawnin&#8217; glow, wid de rooster&#8217;s crow<br>Den dey play dat chicken rag<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Chorus<br>Creep along, sweep along<br>Seize a chance to leap along<br>Everybody do it, sure you&#8217;ll never rue it<br>Glide along, slide along<br>Come on, honey, ride along<br>Here is where you open up de bag<br>Slip de chicken in it, over in a minute<br>Hear him squawkin&#8217;, quit your talkin&#8217;<br>Dance it, honey, don&#8217;t start walkin&#8217;<br>When you do that squeezin&#8217;<br>That ever-lovin&#8217; teasin&#8217;<br>That happy, joyous, pleasin&#8217;, chicken rag<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ol start=\"2\" class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>When de sun shines hot, on de well-tilled plot<br>With its waving rows of corn<br>There I has ter hoe, workin&#8217; sure, but slow<br>Waitin&#8217; for de dinner horn<br>When de dinner&#8217;s o&#8217;er, I must toil once more<br>Though my feet will hardly drag<br>An&#8217; I almost doze, &#8216;mid de long, hot rows<br>Dreamin&#8217; ob dat chicken rag<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">3. Seven days away, till next Saturday<br>But de time comes &#8217;round at las&#8217;<br>When dis darky gets his chance ter play<br>Where de hours fly so fas&#8217;<br>&#8216;Tain&#8217;t no time at all, at de crowded hall<br>Till de dawn peeps o&#8217;er de crag<br>An&#8217; de folks cry out, with a joyous shout<br>&#8220;Now dey&#8217;ll play dat chicken rag&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[WARNING: This song contains antiquated racial stereotypes. It is presented here for historical and educational purposes only.] A popular song from 1913Words by William B. DelancyMusic by Jack Stanley The sheet music: Accompaniment by James Pitt-Payne: Lyrics ChorusCreep along, sweep alongSeize a chance to leap alongEverybody do it, sure you&#8217;ll never rue itGlide along, slide &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/that-ragtime-chicken-rag\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;That Ragtime Chicken Rag&#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-4460","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/Pa3ZiQ-19W","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/4460","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=4460"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/4460\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5246,"href":"https:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/4460\/revisions\/5246"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4460"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}