{"id":465,"date":"2018-09-03T00:12:44","date_gmt":"2018-09-03T00:12:44","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/?page_id=465"},"modified":"2023-05-16T12:33:24","modified_gmt":"2023-05-16T12:33:24","slug":"darky-sam","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/darky-sam\/","title":{"rendered":"Darky Sam"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">[WARNING: This song contains the N-word. No hatred is intended. It is presented in its original form for the sake of music history.]<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">a 1866 popular song<br>words: anonymous<br>music by J. Young<\/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\/09\/Darky-Sam.pdf\" type=\"application\/pdf\" style=\"width:100%;height:600px\" aria-label=\"Embed of Darky Sam - Sheet Music.\"><\/object><a id=\"wp-block-file--media-d47d0c86-2f72-4e6b-a592-98f4ba270a9e\" href=\"https:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/Darky-Sam.pdf\">Darky Sam &#8211; Sheet Music<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/Darky-Sam.pdf\" class=\"wp-block-file__button wp-element-button\" download aria-describedby=\"wp-block-file--media-d47d0c86-2f72-4e6b-a592-98f4ba270a9e\">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 Benjamin R. Tubb:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-file\"><a id=\"wp-block-file--media-a2cd473c-e51f-4f29-a1c5-e3f9cf00c380\" href=\"https:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/Darky-Sam.mid\">Darky-Sam &#8211; MIDI<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/Darky-Sam.mid\" class=\"wp-block-file__button wp-element-button\" download aria-describedby=\"wp-block-file--media-a2cd473c-e51f-4f29-a1c5-e3f9cf00c380\">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\">1. Oh my name is Darkey Sam<br>And I\u2019se a blackeyed contraband<br>Down on de Chickahominee I was born<br>But old massa run away<br>When de Linkum sogers play<br>So, I started for de Norf in de morn<br>I soon met wid a man<br>And he took me by de hand<br>And he brought me to de Bobolition meetin&#8217;<br>Dar de brudders made a speech<br>And de sisters \u2019gan to preach<br>Dey said dat my complexion was light<br>And de world day would teach<br>What a point dey could reach<br>And dey\u2019d show dat dey could wash de nigger white<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Chorus<br>I soon met wid a man<br>And he took me by de hand<br>And he brought me to de Bobolition meetin&#8217;<br>Dar de brudders made a speach<br>And de sisters \u2019gan to preach<br>Dey said dey could wash de nigger white<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">2. Dey got me very soon<br>And dey put me in a room<br>Dis nigger couldn\u2019t tell what dey was after<br>Dey took off all my clothes<br>And den what does you suppose<br>Dey put me in a tub of boilin\u2019 water<br>And den dey got around<br>And some scrubbin\u2019brushes found<br>And said dey\u2019d wash me whiter dan paper<br>Oh! dey got me in a tub<br>And dey all began to rub<br>I tell you it was a pretty sight<br>For, some put on de soap<br>And de oders dey did scrub<br>But dey found dey couldn\u2019t wash de nigger white<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">3. De next thing dey done<br>For to make de color run<br>Dey began to rub me wid sand paper<br>Oh! dey nearly killed me dead<br>But dey only made me red<br>I tell you it was an awful caper<br>Den dey whitewashed me so slick<br>But de lime it wouldn\u2019t stick<br>I, golly! I was just as black as ever<br>Den dey got a lot of hay<br>And dey rubbed and scrubbed away<br>Oh! dey kept at it all dat night<br>But den dey found, next day<br>Dat de job it wouldn\u2019t pay<br>\u2019Kase dey neber could wash de nigger white<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">4. When I found dat dey was tired<br>Says I, &#8220;Gemmen, list to me&#8221;<br>And you will find dat I am a-right, man<br>De nigger will be nigger<br>Till de day of Jubilee<br>For, he nebber was intended for a white man<br>Den just skedaddle home<br>Leave de colored man alone<br>For, you\u2019re only makin trouble in de nation<br>You may fight, and you may muss<br>You may make a heap of fuss<br>But you nebber will make tings right<br>Until you all agree<br>For to let de nigger be<br>&#8216;Kase you\u2019ll neber, neber, neber wash him white<\/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\">Sung here by Fred Feild:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-audio\"><audio controls src=\"https:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/Darky-Sam.mp3\"><\/audio><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[WARNING: This song contains the N-word. No hatred is intended. It is presented in its original form for the sake of music history.] a 1866 popular songwords: anonymousmusic by J. Young The sheet music: Accompaniment by Benjamin R. Tubb: Lyrics 1. Oh my name is Darkey SamAnd I\u2019se a blackeyed contrabandDown on de Chickahominee I &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/darky-sam\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Darky Sam&#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-465","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/Pa3ZiQ-7v","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/465","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=465"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/465\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3909,"href":"https:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/465\/revisions\/3909"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=465"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}