{"id":4658,"date":"2024-04-12T12:46:20","date_gmt":"2024-04-12T12:46:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/?page_id=4658"},"modified":"2024-08-13T14:20:42","modified_gmt":"2024-08-13T14:20:42","slug":"theres-a-corner-up-in-heaven","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/theres-a-corner-up-in-heaven\/","title":{"rendered":"There&#8217;s a Corner Up in Heaven"},"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 1921<br>Words and music by Irving Berlin<\/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\/2024\/04\/Theres-a-Corner-Up-in-Heaven-1921.pdf\" type=\"application\/pdf\" style=\"width:100%;height:600px\" aria-label=\"Embed of Theres-a-Corner-Up-in-Heaven - Sheet Music.\"><\/object><a id=\"wp-block-file--media-aec46854-4e01-415d-b0ae-c5691fc53e4f\" href=\"https:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/Theres-a-Corner-Up-in-Heaven-1921.pdf\">Theres-a-Corner-Up-in-Heaven &#8211; Sheet Music<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/Theres-a-Corner-Up-in-Heaven-1921.pdf\" class=\"wp-block-file__button wp-element-button\" download aria-describedby=\"wp-block-file--media-aec46854-4e01-415d-b0ae-c5691fc53e4f\">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-65b745d5-77c9-48b8-b9c3-c2504baea7a5\" href=\"https:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/Theres_A_Corner_Up_In_Heaven_1921.mid\">Theres_A_Corner_Up_In_Heaven &#8211; MIDI<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/Theres_A_Corner_Up_In_Heaven_1921.mid\" class=\"wp-block-file__button wp-element-button\" download aria-describedby=\"wp-block-file--media-65b745d5-77c9-48b8-b9c3-c2504baea7a5\">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>So Mammy&#8217;s curly head is feeling blue<br>So many troubles, don&#8217;t know what to do<br>Feels like he wants to cry<br>And what is the reason?<br>All just because the little white boy said<br>&#8220;Can&#8217;t get to heaven with a kinky head&#8221;<br>White boy done tole a lie<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Refrain<br>There&#8217;s a corner up in Heaven<br>That the angels put aside<br>Just for little pickaninnies<br>And the gates are open wide<br>Pickaninny will be welcome<br>They&#8217;ll be glad to have him, too<br>Plenty angels up in Heaven<br>Just as black as you<br>There&#8217;s a corner up in Heaven<br>Just for you<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ol start=\"2\" class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>The angels brought you in the blackest night<br>And I believe they meant to make you white<br>Just like the winter snows<br>But you needn&#8217;t worry<br>Although they made my honey black as coal<br>A snow-white lily blossoms in your soul<br>That&#8217;s why your Mammy knows<\/li>\n<\/ol>\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 1921Words and music by Irving Berlin The sheet music: Accompaniment by James Pitt-Payne: Lyrics RefrainThere&#8217;s a corner up in HeavenThat the angels put asideJust for little pickaninniesAnd the gates are open widePickaninny will be &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/theres-a-corner-up-in-heaven\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;There&#8217;s a Corner Up in Heaven&#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-4658","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/Pa3ZiQ-1d8","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/4658","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=4658"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/4658\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5270,"href":"https:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/4658\/revisions\/5270"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4658"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}