{"id":476,"date":"2018-09-04T11:45:18","date_gmt":"2018-09-04T11:45:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/?page_id=476"},"modified":"2023-05-16T13:16:28","modified_gmt":"2023-05-16T13:16:28","slug":"de-boatmens-dance","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/de-boatmens-dance\/","title":{"rendered":"De Boatmen&#8217;s Dance"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">[WARNING: these lyrics contain the N-word. Original presented as part of music history.]<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">a 1847 minstrel song<br>words and music by Daniel Decatur Emmett<\/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:\u00a0<\/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\/De-Boatmens-Dance.pdf\" type=\"application\/pdf\" style=\"width:100%;height:600px\" aria-label=\"Embed of De Boatmen&apos;s Dance - Sheet Music.\"><\/object><a id=\"wp-block-file--media-f3cca927-4612-4d37-84f4-12863dc78832\" href=\"https:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/De-Boatmens-Dance.pdf\">De Boatmen&#8217;s Dance &#8211; Sheet Music<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/De-Boatmens-Dance.pdf\" class=\"wp-block-file__button wp-element-button\" download aria-describedby=\"wp-block-file--media-f3cca927-4612-4d37-84f4-12863dc78832\">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:\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-file\"><a id=\"wp-block-file--media-4fa6c869-82d7-492a-bd3e-8311815ade8d\" href=\"https:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/De-Boatmens-Dance.mid\">De Boatmen&#8217;s Dance &#8211; MIDI<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/De-Boatmens-Dance.mid\" class=\"wp-block-file__button wp-element-button\" download aria-describedby=\"wp-block-file--media-4fa6c869-82d7-492a-bd3e-8311815ade8d\">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. De Spring ob de year hab come at last<br>Winter time is gwan and past<br>Four and twenty Boatmen all of a flock<br>Sitting on de sea shore, peeking off a rock<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Chorus<br>Dance de Boatmen dance<br>O dance de Boatmen dance<br>Dance all night &#8217;till the broad daylight<br>And go home wid de gals in de morning<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">2. Hi ho, de Boatmen row<br>Floating down de riber on de Ohio<br>Hi ho, de Boatmen row<br>Floating down de riber on de Ohio<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">3. I went on board de oder day<br>To hear what de Boatmen had to say<br>Dare I let my passion loose<br>Dey cramm&#8217;d me in de calaboose<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">4. Oh let me loose, I&#8217;ll go ashore<br>Let me loose, I&#8217;ll work no more<br>Stay now nigger, dat&#8217;ll neber do at all<br>You&#8217;ve got to play to de Boatmen&#8217;s ball<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">5. In come some wid bran new suits<br>Long tail&#8217;d coats, and high heel&#8217;d boots<br>Get out ob de way, you hab no chance<br>For dis is what de call de Boatmen&#8217;s dance<\/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\/De-Boatmens-Dance.mp3\"><\/audio><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[WARNING: these lyrics contain the N-word. Original presented as part of music history.] a 1847 minstrel songwords and music by Daniel Decatur Emmett The sheet music:\u00a0 Accompaniment:\u00a0 Lyrics 1. De Spring ob de year hab come at lastWinter time is gwan and pastFour and twenty Boatmen all of a flockSitting on de sea shore, peeking &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/de-boatmens-dance\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;De Boatmen&#8217;s Dance&#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-476","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/Pa3ZiQ-7G","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/476","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=476"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/476\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3913,"href":"https:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/476\/revisions\/3913"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=476"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}