{"id":4918,"date":"2024-07-08T20:05:56","date_gmt":"2024-07-08T20:05:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/?page_id=4918"},"modified":"2024-07-08T20:05:56","modified_gmt":"2024-07-08T20:05:56","slug":"waco-blues","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/waco-blues\/","title":{"rendered":"Waco Blues"},"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 1919<br>Words and music by Floyd Kymes Russell<\/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\/07\/Waco-Blues-1919.pdf\" type=\"application\/pdf\" style=\"width:100%;height:600px\" aria-label=\"Embed of Waco-Blues - Sheet Music.\"><\/object><a id=\"wp-block-file--media-571c522f-bcfc-4849-89f5-44809fec605d\" href=\"https:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/Waco-Blues-1919.pdf\">Waco-Blues &#8211; Sheet Music<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/Waco-Blues-1919.pdf\" class=\"wp-block-file__button wp-element-button\" download aria-describedby=\"wp-block-file--media-571c522f-bcfc-4849-89f5-44809fec605d\">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>I had a gal named Lily Alabaster White<br>The way she&#8217;d roll dem eyeballs was a sight<br>Her fists were hard as a hick&#8217;ry boisdare log<br>She had a face lika a lovin&#8217; yaller hound dog<br>And she could sing lak a skylark in de mud<br>Her voice was sweet as a heifer chewin&#8217; a cud<br>And when she&#8217;d sing dem noises unto me<br>Why I&#8217;d just sleep and dream of symphony<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Chorus<br>Oh, oh, those Waco Blues<br>Floatin&#8217; down de Brazos, Waco Blues<br>Floatin&#8217; down de Bosque, Waco Blues<br>If ma fever don&#8217;t rise I&#8217;ll sing hally-loo-yer<br>You&#8217;re a long gone human if the blues gets to yer<br>Waco Blues, floatin&#8217; down de Brazos<br>Waco Blues, floatin&#8217; down de Bosque<br>Waco Blues<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ol start=\"2\" class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>That gal of mine took the Katy for a trip<br>She sold her washboard then she packed her grip<br>She never looked as sad since she was born<br>Her face looked lad a graveyard in a storm<br>And when that kind old Katy whistle blew<br>It made her feel just lak that whistle &#8220;blue&#8221;<br>She rode as far as Bell Mead then she sprang<br>And walked the ties to Sand Town as she sang<\/li>\n<\/ol>\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 1919Words and music by Floyd Kymes Russell The sheet music: Lyrics ChorusOh, oh, those Waco BluesFloatin&#8217; down de Brazos, Waco BluesFloatin&#8217; down de Bosque, Waco BluesIf ma fever don&#8217;t rise I&#8217;ll sing hally-loo-yerYou&#8217;re a &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/waco-blues\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Waco Blues&#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-4918","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/Pa3ZiQ-1hk","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/4918","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=4918"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/4918\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4920,"href":"https:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/4918\/revisions\/4920"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4918"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}