{"id":4939,"date":"2024-07-17T14:07:21","date_gmt":"2024-07-17T14:07:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/?page_id=4939"},"modified":"2024-07-17T14:07:21","modified_gmt":"2024-07-17T14:07:21","slug":"pickaniny-nig","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/pickaniny-nig\/","title":{"rendered":"Pickaniny Nig"},"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 1866<br>Words and Music by Ned Straight<br>Arranged by T. Bigham Bishop<\/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\/Pickaniny-Nig.pdf\" type=\"application\/pdf\" style=\"width:100%;height:600px\" aria-label=\"Embed of Pickaniny Nig - Sheet Music.\"><\/object><a id=\"wp-block-file--media-49de8df4-5944-4546-a51d-595d07827999\" href=\"https:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/Pickaniny-Nig.pdf\">Pickaniny Nig &#8211; Sheet Music<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/Pickaniny-Nig.pdf\" class=\"wp-block-file__button wp-element-button\" download aria-describedby=\"wp-block-file--media-49de8df4-5944-4546-a51d-595d07827999\">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 Benjamin R. Tubb:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-file\"><a id=\"wp-block-file--media-74946847-45a7-438e-8562-dff50f2cebfe\" href=\"https:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/Pickaniny-Nig.mid\">Pickaniny Nig &#8211; MIDI<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/Pickaniny-Nig.mid\" class=\"wp-block-file__button wp-element-button\" download aria-describedby=\"wp-block-file--media-74946847-45a7-438e-8562-dff50f2cebfe\">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\u2019m a pickaninny nig,<br>I am some what on a jig.<br>I\u2019m a fancy little coon<br>And I doesn\u2019t care a fig<br>I can beat old uncle Snow<br>De best way he can go<br>I will clean de whole caboodle<br>Den ye peoples watch my toe<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Chorus<br>Den open up your eyes<br>And watch me do a jig.<br>I know I\u2019ll please you all<br>In de pickaninny nig.<br>I will try to please you all<br>With this my ratling jig<br>I\u2019ll tear myself to pieces<br>I\u2019m the pickaninny nig.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ol start=\"2\" class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>I can plunk de old banjo<br>In a way dat isnt slow<br>I can play de old jaw bone<br>And can use de fiddle bow<br>Oh! I feel so drefful sprisce<br>Dat I\u2019ll turn myself aloose<br>And go in for a fracus<br>Kase I\u2019se sound upon de goose.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>How a scientific moke<br>Never need to be dead broke.<br>He\u2019ll never need be hungry<br>Never want for drink or smoke.<br>Learn to cut a pigeon wing<br>Gib you foot a little fling<br>And sail in Old Persimmons<br>You\u2019re a Pickaninny King<\/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 1866Words and Music by Ned StraightArranged by T. Bigham Bishop The sheet music: Accompaniment by Benjamin R. Tubb: Lyrics ChorusDen open up your eyesAnd watch me do a jig.I know I\u2019ll please you allIn &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/pickaniny-nig\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Pickaniny Nig&#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-4939","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/Pa3ZiQ-1hF","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/4939","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=4939"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/4939\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4942,"href":"https:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/4939\/revisions\/4942"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4939"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}