{"id":4958,"date":"2024-07-21T21:11:48","date_gmt":"2024-07-21T21:11:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/?page_id=4958"},"modified":"2024-07-21T21:11:48","modified_gmt":"2024-07-21T21:11:48","slug":"prohibition-blues","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/prohibition-blues\/","title":{"rendered":"Prohibition 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 1917<br>Words and music by Al. Sweet<\/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\/Prohibition-Blues-1917.pdf\" type=\"application\/pdf\" style=\"width:100%;height:600px\" aria-label=\"Embed of Prohibition Blues - Sheet Music.\"><\/object><a id=\"wp-block-file--media-38611791-15fe-42e3-8557-4e5d68c10ed3\" href=\"https:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/Prohibition-Blues-1917.pdf\">Prohibition Blues &#8211; Sheet Music<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/Prohibition-Blues-1917.pdf\" class=\"wp-block-file__button wp-element-button\" download aria-describedby=\"wp-block-file--media-38611791-15fe-42e3-8557-4e5d68c10ed3\">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-3d4510d2-d086-41bc-9f34-1c0316ca9cfe\" href=\"https:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/Prohibition_Blues_1917_s_JPP-.mid\">Prohibition_Blues &#8211; MIDI<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/Prohibition_Blues_1917_s_JPP-.mid\" class=\"wp-block-file__button wp-element-button\" download aria-describedby=\"wp-block-file--media-3d4510d2-d086-41bc-9f34-1c0316ca9cfe\">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>Mose Brown came a staggerin&#8217; home one morn<br>Tears in his eyes and lookin&#8217; all forlorn<br>His wifey met him with such an awful frown<br>Said he, &#8220;My dear, now won&#8217;t you please sit down<br>And listen to me while a sad tale I relate<br>Of de news I hear what got me to dis state<br>Last night I went to church and I feel so blue<br>What that parson say I will tell to you<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Chorus<br>&#8220;Oh! my Brothers and Sisters<br>Listen to what I say<br>By nineteen-twenty dere&#8217;ll be no boose<br>Sold in the U. S. A.<br>De whole country am a-goin&#8217; bone dry<br>Prohibition am de battle cry<br>&#8216;Scuse me while I shed a tear<br>For good old whiskey, gin and beer<br>Goodbye forever, Goodbye forever<br>Ah got de Prohibition, Prohibition<br>Prohibition Blues&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ol start=\"2\" class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>I got up and walked right out of dat church<br>On the steps then I met old Sam&#8217;l Birch<br>&#8220;Why Moses,&#8221; he say, &#8220;what make you look so blue&#8221;<br>I tell him an&#8217; he say, &#8220;If dat am true<br>Dat dry times comin&#8217; an&#8217; dere goin&#8217; to can de booze<br>Come on to the corner, dere&#8217;s no time to lose&#8221;<br>So we just started in drinkin&#8217; gainst dat day<br>When I&#8217;d try to stop, then old Sam would say<\/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 1917Words and music by Al. Sweet The sheet music: Accompaniment by James Pitt-Payne: Lyrics Chorus&#8220;Oh! my Brothers and SistersListen to what I sayBy nineteen-twenty dere&#8217;ll be no booseSold in the U. S. 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