{"id":4966,"date":"2024-07-24T13:43:50","date_gmt":"2024-07-24T13:43:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/?page_id=4966"},"modified":"2024-07-24T13:43:50","modified_gmt":"2024-07-24T13:43:50","slug":"aint-i-yer-honey-boy-no-more","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/aint-i-yer-honey-boy-no-more\/","title":{"rendered":"Ain&#8217;t I Yer Honey Boy No More"},"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 1896<br>Words and music by Gussie L. Davis<\/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\/Aint-I-Yer-Honey-Boy-No-More.pdf\" type=\"application\/pdf\" style=\"width:100%;height:600px\" aria-label=\"Embed of Ain&apos;t I Yer Honey Boy No More - Sheet Music.\"><\/object><a id=\"wp-block-file--media-1de5b33b-9a08-4f8b-8b72-71abd16ddd7a\" href=\"https:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/Aint-I-Yer-Honey-Boy-No-More.pdf\">Ain&#8217;t I Yer Honey Boy No More &#8211; Sheet Music<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/Aint-I-Yer-Honey-Boy-No-More.pdf\" class=\"wp-block-file__button wp-element-button\" download aria-describedby=\"wp-block-file--media-1de5b33b-9a08-4f8b-8b72-71abd16ddd7a\">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-0d80c29a-a743-499a-9fd1-1f115e7df8de\" href=\"https:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/Aint_I_Yer_Honey_Boy_No_More_1896_s_JPP.mid\">Aint_I_Yer_Honey_Boy_No_More &#8211; MIDI<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/Aint_I_Yer_Honey_Boy_No_More_1896_s_JPP.mid\" class=\"wp-block-file__button wp-element-button\" download aria-describedby=\"wp-block-file--media-0d80c29a-a743-499a-9fd1-1f115e7df8de\">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>Put your arms about me Lulu<br>You my sweet thing and my Zulu<br>Ain&#8217;t I yer honey boy, no more?<br>Dar is something cold about you<br>That&#8217;s de reason why I doubts you<br>Ain&#8217;t I yer honey boy, no more?<br>I tell you it&#8217;s awful galling<br>When I hears yer mammy calling<br>&#8216;Cause I know it&#8217;s den you&#8217;se got to leave ma side<br>Den I thinks about a nigger<br>Who with her he cuts a figger<br>&#8216;Cause I know he wants to win you for his bride<br>Oh! no! no!<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Chorus<br>Ain&#8217;t I yer honey boy?<br>You is my pride and joy<br>Remember what you told me once before<br>Ain&#8217;t I yer real, real sweet thing?<br>Who&#8217;s got you on the string, string<br>Ain&#8217;t I yer honey boy, no more?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ol start=\"2\" class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Oh, de preacher is a-waitin&#8217;<br>Dat&#8217;s another thing I&#8217;se hatin&#8217;<br>Ain&#8217;t I yer honey boy, no more?<br>If you don&#8217;t go with me honey<br>Den I&#8217;se got to lose my money<br>Ain&#8217;t I yer honey boy, no more?<br>I&#8217;se been making preparations<br>Dun sent out de invitations<br>Now it looks as if yer gwine to turn me down<br>And you knows how dis would grieve me<br>If my sweet thing should deceive me<br>When I loves you mo&#8217; den any coon in town<br>Oh! yes! yes!<\/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 1896Words and music by Gussie L. Davis The sheet music: Accompaniment by James Pitt-Payne: Lyrics ChorusAin&#8217;t I yer honey boy?You is my pride and joyRemember what you told me once beforeAin&#8217;t I yer real, &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/aint-i-yer-honey-boy-no-more\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Ain&#8217;t I Yer Honey Boy No More&#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-4966","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/Pa3ZiQ-1i6","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/4966","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=4966"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/4966\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4969,"href":"https:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/4966\/revisions\/4969"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4966"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}