{"id":4970,"date":"2024-07-24T14:01:47","date_gmt":"2024-07-24T14:01:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/?page_id=4970"},"modified":"2024-07-24T14:01:47","modified_gmt":"2024-07-24T14:01:47","slug":"alabama-ball","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/alabama-ball\/","title":{"rendered":"Alabama Ball"},"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 1918<br>Words by Wm. Hallen Falls<br>Music by Al. W. Beatty<\/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\/Alabama-Ball-1918.pdf\" type=\"application\/pdf\" style=\"width:100%;height:600px\" aria-label=\"Embed of Alabama Ball - Sheet Music.\"><\/object><a id=\"wp-block-file--media-95b7796c-b8a0-49cc-9c0f-14a709f5d996\" href=\"https:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/Alabama-Ball-1918.pdf\">Alabama Ball &#8211; Sheet Music<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/Alabama-Ball-1918.pdf\" class=\"wp-block-file__button wp-element-button\" download aria-describedby=\"wp-block-file--media-95b7796c-b8a0-49cc-9c0f-14a709f5d996\">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-54a71c92-3525-4848-b618-18ffc7d1e098\" href=\"https:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/Alabama_Ball_1918_s_JPP.mid\">Alabama_Ball &#8211; MIDI<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/Alabama_Ball_1918_s_JPP.mid\" class=\"wp-block-file__button wp-element-button\" download aria-describedby=\"wp-block-file--media-54a71c92-3525-4848-b618-18ffc7d1e098\">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>Get your beau and let&#8217;s go down<br>To that Alabama town<br>Get ready for some dancin&#8217;<br>Syncopated prancin&#8217;<br>Let your feet go wild, Baby child<br>Look-a-here, look-a-here<br>Come and love me, too<br>Just keep a wooin&#8217;<br>Keep swayin&#8217; to the left and right<br>O honey don&#8217;t your feet feel light<br>I know your knees are saggin&#8217;<br>But keep on a raggin&#8217;<br>We can&#8217;t stop to rest, Honey mine<br>Ain&#8217;t it fine, keep in line, I like it best<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Chorus<br>Take me to that Alabama Ball<br>Come on ma honey<br>Can&#8217;t you hear that music&#8217;s sooth in call<br>I&#8217;ve got the money<br>Get your feet a movin&#8217; to that music grand<br>Classiest of symphonies that&#8217;s in the land<br>Here the banjo strum, listen to that drum<br>Turkey trottin&#8217; isn&#8217;t it<br>Glidin&#8217;, slidin&#8217;, dancin&#8217; round the floor<br>It sure is rippin&#8217;<br>Soon you&#8217;ll ask the leaderman for more<br>To keep you dippin&#8217;<br>Want to keep a-dancin&#8217; till the roosters crow<br>Want to teach the folks to do the heel and toe<br>Dancin&#8217; at that Alabama ball<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ol start=\"2\" class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>See the pickaninnies run<br>Goin&#8217; to be there for the fun<br>And soon you&#8217;ll hear them yellin&#8217;<br>Pass the watermelon<br>Each one gets a slice off the ice<br>Ain&#8217;t it nice, pass it twice<br>Just like Paradise, just keep a-passin&#8217;<br>We&#8217;ll never think of goin&#8217; home<br>Till Jasper plays upon his comb<br>And there will be more hoppin&#8217;<br>&#8216;Till their corns start poppin&#8217;<br>See them dance around side by side<br>See them glide, trombones slide<br>They&#8217;re homeward bound<\/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 1918Words by Wm. Hallen FallsMusic by Al. W. Beatty The sheet music: Accompaniment by James Pitt-Payne: Lyrics ChorusTake me to that Alabama BallCome on ma honeyCan&#8217;t you hear that music&#8217;s sooth in callI&#8217;ve got &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/alabama-ball\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Alabama Ball&#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-4970","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/Pa3ZiQ-1ia","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/4970","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=4970"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/4970\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4973,"href":"https:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/4970\/revisions\/4973"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4970"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}