{"id":506,"date":"2018-09-04T12:24:12","date_gmt":"2018-09-04T12:24:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/?page_id=506"},"modified":"2023-05-16T14:00:31","modified_gmt":"2023-05-16T14:00:31","slug":"dont-be-what-you-aint","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/dont-be-what-you-aint\/","title":{"rendered":"Don&#8217;t Be What You Ain&#8217;t"},"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\">from the 1905 musical &#8220;Moonshine&#8221;<br>words by George Vere Hobart and Edwin Milton Boyle<br>music by Silvio Hein<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity is-style-wide\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The sheet music:\u00a0\u00a0 <\/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\/2018\/09\/Dont-Be-What-You-Aint.pdf\" type=\"application\/pdf\" style=\"width:100%;height:600px\" aria-label=\"Embed of Don&apos;t Be What You Ain&apos;t - Sheet Music.\"><\/object><a id=\"wp-block-file--media-944ff273-9425-49e9-9474-029f8b67a37f\" href=\"https:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/Dont-Be-What-You-Aint.pdf\">Don&#8217;t Be What You Ain&#8217;t &#8211; Sheet Music<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/Dont-Be-What-You-Aint.pdf\" class=\"wp-block-file__button wp-element-button\" download aria-describedby=\"wp-block-file--media-944ff273-9425-49e9-9474-029f8b67a37f\">Download<\/a><\/div>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity is-style-wide\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Accompaniment:\u00a0\u00a0 <\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-file\"><a id=\"wp-block-file--media-16b52b85-2111-4e06-854d-811a7a9caa34\" href=\"https:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/Dont-Be-What-You-Aint.mid\">Don&#8217;t Be What You Ain&#8217;t &#8211; MIDI<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/Dont-Be-What-You-Aint.mid\" class=\"wp-block-file__button wp-element-button\" download aria-describedby=\"wp-block-file--media-16b52b85-2111-4e06-854d-811a7a9caa34\">Download<\/a><\/div>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity is-style-wide\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Lyrics<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">1. De sunflower ain&#8217;t de daisy<br>And de melon ain&#8217;t de rose<br>Why is dey all so crazy<br>To be sumfin else dat grows<br>Jess stick to de place you&#8217;re planted<br>And do de bess you knows<br>Be de sunflower or de daisy<br>De melon or de rose<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Refrain<br>Don&#8217;t be what you ain&#8217;t, jess yo&#8217; be what yo&#8217; is<br>If you am not what you are, den you is not what you is<br>If you&#8217;re just a little tadpole, don&#8217;t you try to be a frog<br>If you are de tail don&#8217;t try to wag the dog<br>Pass de plate if you can&#8217;t exhort and preach<br>If you&#8217;re jess a little pebble don&#8217;t you try to be the beach<br>When a man is what he isn&#8217;t, den he isn&#8217;t what he is<br>And as sure as I&#8217;m a-talkin&#8217; he&#8217;s a gwine to get his<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">2. De song-thrush ain&#8217;t de robin<br>And de catbird ain&#8217;t de Jay<br>Why is dey all a-throbbin&#8217;<br>To outdo each other&#8217;s lay<br>Dess sing de song God gave you<br>And let yo&#8217; heart be gay<br>Be de song-thrush or de Robin<br>De catbird or de Jay<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity is-style-wide\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Sung here by Fred Feild:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"youtube-player\" width=\"840\" height=\"473\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/_gLgW3nKT2c?version=3&#038;rel=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;showinfo=1&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;fs=1&#038;hl=en-US&#038;autohide=2&#038;wmode=transparent\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" style=\"border:0;\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox\"><\/iframe><\/span>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[WARNING: This song contains antiquated racial stereotypes. It is presented here for historical and educational purposes only.] from the 1905 musical &#8220;Moonshine&#8221;words by George Vere Hobart and Edwin Milton Boylemusic by Silvio Hein The sheet music:\u00a0\u00a0 Accompaniment:\u00a0\u00a0 Lyrics 1. De sunflower ain&#8217;t de daisyAnd de melon ain&#8217;t de roseWhy is dey all so crazyTo be &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/dont-be-what-you-aint\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Don&#8217;t Be What You Ain&#8217;t&#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-506","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/Pa3ZiQ-8a","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/506","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=506"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/506\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3925,"href":"https:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/506\/revisions\/3925"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=506"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}