{"id":5100,"date":"2024-08-01T21:49:34","date_gmt":"2024-08-01T21:49:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/?page_id=5100"},"modified":"2024-08-03T01:23:25","modified_gmt":"2024-08-03T01:23:25","slug":"alexanders-back-from-dixie","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/alexanders-back-from-dixie\/","title":{"rendered":"Alexander&#8217;s Back From Dixie"},"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\">(With His Ragtime Band)<br>A WWI song from 1917<br>Words by Lew Cobwell<br>Music by Pete Wendling<\/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\/08\/Alexanders-Back-From-Dixie-1917.pdf\" type=\"application\/pdf\" style=\"width:100%;height:600px\" aria-label=\"Embed of Alexander&apos;s Back From Dixie - Sheet Music.\"><\/object><a id=\"wp-block-file--media-38c3ff0d-3a85-46c2-8714-8cafc5b1c799\" href=\"https:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Alexanders-Back-From-Dixie-1917.pdf\">Alexander&#8217;s Back From Dixie &#8211; Sheet Music<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Alexanders-Back-From-Dixie-1917.pdf\" class=\"wp-block-file__button wp-element-button\" download aria-describedby=\"wp-block-file--media-38c3ff0d-3a85-46c2-8714-8cafc5b1c799\">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-47383ea3-b2a4-4312-9928-46fa64d4a387\" href=\"https:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Alexanders_Back_From_Dixie_With_His_Rag-Time_Band_1917_s_JPP.mid\">Alexanders_Back_From_Dixie_With_His_Rag-Time_Band &#8211; MIDI<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Alexanders_Back_From_Dixie_With_His_Rag-Time_Band_1917_s_JPP.mid\" class=\"wp-block-file__button wp-element-button\" download aria-describedby=\"wp-block-file--media-47383ea3-b2a4-4312-9928-46fa64d4a387\">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>Listen Boys, what&#8217;s the noise?<br>Something bout it sounds familiar<br>Don&#8217;t that music seem to thrill yer<br>Hear that drum, rum, tum, tum<br>It&#8217;s Alexander&#8217;s Rag-time Band<br>Come on and hear, come on and hear<br>It&#8217;s the finest in the land<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Chorus<br>Alexander&#8217;s back from Dixie<br>With his Rag-time Band<br>Playing all those old time tunes<br>Pack your ukalele, Ship it to Bill Bailey<br>Once again we&#8217;re goin&#8217; to listen to the coons<br>Hula maids with their Yaaka Hula<br>Chase them all back to Honolulu<br>Every one start singing, while your feet are swinging<br>Alexander&#8217;s back from Dixie land<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ol start=\"2\" class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Hear the flute, toot, toot, toot<br>When that band starts in a-playing<br>I just want to start a-praying<br>Full of Pep, keep in step<br>When the band goes marching by<br>It sounds so sweet, it can&#8217;t be beat<br>I feel so happy I could cry<\/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.] (With His Ragtime Band)A WWI song from 1917Words by Lew CobwellMusic by Pete Wendling The sheet music: Accompaniment by James Pitt-Payne: Lyrics ChorusAlexander&#8217;s back from DixieWith his Rag-time BandPlaying all those old time tunesPack your ukalele, Ship it &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/alexanders-back-from-dixie\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Alexander&#8217;s Back From Dixie&#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-5100","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/Pa3ZiQ-1kg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/5100","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=5100"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/5100\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5114,"href":"https:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/5100\/revisions\/5114"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5100"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}