{"id":5178,"date":"2024-08-06T19:53:48","date_gmt":"2024-08-06T19:53:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/?page_id=5178"},"modified":"2024-08-06T19:53:48","modified_gmt":"2024-08-06T19:53:48","slug":"dis-aint-no-time-for-an-argument","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/dis-aint-no-time-for-an-argument\/","title":{"rendered":"Dis Ain&#8217;t No Time For an Argument"},"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 1906<br>Words by James W. Johnson<br>Music by Rosamund Johnson<\/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\/Dis-Aint-No-Time-For-an-Argument-1906.pdf\" type=\"application\/pdf\" style=\"width:100%;height:600px\" aria-label=\"Embed of Dis Ain&apos;t No Time For an Argument - Sheet Music.\"><\/object><a id=\"wp-block-file--media-2acbb9c1-1007-4a02-936a-071fec3d0f96\" href=\"https:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Dis-Aint-No-Time-For-an-Argument-1906.pdf\">Dis Ain&#8217;t No Time For an Argument &#8211; Sheet Music<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Dis-Aint-No-Time-For-an-Argument-1906.pdf\" class=\"wp-block-file__button wp-element-button\" download aria-describedby=\"wp-block-file--media-2acbb9c1-1007-4a02-936a-071fec3d0f96\">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-a34ac851-102b-4b19-817f-56749615fb6c\" href=\"https:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Dis_Aint_No_Time_For_An_Argument_1906_s_JPP.mid\">Dis_Aint_No_Time_For_An_Argument &#8211; MIDI<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Dis_Aint_No_Time_For_An_Argument_1906_s_JPP.mid\" class=\"wp-block-file__button wp-element-button\" download aria-describedby=\"wp-block-file--media-a34ac851-102b-4b19-817f-56749615fb6c\">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>One gloomy night down thro&#8217; the woods<br>Old Moses Jenkins went<br>He had a dog and so it seemed<br>He was on &#8216;Possum bent<br>They sneaked along and soon the dog<br>Barked up a &#8216;simmon tree<br>Old Moses said, &#8220;Dat sholy means<br>Some possum meat for me&#8221;<br>He quickly climbed the tree<br>But just imagine his surprise<br>When not a possum, but a bear<br>Loomed up before his eyes<br>The bear he growled, and seemed to say<br>&#8220;No Mose &#8216;twixt you and me<br>We&#8217;ll argue out the question<br>As to which one owns this tree&#8221;<br>But Moses cried in haste<br>&#8220;Lord, I ain&#8217;t got a minute to waste&#8221;<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Chorus<br>&#8220;Dis ain&#8217;t no time for an argument<br>Dat&#8217;s plain as plain can be<br>Jes gimme a chance for to hit de ground<br>And you can have de tree<br>&#8216;Cause bear and possum meat, you see<br>Never did taste alike to me<br>Dis ain&#8217;t no time for an argument<br>Mister Bear farewell to thee<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ol start=\"2\" class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Another night Mose had a dream<br>About a pot of gold<br>To dig at twelve o&#8217;clock at night<br>By a big tree he was told<br>He took a spade and went to work<br>He dug thro&#8217; clay and rocks<br>A smile spread over Moses<br>When he struck a big long box<br>But when he took the cover off<br>His blood got freezing cold<br>For in that box he saw some things<br>That did not look like gold<br>Just then a ghostly form appeared<br>And said in chilling tones<br>&#8220;Now Moses, we will argue<br>And I&#8217;ll prove these are my bones&#8221;<br>Mose said as he begun<br>For to get himself together to run<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Chorus<br>&#8220;Dis ain&#8217;t no time for an argument<br>Dat&#8217;s plain as plain can be<br>You say dese bones belong to you<br>Wid dat I will agree<br>If you wanter argue wid me &#8216;about dese bones<br>We&#8217;ll use long distance telephones<br>Dis ain&#8217;t no time for an argument<br>Mister Ghost farewell to thee<\/p>\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 1906Words by James W. JohnsonMusic by Rosamund Johnson The sheet music: Accompaniment by James Pitt-Payne: Lyrics Chorus&#8220;Dis ain&#8217;t no time for an argumentDat&#8217;s plain as plain can beJes gimme a chance for to hit &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/dis-aint-no-time-for-an-argument\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Dis Ain&#8217;t No Time For an Argument&#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-5178","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/Pa3ZiQ-1lw","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/5178","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=5178"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/5178\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5181,"href":"https:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/5178\/revisions\/5181"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5178"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}