{"id":5186,"date":"2024-08-07T13:40:55","date_gmt":"2024-08-07T13:40:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/?page_id=5186"},"modified":"2024-08-07T13:40:55","modified_gmt":"2024-08-07T13:40:55","slug":"down-at-jasper-johnsons-jamboree","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/down-at-jasper-johnsons-jamboree\/","title":{"rendered":"Down At Jasper Johnson&#8217;s Jamboree"},"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 1914<br>Words by Andrew K. Allison<br>Music by Verna Wilkens<\/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\/Down-At-Jasper-Johnsons-Jamboree-1914.pdf\" type=\"application\/pdf\" style=\"width:100%;height:600px\" aria-label=\"Embed of Down At Jasper Johnson&apos;s Jamboree - Sheet Music.\"><\/object><a id=\"wp-block-file--media-8fce1e80-e463-4140-9740-0cc9c7987692\" href=\"https:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Down-At-Jasper-Johnsons-Jamboree-1914.pdf\">Down At Jasper Johnson&#8217;s Jamboree &#8211; Sheet Music<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Down-At-Jasper-Johnsons-Jamboree-1914.pdf\" class=\"wp-block-file__button wp-element-button\" download aria-describedby=\"wp-block-file--media-8fce1e80-e463-4140-9740-0cc9c7987692\">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-d71c34c6-fed2-4d85-85d8-194d5eb1d80f\" href=\"https:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Down_At_Jasper_Johnsons_Jamboree_1914_ks_JPP.mid\">Down_At_Jasper_Johnsons_Jamboree &#8211; MIDI<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Down_At_Jasper_Johnsons_Jamboree_1914_ks_JPP.mid\" class=\"wp-block-file__button wp-element-button\" download aria-describedby=\"wp-block-file--media-d71c34c6-fed2-4d85-85d8-194d5eb1d80f\">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>Old Jasper Johnson, a Kentucky colored moke<br>Said, &#8220;I&#8217;m goin&#8217; to give a picnic to the colored folk<br>It&#8217;s just fifty years ago we were set free<br>So, I&#8217;m goin&#8217; to celebrate it with an old time Jamboree&#8221;<br>He invited all the colored girls and boys<br>Had a band of colored mokes. Some noise<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Chorus<br>Down at Jasper Johnson&#8217;s Jamboree<br>Everybody&#8217;s happy, happy as can be<br>All the folks have just arrived from Baltimore<br>On train Number Four, at eleven forty-four<br>None of those darkies do the buck and wing<br>They do the latest, up-to-datest Tango swing<br>There&#8217;s Ebenezer with Anna Lize<br>Just watch that baby roll her eyes<br>Hear those little pickaninies holler with glee<br>Down at Jasper Johnson&#8217;s Jamboree<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ol start=\"2\" class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Hear that band playing all the latest ragtime tunes<br>See that March to dinner by a lot of dusky coons<br>Jasper Johnson&#8217;s leading them, Oh! he looks fine<br>In the old high hat the Marster gave him back in Sixty-nine<br>&#8220;Hip, Hoo-ray for old man Johnson,&#8221; hear them cry<br>As those darkies see that possum pie<\/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 1914Words by Andrew K. AllisonMusic by Verna Wilkens The sheet music: Accompaniment by James Pitt-Payne: Lyrics ChorusDown at Jasper Johnson&#8217;s JamboreeEverybody&#8217;s happy, happy as can beAll the folks have just arrived from BaltimoreOn train &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/down-at-jasper-johnsons-jamboree\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Down At Jasper Johnson&#8217;s Jamboree&#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-5186","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/Pa3ZiQ-1lE","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/5186","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=5186"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/5186\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5189,"href":"https:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/5186\/revisions\/5189"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5186"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}