{"id":5203,"date":"2024-08-07T19:58:34","date_gmt":"2024-08-07T19:58:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/?page_id=5203"},"modified":"2024-08-07T19:59:17","modified_gmt":"2024-08-07T19:59:17","slug":"dusky-stevedore","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/dusky-stevedore\/","title":{"rendered":"Dusky Stevedore"},"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 1928<br>Words by Andy Razaf<br>Music by J. C. 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\/Dusky-Stevedore-1928.pdf\" type=\"application\/pdf\" style=\"width:100%;height:600px\" aria-label=\"Embed of Dusky Stevedore - Sheet Music.\"><\/object><a id=\"wp-block-file--media-5ac624d8-b31d-4bfb-a47f-b3578eda10f8\" href=\"https:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Dusky-Stevedore-1928.pdf\">Dusky Stevedore &#8211; Sheet Music<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Dusky-Stevedore-1928.pdf\" class=\"wp-block-file__button wp-element-button\" download aria-describedby=\"wp-block-file--media-5ac624d8-b31d-4bfb-a47f-b3578eda10f8\">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-d90ba6c0-c40f-414b-81ab-61c5aa52baec\" href=\"https:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Dusky_Stevedore_1928_s_JPP.mid\">Dusky_Stevedore &#8211; MIDI<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Dusky_Stevedore_1928_s_JPP.mid\" class=\"wp-block-file__button wp-element-button\" download aria-describedby=\"wp-block-file--media-d90ba6c0-c40f-414b-81ab-61c5aa52baec\">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>Have you ever stood beneath a Dixie sky,<br>Seen those steamboats<br>With their cargoes loaded high;<br>Watched a happy husky dusky having fun,<br>Toiling daily in the balzing sun.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Chorus<br>He&#8217;s just a Stevedore,<br>Down on that Swanee shore,<br>Working and singing a song;<br>His dusky brow is wet,<br>He doesn&#8217;t mind the sweat,<br>A-scuffalin&#8217; all the day long;<br>See his ragtime scuffalin&#8217; gait.<br>Happy &#8217;cause he&#8217;s handling freight,<br>The levee&#8217;s heaven for<br>The Dusky Stevedore<br>Working and singing a song<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Patter<br>Chops fo&#8217; mammy, shoes fo&#8217; Sammy<br>Move dem bales away<br>Broke de stitches, needs new britches<br>Move dem bales away<br>Lan&#8217;lord says he&#8217;s comin&#8217; back<br>Wants de rent or wants his shack<br>Dat ain&#8217;t funny, I needs money<br>Move den bales away<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ol start=\"2\" class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>On the levee, ev&#8217;ry day&#8217;s a perfect day,<br>Nature taught him how to laugh his cares away.<br>Just a grown up child who&#8217;s happy all the while,<br>Even when he&#8217;s weary he can smile.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Chorus<br>He&#8217;s just a Stevedore.<br>Down on that Swanee shore,<br>Working and singing a song;<br>It&#8217;s just those songs he sings.<br>That make his cares take wings,<br>They help ease the hours along.<br>Tho&#8217; his life&#8217;s one rocky road,<br>He croons tunes that lighten his load,<br>Why can&#8217;t we all be more<br>Like that old Stevedore,<br>Working and singing a song<\/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 1928Words by Andy RazafMusic by J. C. 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