{"id":5218,"date":"2024-08-10T19:59:52","date_gmt":"2024-08-10T19:59:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/?page_id=5218"},"modified":"2024-08-10T20:05:15","modified_gmt":"2024-08-10T20:05:15","slug":"old-virginia-state","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/old-virginia-state\/","title":{"rendered":"Old Virginia State"},"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\">(The Band of Niggers! from &#8216;Old Virginny State&#8217;)<br>A minstrel song from 1844<br>Words anonymous<br>Music anonymous<\/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\/Old-Virginia-State-1844.pdf\" type=\"application\/pdf\" style=\"width:100%;height:600px\" aria-label=\"Embed of Old Virginia State - Sheet Music.\"><\/object><a id=\"wp-block-file--media-a4e81446-2849-47fd-ad3b-d3a0801e2566\" href=\"https:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Old-Virginia-State-1844.pdf\">Old Virginia State &#8211; Sheet Music<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Old-Virginia-State-1844.pdf\" class=\"wp-block-file__button wp-element-button\" download aria-describedby=\"wp-block-file--media-a4e81446-2849-47fd-ad3b-d3a0801e2566\">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 Benjamin R. Tubb:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-file\"><a id=\"wp-block-file--media-150d4fd9-f4c0-48de-ad8a-93419a1870fb\" href=\"https:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Old-Virginia-State-1844.mid\">Old Virginia State &#8211; MIDI<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Old-Virginia-State-1844.mid\" class=\"wp-block-file__button wp-element-button\" download aria-describedby=\"wp-block-file--media-150d4fd9-f4c0-48de-ad8a-93419a1870fb\">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>Dont you hear the banjo coming?<br>Dont you hear the banjo coming?<br>Dont you hear the banjo coming<br>From de ole Virginny state<br>We&#8217;re a family of niggers<br>We&#8217;re a family of niggers<br>We&#8217;re a family of niggers<br>And our story we&#8217;ll relate.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">CHORUS<br>With a band of music<br>With a band of music<br>With a band of music<br>We are gwoing thro&#8217; de world.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ol start=\"2\" class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>We have left our father Cuffee,<br>We have left our father Cuffee,<br>We have left our father Cuffee,<br>In de ole Virginny state,<br>We&#8217;ve obtained his Banjo,<br>We&#8217;ve obtained his Banjo,<br>We&#8217;ve obtained his Banjo,<br>And his old Jaw Bone.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">CHORUS<br>With our band of music,<br>With our band of music,<br>With our band of music,<br>We are gwoing thro&#8217; de world.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ol start=\"3\" class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Dere is music in dis Nigger,<br>Dere is music in dis Nigger,<br>When he&#8217;s gwoing de big figure<br>On de old oak plank.<br>Your temper wouldn&#8217;t ruffle,<br>Your applause you wouldn&#8217;t muffle;<br>Did you see our double shuffle<br>On de old oak plank.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">CHORUS<br>With our band of music,<br>With our band of music,<br>With our band of music,<br>We are gwoing thro&#8217; de world.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ol start=\"4\" class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>We hab Twenty Ichen Broders,<br>And Lebenteen Sisters,<br>And dere all as black as Niggers<br>In ole Virginny state.<br>&#8216;Tis the tribe of Cuffee,<br>&#8216;Tis the tribe of Cuffee,<br>&#8216;Tis the tribe of Cuffee,<br>And their names I relate.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">CHORUS<br>With our band of music,<br>With our band of music,<br>With our band of music,<br>We will make the air resound.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ol start=\"5\" class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Caesar, Cuffee, Jake, and Josey,<br>Sambo, Pomp and Nigger Nosey,<br>Dandy Jim, Zip Coon, and Rosey<br>And they&#8217;re all wide awoke.<br>Rose and Dinnah both are pretty,<br>Lucy, Phillis, and Miss Kitty,<br>Ole Aunt Sarah she&#8217;s so witty,<br>About her there&#8217;s no mistake.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">CHORUS<br>With our band of music,<br>With our band of music,<br>With our band of music,<br>And our ole Jaw Bone.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ol start=\"6\" class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Uncle Gabriel plays de fiddle,<br>Zip Coon he makes de riddle,<br>Bone Squash in in de middle,<br>And dis Nigger plays de bones,<br>While the Banjo and Triangle,<br>With the Cymbals jingle jangle,<br>And Big Drum so neat we handle,<br>&#8216;Tis a sin to Uncle Jones.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">CHORUS<br>With our band of music,<br>With our band of music,<br>With our band of music,<br>We can make the air resound.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ol start=\"7\" class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Now three cheers altogether,<br>Now three cheers altogether,<br>Now three cheers altogether,<br>For ole Virginny state.<br>Like de niggers gone before us,<br>We will swell de Chorus,<br>And de white folks will anchore us<br>With a loud hurrah.<br>Chah! Chah! Chah!<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">CHORUS<br>Like de niggers gone before us,<br>We will swell de Chorus,<br>Till the Heavens o&#8217;er us<br>Will resound de loud Chah!<\/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.] (The Band of Niggers! from &#8216;Old Virginny State&#8217;)A minstrel song from 1844Words anonymousMusic anonymous The sheet music: Accompaniment by Benjamin R. 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