{"id":5227,"date":"2024-08-10T20:22:17","date_gmt":"2024-08-10T20:22:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/?page_id=5227"},"modified":"2024-08-10T20:22:17","modified_gmt":"2024-08-10T20:22:17","slug":"pompy-o-smash","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/pompy-o-smash\/","title":{"rendered":"Pompy O&#8217; Smash"},"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 minstrel song from 1844<br>An original parody<br>Words and by Daniel Decatur Emmett<\/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\/Pompy-O-Smash-1844.pdf\" type=\"application\/pdf\" style=\"width:100%;height:600px\" aria-label=\"Embed of Pompy O&apos; Smash - Sheet Music.\"><\/object><a id=\"wp-block-file--media-38d49acc-9701-4299-bf11-5180cdf837a3\" href=\"https:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Pompy-O-Smash-1844.pdf\">Pompy O&#8217; Smash &#8211; Sheet Music<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Pompy-O-Smash-1844.pdf\" class=\"wp-block-file__button wp-element-button\" download aria-describedby=\"wp-block-file--media-38d49acc-9701-4299-bf11-5180cdf837a3\">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-58b536f7-badc-4b86-8e80-69fbf6da0aba\" href=\"https:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Pompy-O-Smash-1844.mid\">Pompy O&#8217; Smash &#8211; MIDI<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Pompy-O-Smash-1844.mid\" class=\"wp-block-file__button wp-element-button\" download aria-describedby=\"wp-block-file--media-58b536f7-badc-4b86-8e80-69fbf6da0aba\">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 Pompy O Smash courted Miss Dinar Coal,<br>She was hansome to view an as strat as a pole,<br>An Pomp was so proud dat de niggs would all say,<br>When dey seen him a comen &#8216;Git out od de way!&#8217;<br>De first time he seen her &#8217;twas washin de close,<br>She was soap to the eyes and suds up de nose,<br>And she looked in de tub when de close was all down,<br>Den so high as so dry were dey hung in de dun,<br>De rain comein down ebry rag was wet through,<br>When de wind blow de gust den de line broke into,<br>All de close dey come tumble-ing down wid a crash!<br>Blow high an lay low, sez bold Pompy O Smash.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Now Dinah sat down on an ole holler log<br>Sez Pompey by gosh if I dont go de hog,<br>He set im down by her an buse her tick lipps,<br>She sink an she smile like a basket ob chipps,<br>Sez Pompey Dear Dinar tell me how you feel?<br>Sez she like a boot dats run down at de heel;<br>As I dream todder night as I lay wide awake,<br>Dat Sam Johnson gub me a peice ob hoe cake;<br>Dar some udder fact dat I sartinly dreamp,<br>He sware he would hab me or bust in de temp!<br>Sez Pompey my lub dont you tink on sech trash,<br>Kase I&#8217;ll hab you myself! sez bold Pompey O Smash.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Den Pompey de rogue lay he arm roun her waise,<br>An led her away o de parson in haste,<br>Den he gib a dollar widout any joke,<br>To marry dem same like he marry white folk.<br>So dey stood up togedder by each odders side,<br>And de parson mon make dem both husband and bride,<br>Sez Pomp I&#8217;ll stick to you as long as I lib,<br>An hug her so tight dat he broke ebry rib,<br>Pomp put on his hat&#8211; Dinar cotch hold his arm,<br>An de Priest for de tin&#8211; gin to feel some alarm,<br>Sez he be quick Pompy an shell out de cash!<br>You nue kiss de bride, sez Bold Pompey O Smash.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Now Pompy and Dinar dey both did agree,<br>To vite all de niggars to come in a spree,<br>Pomp shouldered his meal bag, for corn crib him break,<br>And he stole enuff corn for to bake de hoe cake.<br>He lifted de meal bag widout half a try,<br>Den look all aroun him both running an sly,<br>Tinks he to himself dar am no one in sight,<br>He stole nudder bushel dont you tink he was right,<br>Den when he got home his Dear Dinar was gone,<br>SHe run off wid Sam while he gone for de corn;<br>He tro down de meal bag an arter dem dash,<br>Debble take de hindmost! sez Pompey O Smash<\/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 minstrel song from 1844An original parodyWords and by Daniel Decatur Emmett The sheet music: Accompaniment by Benjamin R. 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