{"id":5275,"date":"2024-08-13T19:12:42","date_gmt":"2024-08-13T19:12:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/?page_id=5275"},"modified":"2024-08-13T19:12:42","modified_gmt":"2024-08-13T19:12:42","slug":"walk-jaw-bone","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/walk-jaw-bone\/","title":{"rendered":"Walk, Jaw Bone"},"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 written expressly for Cool White, 1844<br>Words and Music by Silas Sexton Steele<\/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\/Walk-Jaw-Bone-1844.pdf\" type=\"application\/pdf\" style=\"width:100%;height:600px\" aria-label=\"Embed of Walk, Jaw Bone - Sheet Music.\"><\/object><a id=\"wp-block-file--media-dcac7b6f-4eea-41a5-bbb8-6d2803805d8b\" href=\"https:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Walk-Jaw-Bone-1844.pdf\">Walk, Jaw Bone &#8211; Sheet Music<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Walk-Jaw-Bone-1844.pdf\" class=\"wp-block-file__button wp-element-button\" download aria-describedby=\"wp-block-file--media-dcac7b6f-4eea-41a5-bbb8-6d2803805d8b\">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-08c96021-4723-45ff-b180-a33c1c86fc45\" href=\"https:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Walk-Jaw-Bone-1844.mid\">Walk, Jaw Bone &#8211; MIDI<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Walk-Jaw-Bone-1844.mid\" class=\"wp-block-file__button wp-element-button\" download aria-describedby=\"wp-block-file--media-08c96021-4723-45ff-b180-a33c1c86fc45\">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>In Caroline, whar I was born,<br>I hust de wood, an&#8217; I chop de corn,<br>A roasted ear to de house I bring,<br>But de driver cotch me and he sing:<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">CHORUS<br>Walk, jaw bone, Jenny come along,<br>In come Sally wid de bootees on,<br>Walk, jaw bone, Jenny, come along,<br>In come Sally wid de bootees on.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ol start=\"2\" class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>De cord de driver from me rob,<br>An&#8217; he make me eat de cob;<br>I chaw de cob until my gums<br>Stick out like Carolina plums.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Dey fasten me up under de barn,<br>Dey feed me dar on leaves ob corn;<br>It tickled my digestion so,<br>Dat I cotch de cholerophoby, oh.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Dey mad me a scar-crow in de field.<br>And a buzzard come to get his meal,<br>But in his face I blowed my bref,<br>An&#8217; he was a case for ole Jim Death.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Next come a hungry eagle down,<br>Oh! gosh thinks I, dis nig&#8217;s done drown;<br>But he winked an&#8217; cried &#8220;I&#8217;se de bird ob de free<br>And won&#8217;t eat de meat ob slabery.&#8221;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Next come a weasel for my juice,<br>An&#8217; he gnawed till he untied me loose,<br>An&#8217; den I mad off wid a quick salarm,<br>An&#8217; lef&#8217; him be widout a dram.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Den down de bank I see&#8217;d de ship,<br>I slide down dar on de bone ob my hip;<br>I crossed de drink an&#8217; yare I am,<br>If I go back dar, I&#8217;ll be damn<\/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 written expressly for Cool White, 1844Words and Music by Silas Sexton Steele The sheet music: Accompaniment by Benjamin R. 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