{"id":533,"date":"2018-09-04T13:00:03","date_gmt":"2018-09-04T13:00:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/?page_id=533"},"modified":"2023-05-17T11:19:51","modified_gmt":"2023-05-17T11:19:51","slug":"down-in-alabam","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/down-in-alabam\/","title":{"rendered":"Down in Alabam&#8217;"},"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\">This 1858 minstrel song became &#8220;The Old Gray Mare&#8221;<br>words and music by J. Warner<br>arranged by Walter Meadows<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Based on a spiritual &#8220;Go in the Wilderness.&#8221; It was transformed for the minstrel show. Here it has polka rhythm with Scotch snaps. This was popular during slavery. It may refer to a horse race trotting record set in 1843 in New Jersey.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity is-style-wide\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The sheet music:&nbsp;<\/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\/2018\/09\/Down-In-Alabam.pdf\" type=\"application\/pdf\" style=\"width:100%;height:600px\" aria-label=\"Embed of Down In Alabam - Sheet Music.\"><\/object><a id=\"wp-block-file--media-4841a99b-75f8-436f-89d3-9deb471dae40\" href=\"https:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/Down-In-Alabam.pdf\">Down In Alabam &#8211; Sheet Music<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/Down-In-Alabam.pdf\" class=\"wp-block-file__button wp-element-button\" download aria-describedby=\"wp-block-file--media-4841a99b-75f8-436f-89d3-9deb471dae40\">Download<\/a><\/div>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity is-style-wide\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Accompaniment:&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-file\"><a id=\"wp-block-file--media-d8954bf4-18b5-48fd-b879-ad373405b625\" href=\"https:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/Down-In-Alabam.mid\">Down In Alabam &#8211; MIDI<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/Down-In-Alabam.mid\" class=\"wp-block-file__button wp-element-button\" download aria-describedby=\"wp-block-file--media-d8954bf4-18b5-48fd-b879-ad373405b625\">Download<\/a><\/div>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity is-style-wide\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Lyrics<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">1. My old massa he&#8217;s got the dropser, um<br>He&#8217;s got the dropser, um, he&#8217;s got the dropser, um<br>He am sure to die &#8216;kase he&#8217;s got no doctor, um<br>Down in Alabam&#8217;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Chorus<br>Ain&#8217;t I glad I got out de wilderness<br>Got out de wilderness, got out de wilderness<br>Ain&#8217;t I glad I got out de wilderness<br>Down in Alabam&#8217;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">2. Old blind horse come from Jerusalum<br>Come from Jerusalum, come from Jerusalum<br>He kicks so high dey put him in de museum<br>Down in Alabam&#8217;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">3. Dis am a holiday, we hab assembled, um<br>We hab assembled, um, we hab assembled, um<br>To dance and sing for de ladies and genbleum<br>Down in Alabam&#8217;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">4. Far you well to de wild goose nation<br>Wild goose nation, wild goose nation<br>I neber will leab de old plantation<br>Down in Alabam&#8217;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity is-style-wide\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Sung here by Fred Feild:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"youtube-player\" width=\"840\" height=\"473\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/F5O0n5YU-LA?version=3&#038;rel=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;showinfo=1&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;fs=1&#038;hl=en-US&#038;autohide=2&#038;wmode=transparent\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" style=\"border:0;\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox\"><\/iframe><\/span>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[WARNING: This song contains antiquated racial stereotypes. It is presented here for historical and educational purposes only.] This 1858 minstrel song became &#8220;The Old Gray Mare&#8221;words and music by J. Warnerarranged by Walter Meadows Based on a spiritual &#8220;Go in the Wilderness.&#8221; It was transformed for the minstrel show. Here it has polka rhythm with &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/down-in-alabam\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Down in Alabam&#8217;&#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-533","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/Pa3ZiQ-8B","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/533","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=533"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/533\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3934,"href":"https:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/533\/revisions\/3934"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=533"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}