{"id":5337,"date":"2024-08-23T00:39:07","date_gmt":"2024-08-23T00:39:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/?page_id=5337"},"modified":"2024-08-23T00:39:07","modified_gmt":"2024-08-23T00:39:07","slug":"bring-de-banjo-ebenezer","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/bring-de-banjo-ebenezer\/","title":{"rendered":"Bring de Banjo, Ebenezer"},"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 plantation song from 1899<br>Words and music by Geo. M. Vickers<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"778\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/ebenezer-cover-778x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-5338\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/ebenezer-cover-778x1024.jpg 778w, https:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/ebenezer-cover-228x300.jpg 228w, https:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/ebenezer-cover-768x1011.jpg 768w, https:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/ebenezer-cover-1166x1536.jpg 1166w, https:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/ebenezer-cover-1200x1580.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/ebenezer-cover.jpg 1253w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 778px) 85vw, 778px\" \/><\/figure>\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\/Bring-de-Banjo-Ebenezer-1899.pdf\" type=\"application\/pdf\" style=\"width:100%;height:600px\" aria-label=\"Embed of Bring de Banjo, Ebenezer - Sheet Music.\"><\/object><a id=\"wp-block-file--media-7aaed526-276f-4d40-99f2-6f9f794fd979\" href=\"https:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Bring-de-Banjo-Ebenezer-1899.pdf\">Bring de Banjo, Ebenezer &#8211; Sheet Music<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Bring-de-Banjo-Ebenezer-1899.pdf\" class=\"wp-block-file__button wp-element-button\" download aria-describedby=\"wp-block-file--media-7aaed526-276f-4d40-99f2-6f9f794fd979\">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>When de summer moon am shining<br>When de gentle night wind blows<br>Then de darkies love to wander<br>Where de Mississippi flows<br>Sweethearts am sweeter then<br>Life from trouble then am free<br>But, oh, it seems to me like heaven<br>When my Linda&#8217;s there with me<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Refrain<br>Bring de banjo, Ebenezer<br>Play us a song that we know<br>Oh, pick on de string<br>While de darkies sing<br>De songs what we sung long ago<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ol start=\"2\" class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Linda am my own true darling<br>She am all de world to me<br>Like a rose that fresh am blooming<br>Fairer than de morn am she<br>Oh, darkies, come tonight<br>Come across de fields of corn<br>We&#8217;ll dance and sing beside the river<br>Till de first gray streak of morn<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Listen to de darkies singing<br>Happy am each heart and gay<br>In de cabin stay de ole folks<br>While de children go to play<br>Linda, she loves me true<br>Like de stars her bright eyes shine<br>And, oh, de day am surely coming<br>When forever she&#8217;ll be mine<\/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 plantation song from 1899Words and music by Geo. M. 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