{"id":541,"date":"2018-09-04T13:07:37","date_gmt":"2018-09-04T13:07:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/?page_id=541"},"modified":"2023-05-17T11:36:47","modified_gmt":"2023-05-17T11:36:47","slug":"down-on-de-banks-ob-de-mississippi-ribber","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/down-on-de-banks-ob-de-mississippi-ribber\/","title":{"rendered":"Down on de Banks ob de Mississippi Ribber"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">[WARNING: contains the N-word. Original presented as part of music history.]<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A Mississippi Cat-Fish Nig<br>a 1896 popular song<br>words by R. A. Browne<br>music by Chas Coleman<\/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-on-de-Banks-ob-de-Mississippi-Ribber.pdf\" type=\"application\/pdf\" style=\"width:100%;height:600px\" aria-label=\"Embed of Down on de Banks ob de Mississippi Ribber - Sheet Music.\"><\/object><a id=\"wp-block-file--media-28076cea-d894-4339-bfb4-966e3997e0f0\" href=\"https:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/Down-on-de-Banks-ob-de-Mississippi-Ribber.pdf\">Down on de Banks ob de Mississippi Ribber &#8211; Sheet Music<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/Down-on-de-Banks-ob-de-Mississippi-Ribber.pdf\" class=\"wp-block-file__button wp-element-button\" download aria-describedby=\"wp-block-file--media-28076cea-d894-4339-bfb4-966e3997e0f0\">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 by Benjamin R. Tubb:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-file\"><a id=\"wp-block-file--media-970e27f1-66c1-4caa-b975-833ca9dca256\" href=\"https:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/Down-on-de-Banks-ob-de-Mississippi-Ribber.mid\">Down on de Banks ob de Mississippi Ribber &#8211; MIDI<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/Down-on-de-Banks-ob-de-Mississippi-Ribber.mid\" class=\"wp-block-file__button wp-element-button\" download aria-describedby=\"wp-block-file--media-970e27f1-66c1-4caa-b975-833ca9dca256\">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. Once a little yaller nigger sat a fishin&#8217; on a dock<br>A fishin&#8217; for de fishes down below<br>And he waited fo&#8217; an hour, but he nebber got a bite<br>De catchin&#8217; it was mighty, mighty slow<br>Den dis little yaller nigger got disgusted with his luck<br>As he felt a drowsy feeling o&#8217;er him creep<br>So he tied the line onto his foot to wake him up in time<br>Den he curled himself up and he went to sleep<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Chorus<br>Down on de banks ob de Mississippi Ribber<br>Down on de ribber shore<br>Dere is just anudder nigger gone to Hebben, dat&#8217;s all<br>An&#8217; he&#8217;ll nebber go a fishin&#8217; any more<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">2. On de bottom ob de ribber snoopin&#8217; round about de mud<br>Was a daddy fish ob most de biggest size<br>Nebber thinkin&#8217; of de little nigger fishin&#8217; up above<br>\u2018Till he saw de bait before his very eyes<br>Den he flipped his tail and fins, and gaily winked his other eye<br>And he said &#8220;Dere is my dinner, sure as sin&#8221;<br>Den he gave a little nibble, an\u2019 he swallow\u2019d hook and all<br>And he pulled so hard he pulled de nigger in<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">3. When de mornin\u2019 came, de neighbors walkin\u2019 down de ribber shore<br>Found de fish and found de little nigger, too<br>Tangled up and both together in de Mississippi mud<br>How it happen\u2019d no one ever really knew<br>And a question\u2019s nebber answer\u2019d in dat little darkey town<br>Tho\u2019 to solve it is each neighbor\u2019s earnest wish<br>The conundrum, if the fish had caught de little yaller nig<br>Or de little yaller nig had caught de fish<\/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-audio\"><audio controls src=\"https:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/Down-on-de-Banks-ob-de-Mississippi-Ribber.mp3\"><\/audio><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[WARNING: contains the N-word. Original presented as part of music history.] A Mississippi Cat-Fish Niga 1896 popular songwords by R. A. Brownemusic by Chas Coleman The sheet music:&nbsp; Accompaniment by Benjamin R. Tubb: Lyrics 1. 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