{"id":5459,"date":"2025-10-09T17:37:13","date_gmt":"2025-10-09T21:37:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/?page_id=5459"},"modified":"2025-10-09T17:38:32","modified_gmt":"2025-10-09T21:38:32","slug":"when-mammys-pickaninnys-fast-asleep","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/when-mammys-pickaninnys-fast-asleep\/","title":{"rendered":"When Mammy&#8217;s Pickaninny&#8217;s Fast Asleep"},"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 slumber song from 1898<br>Words and music by John Martin<\/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\/2025\/10\/When-Mammys-Pickaninnys-Fast-Asleep-1898.pdf\" type=\"application\/pdf\" style=\"width:100%;height:600px\" aria-label=\"Embed of When Mammy&apos;s Pickaninny&apos;s Fast Asleep 1898.\"><\/object><a id=\"wp-block-file--media-d54ba975-1f70-4bd7-8cfa-dddb8355772a\" href=\"https:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/When-Mammys-Pickaninnys-Fast-Asleep-1898.pdf\">When Mammy&#8217;s Pickaninny&#8217;s Fast Asleep 1898<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/When-Mammys-Pickaninnys-Fast-Asleep-1898.pdf\" class=\"wp-block-file__button wp-element-button\" download aria-describedby=\"wp-block-file--media-d54ba975-1f70-4bd7-8cfa-dddb8355772a\">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-5985be5b-7062-4b49-aae1-e2ebde5ad667\" href=\"https:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/When-Mammys-Pickaninnys-Fast-Asleep-1898-1.mid\">When Mammy&#8217;s Pickaninny&#8217;s Fast Asleep &#8211; MIDI<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/When-Mammys-Pickaninnys-Fast-Asleep-1898-1.mid\" class=\"wp-block-file__button wp-element-button\" download aria-describedby=\"wp-block-file--media-5985be5b-7062-4b49-aae1-e2ebde5ad667\">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>There\u2019s a little pickaninny and he lives far away<br>Where birds are singing sweetly in the morn<br>His daddy is a working in the cotton all the day<br>While the south wind is a sighing thro\u2019 the corn<br>His mammy thinks her baby is the sweetest little coon<br>As she kisses him and pats his curly head<br>And when the stars are winking at the old men in the moon<br>She\u2019s a singing as she tucks him into bed.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Chorus:<br>When mammy\u2019s pickaninny\u2019s fast asleep<br>Then fairies \u2019round his cradle softly creep<br>In dreamland he will play until the break of day<br>When golden stars no longer slyly peep<br>He\u2019s safe from ev\u2019ry danger care and harm<br>While dreaming in his cradle song and warm<br>Then why should baby fear when mammy\u2019s watching near<br>While her little pickaninny\u2019s fast asleep.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ol start=\"2\" class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>In the morning when the sun\u2019s a shining thro\u2019 the cabin door<br>Then mammy comes to wake her little prize<br>She smiles at all his capers as he toddles \u2019round the floor<br>And watches her with wond\u2019ring baby eyes<br>When bells begin a chiming in the meeting house in town<br>And the crickets \u2019round the fireplace start to cheep<br>Then dusky eyes grow heavy when the sun\u2019s a going down<br>And his mammy sings her little boy to sleep<\/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 slumber song from 1898Words and music by John Martin The sheet music: Accompaniment by Benjamin R. 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