{"id":5470,"date":"2025-10-13T14:52:51","date_gmt":"2025-10-13T18:52:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/?page_id=5470"},"modified":"2025-10-13T14:52:51","modified_gmt":"2025-10-13T18:52:51","slug":"southern-lullaby","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/southern-lullaby\/","title":{"rendered":"Southern Lullaby"},"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 popular song from 1897<br>Words by Paul Lawrence Dunbar<br>Music by W. W. Gilchrist<\/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\/Southern-Lullaby-1897.pdf\" type=\"application\/pdf\" style=\"width:100%;height:600px\" aria-label=\"Embed of Southern Lullaby - Sheet Music.\"><\/object><a id=\"wp-block-file--media-55f61416-c68e-43b5-bcc6-533353ee8346\" href=\"https:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Southern-Lullaby-1897.pdf\">Southern Lullaby &#8211; Sheet Music<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Southern-Lullaby-1897.pdf\" class=\"wp-block-file__button wp-element-button\" download aria-describedby=\"wp-block-file--media-55f61416-c68e-43b5-bcc6-533353ee8346\">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-31de8d17-ac1b-428a-813e-403e508dde23\" href=\"https:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Southern-Lullaby-1897.mid\">Southern Lullaby &#8211; MIDI<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Southern-Lullaby-1897.mid\" class=\"wp-block-file__button wp-element-button\" download aria-describedby=\"wp-block-file--media-31de8d17-ac1b-428a-813e-403e508dde23\">Download<\/a><\/div>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Bedtime\u2019s come fo\u2019 little boys,<br>Po\u2019 little lamb!<br>Too tiah\u2019d out to make a noise,<br>Po\u2019 little lamb!<br>Gwine to have tomorrer sho\u2019?<br>Yes you tole me dat befo\u2019,<br>Don\u2019t you fool me, chile, no mo\u2019,<br>Po\u2019 little lamb!<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>You been bad the livelong day,<br>Po\u2019 little lamb!<br>Throwin\u2019 stones an\u2019 runnin\u2019 way,<br>Po\u2019 little lamb!<br>My! but you\u2019s a runnin\u2019 wild,<br>Look jes\u2019 like some po\u2019 folk chile,<br>Mam\u2019 gwine whip you atter while,<br>Po\u2019 little lamb!<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Come hyeah! you mos\u2019 tiah\u2019d to def,<br>Po\u2019 little lamb!<br>Play\u2019d yo\u2019se\u2019f clean out o\u2019 bref,<br>Po\u2019 little lamb!<br>See dem han\u2019s now, sich a sight!<br>Would you evah, b\u2019lieve dey\u2019s white?<br>Stan\u2019 still while I wash dem right,<br>Po\u2019 little lamb!<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Jes\u2019 caint hol\u2019 yo\u2019 haid up straight,<br>Po\u2019 little lamb!<br>Hadn\u2019t oughter play\u2019d so late,<br>Po\u2019 little lamb!<br>Mammy do\u2019 know what she\u2019d do,<br>Ef de chillun\u2019s all lak you,<br>You\u2019s a caution now fu\u2019 tru\u2019,<br>Po\u2019 little lamb!<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Lay yo\u2019 haid down in my lap,<br>Po\u2019 little lamb!<br>Y\u2019ought to have a right down slap,<br>Po\u2019 little lamb!<br>You been runnin\u2019 roun\u2019 a heap,<br>Shet dem eyes an\u2019 don\u2019 you peep,<br>Dah now! day now! go to sleep,<br>Po\u2019 little lamb!<\/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. 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