{"id":5474,"date":"2025-10-13T15:08:23","date_gmt":"2025-10-13T19:08:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/?page_id=5474"},"modified":"2025-10-13T15:08:23","modified_gmt":"2025-10-13T19:08:23","slug":"susanna-from-savannah","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/susanna-from-savannah\/","title":{"rendered":"Susanna from Savannah"},"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 negro ditty from 1897<br>Words and Music by George Evans<br>Arranged by Theodore Northrup<\/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\/Susanna-from-Savannah-1897.pdf\" type=\"application\/pdf\" style=\"width:100%;height:600px\" aria-label=\"Embed of Susanna from Savannah - Sheet Music.\"><\/object><a id=\"wp-block-file--media-9bbd188c-2196-4147-b9d3-b34df4516125\" href=\"https:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Susanna-from-Savannah-1897.pdf\">Susanna from Savannah &#8211; Sheet Music<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Susanna-from-Savannah-1897.pdf\" class=\"wp-block-file__button wp-element-button\" download aria-describedby=\"wp-block-file--media-9bbd188c-2196-4147-b9d3-b34df4516125\">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-a1f0aab1-be60-4851-8c53-95a60217262e\" href=\"https:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Susanna-from-Savannah-1897.mid\">Susanna from Savannah &#8211; MIDI<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Susanna-from-Savannah-1897.mid\" class=\"wp-block-file__button wp-element-button\" download aria-describedby=\"wp-block-file--media-a1f0aab1-be60-4851-8c53-95a60217262e\">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 cottage down in Georgia<br>In the city of Savannah,<br>Where a cocoa colored gal does dwell;<br>Her ways they are the coaxingest,<br>She has the cutest manner,<br>Her name to you I\u2019ll tell.<br>She\u2019s not like other ladies<br>Of the chocolate persuation,<br>And her style is all her own:<br>She\u2019s the blackest stick of licorice<br>The sun has ever shone on.<br>And some day she\u2019ll be my own.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Chorus:<br>O Susanna, from Savannah,<br>You\u2019re my blackeyed angel from above;<br>You\u2019se my honey,<br>My spendin\u2019 money;<br>O Susanna, my lady love.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ol start=\"2\" class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>A coon named Rufus Jackson<br>Was trying to steal Susanna,<br>But his work was just a little too coarse;<br>For I carved up Mister Jackson<br>In a scandalacious manner,<br>Now his fam\u2019ly mourn his loss<br>A procession left his domicile<br>A week ago today,<br>And in the front carriage he did ride;<br>And, to tell the truth, you know,<br>His friends behind were walking slow, for<br>Rufus had done gone and died.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[WARNING: This song contains antiquated racial stereotypes. It is presented here for historical and educational purposes only.] A negro ditty from 1897Words and Music by George EvansArranged by Theodore Northrup The sheet music: Accompaniment by Benjamin R. Tubb: Lyrics Chorus:O Susanna, from Savannah,You\u2019re my blackeyed angel from above;You\u2019se my honey,My spendin\u2019 money;O Susanna, my lady &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/susanna-from-savannah\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Susanna from Savannah&#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-5474","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/Pa3ZiQ-1qi","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/5474","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=5474"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/5474\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5477,"href":"https:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/5474\/revisions\/5477"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5474"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}