{"id":5484,"date":"2025-10-13T15:55:13","date_gmt":"2025-10-13T19:55:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/?page_id=5484"},"modified":"2025-10-13T15:57:01","modified_gmt":"2025-10-13T19:57:01","slug":"riding-in-the-heavenly-row-boat","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/riding-in-the-heavenly-row-boat\/","title":{"rendered":"Riding in the Heavenly Row-Boat"},"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\">Ethiopian Song and Chorus from 1894<br>Words &amp; Music by Barney Fagan<\/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\/Riding-in-the-Heavenly-Row-Boat-1894.pdf\" type=\"application\/pdf\" style=\"width:100%;height:600px\" aria-label=\"Embed of Riding in the Heavenly Row-Boat - Sheet Music.\"><\/object><a id=\"wp-block-file--media-e73d3df0-0aaf-479d-8f5e-c513ef5b453d\" href=\"https:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Riding-in-the-Heavenly-Row-Boat-1894.pdf\">Riding in the Heavenly Row-Boat &#8211; Sheet Music<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Riding-in-the-Heavenly-Row-Boat-1894.pdf\" class=\"wp-block-file__button wp-element-button\" download aria-describedby=\"wp-block-file--media-e73d3df0-0aaf-479d-8f5e-c513ef5b453d\">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-9733cf4e-5bbc-4392-b524-2baf58f0e0d0\" href=\"https:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Riding-in-the-Heavenly-Row-Boat-1894.mid\">Riding in the Heavenly Row-Boat &#8211; MIDI<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Riding-in-the-Heavenly-Row-Boat-1894.mid\" class=\"wp-block-file__button wp-element-button\" download aria-describedby=\"wp-block-file--media-9733cf4e-5bbc-4392-b524-2baf58f0e0d0\">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>Riding in the heav&#8217;nly row-boat,<br>Heading for the promise land,<br>Guided by the heav&#8217;nly music<br>Played by the Big Black Angel Band;<br>Dip my feet in Jordan&#8217;s water,<br>Draw the sin from my body out,<br>Then I&#8217;ll enter pure and spotless,<br>That place niggers all dream about.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Chorus:<br>Wait &#8217;till Zion&#8217;s ready,<br>Then pull long and steady,<br>Hug the shore, look-out, don&#8217;t get out,<br>Where the current&#8217;s strong,<br>There the danger&#8217;s lurking.<br>Keep them oars a working,<br>Don&#8217;t you bob your head around,<br>But speed that boat along.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ol start=\"2\" class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Ridin in the heav&#8217;nly row-boat,<br>Steering for the golden shore,<br>Get on board, repentant sinners<br>Jump in position, grab an oar;<br>Wait &#8217;till you hear old Gabriel&#8217;s trumpet,<br>Toot, then dip, don&#8217;t you dip too deep,<br>As you pass on out through Hell Gate,<br>Don&#8217;t wake satan up, let him 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.] Ethiopian Song and Chorus from 1894Words &amp; Music by Barney Fagan The sheet music: Accompaniment by Benjamin R. Tubb: Lyrics Chorus:Wait &#8217;till Zion&#8217;s ready,Then pull long and steady,Hug the shore, look-out, don&#8217;t get out,Where the current&#8217;s strong,There the &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/riding-in-the-heavenly-row-boat\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Riding in the Heavenly Row-Boat&#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-5484","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/Pa3ZiQ-1qs","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/5484","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=5484"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/5484\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5489,"href":"https:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/5484\/revisions\/5489"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5484"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}