{"id":5490,"date":"2025-10-15T16:38:06","date_gmt":"2025-10-15T20:38:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/?page_id=5490"},"modified":"2025-10-15T16:38:06","modified_gmt":"2025-10-15T20:38:06","slug":"sing-again-that-sweet-refrain","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/sing-again-that-sweet-refrain\/","title":{"rendered":"Sing Again That Sweet Refrain"},"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\">(Far From the Old Folks at Home)<br>A minstrel show song from 1894<br>Words and music by Gussie L. Davis<\/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\/Sing-Again-That-Sweet-Refrain-1894.pdf\" type=\"application\/pdf\" style=\"width:100%;height:600px\" aria-label=\"Embed of Sing Again That Sweet Refrain - Sheet Music.\"><\/object><a id=\"wp-block-file--media-1deebb9e-c48e-4a97-8803-d055446cbcdc\" href=\"https:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Sing-Again-That-Sweet-Refrain-1894.pdf\">Sing Again That Sweet Refrain &#8211; Sheet Music<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Sing-Again-That-Sweet-Refrain-1894.pdf\" class=\"wp-block-file__button wp-element-button\" download aria-describedby=\"wp-block-file--media-1deebb9e-c48e-4a97-8803-d055446cbcdc\">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-465f805a-78ff-4036-acb8-1a9e573e94cf\" href=\"https:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Sing-Again-That-Sweet-Refrain-1894.mid\">Sing Again That Sweet Refrain &#8211; MIDI<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Sing-Again-That-Sweet-Refrain-1894.mid\" class=\"wp-block-file__button wp-element-button\" download aria-describedby=\"wp-block-file--media-465f805a-78ff-4036-acb8-1a9e573e94cf\">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>The music hall was crowded<br>In a city o\u2019er the sea<br>And brilliant lights were burning everywhere<br>The songs and witty sayings<br>Filled the audience with glee<br>For the minstrels from the sunny South were there<br>A minstrel sang a song<br>About his old plantation home<br>Down upon the Swanee River far away<br>Then a greyhaired aged darkey<br>Sat in sadness and in gloom,<br>He arose, and this is what they heard him say<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Refrain:<br>Sing again that sweet refrain,<br>Dars where the old folks stay;<br>It takes me back to slav\u2019ry days,<br>Before I was sold away;<br>Along de Swannee River banks,<br>Dars where I used to roam;<br>Nows I\u2019se old and grey, and far away,<br>Far from the old folks at home!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ol start=\"2\" class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>The minstrel sang the song again<br>And eyes grew dim with tears<br>The aged darkey sat with head bowed low<br>And something in his heart awoke<br>That slumbered there for years<br>\u2019Twas the mem\u2019ry of a mother long ago<br>The play, let out, to loud applause<br>And when the curtain fell<br>The darkey slowly tottered on his way<br>Thinking of the sweet voiced singer<br>And the song he\u2019d sung so well<br>Thinking of the song that made him rise and say<\/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.] (Far From the Old Folks at Home)A minstrel show song from 1894Words and music by Gussie L. Davis The sheet music: Accompaniment by Benjamin R. 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