{"id":5545,"date":"2026-01-09T19:15:02","date_gmt":"2026-01-09T23:15:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/?page_id=5545"},"modified":"2026-01-09T19:18:51","modified_gmt":"2026-01-09T23:18:51","slug":"mammys-little-honey-boy","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/mammys-little-honey-boy\/","title":{"rendered":"Mammy&#8217;s Little Honey Boy"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>[WARNING: This song contains antiquated racial stereotypes. It is presented here for historical and educational purposes only.]<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<pre class=\"wp-block-verse has-medium-font-size\">A darkey song from 1901<br>Words and music by Carl L. Mittell<\/pre>\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\/2026\/01\/Mammys-Little-Honey-Boy-1901.pdf\" type=\"application\/pdf\" style=\"width:100%;height:600px\" aria-label=\"Embed of Mammy&apos;s Little Honey Boy - Sheet Music.\"><\/object><a id=\"wp-block-file--media-92093601-2b2e-4f68-bd63-9962d692d02f\" href=\"https:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Mammys-Little-Honey-Boy-1901.pdf\">Mammy&#8217;s Little Honey Boy &#8211; Sheet Music<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Mammys-Little-Honey-Boy-1901.pdf\" class=\"wp-block-file__button wp-element-button\" download aria-describedby=\"wp-block-file--media-92093601-2b2e-4f68-bd63-9962d692d02f\">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 James Pitt-Payne:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-file\"><a id=\"wp-block-file--media-2c07d274-6e1d-4e06-90e9-dedec14584bf\" href=\"https:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Mammys_Little_Honey_Boy_1901_s_JPP.mid\">Mammys_Little_Honey_Boy &#8211; MIDI<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Mammys_Little_Honey_Boy_1901_s_JPP.mid\" class=\"wp-block-file__button wp-element-button\" download aria-describedby=\"wp-block-file--media-2c07d274-6e1d-4e06-90e9-dedec14584bf\">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<pre class=\"wp-block-verse has-medium-font-size\">1. Long years ago, way down in Tennessee<br>Ah what a babe, as happy as could be<br>When in de night de stars were in de sky<br>Mammy would sing to me dis lullaby<br><br>Chorus:<br>Sleep honey boy<br>An' let yo' tiny eyelids close<br>Mammy now will watch you<br>Else de goblins cotch you<br>Stop dose cries an' close yo' eyes<br>Sleep, honey boy<br>Little pickaninny now repose<br>Angels bright will keep you free de night<br>Mammy's little honey boy<br><br>2. Now ah's ol' mah hair is turning gray<br>Years hab passed since mammy went erway<br>Yet in de night when all am sad an' drear<br>Seems to me dat lullaby ah hear<\/pre>\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 darkey song from 1901Words and music by Carl L. Mittell The sheet music: Accompaniment by James Pitt-Payne: Lyrics 1. Long years ago, way down in TennesseeAh what a babe, as happy as could beWhen in de night &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/mammys-little-honey-boy\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Mammy&#8217;s Little Honey Boy&#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-5545","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/Pa3ZiQ-1rr","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/5545","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=5545"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/5545\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5550,"href":"https:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/5545\/revisions\/5550"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5545"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}