{"id":5551,"date":"2026-01-10T17:07:26","date_gmt":"2026-01-10T21:07:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/?page_id=5551"},"modified":"2026-01-10T17:07:26","modified_gmt":"2026-01-10T21:07:26","slug":"my-creole-saidee","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/my-creole-saidee\/","title":{"rendered":"My Creole Saidee"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"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 popular song from 1907<br>Words by James Brennen<br>Music by Edward Wright<\/pre>\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\/My-Creole-Saidee-1907.pdf\" type=\"application\/pdf\" style=\"width:100%;height:600px\" aria-label=\"Embed of My Creole Saidee - Sheet Music.\"><\/object><a id=\"wp-block-file--media-0bb04e7b-c0a8-4f1e-bbbc-835d6e4c9614\" href=\"https:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/My-Creole-Saidee-1907.pdf\">My Creole Saidee &#8211; Sheet Music<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/My-Creole-Saidee-1907.pdf\" class=\"wp-block-file__button wp-element-button\" download aria-describedby=\"wp-block-file--media-0bb04e7b-c0a8-4f1e-bbbc-835d6e4c9614\">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-2283a90f-b847-48f1-b160-d872a9673967\" href=\"https:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/My_Creole_Saidee_1907_s_JPP.mid\">My_Creole_Saidee &#8211; MIDI<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/My_Creole_Saidee_1907_s_JPP.mid\" class=\"wp-block-file__button wp-element-button\" download aria-describedby=\"wp-block-file--media-2283a90f-b847-48f1-b160-d872a9673967\">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. Down in Florida lives a brown skin lady<br>She's as sweet as she can be<br>And her name is Saidee<br>When the sun is sinking low<br>And evening bells are ringing<br>With my Saidee by my side<br>This song you'll hear me singing<br>I kiss her sweet and then repeat<br>This tender lullaby<br><br>Chorus:<br>Oh! Oh! Miss Saidee, I am afraidee<br>That you'll ne'er love me as I love you<br>So tell me Saidee that you're my lady<br>For my Creole Saidee, I love you<br><br>2. 'Round her southern home the palm trees are so shady<br>And when all are gone to rest<br>I'm thinking of my Saidee<br>When the pale morn shines<br>And the bees have stopped their humming<br>I stroll by her cabin door<br>While my banjo I am strumming<br>With tone so clear to her listening ear<br>I sing this serenade<\/pre>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity is-style-wide\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[WARNING: This song contains antiquated racial stereotypes. It is presented here for historical and educational purposes only.] A popular song from 1907Words by James BrennenMusic by Edward Wright The sheet music: Accompaniment by James Pitt-Payne: Lyrics 1. Down in Florida lives a brown skin ladyShe&#8217;s as sweet as she can beAnd her name is SaideeWhen &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/my-creole-saidee\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;My Creole Saidee&#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-5551","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/Pa3ZiQ-1rx","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/5551","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=5551"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/5551\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5554,"href":"https:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/5551\/revisions\/5554"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5551"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}