{"id":5559,"date":"2026-01-12T16:16:29","date_gmt":"2026-01-12T20:16:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/?page_id=5559"},"modified":"2026-01-12T16:26:24","modified_gmt":"2026-01-12T20:26:24","slug":"at-the-shim-me-sha-wabblers-ball","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/at-the-shim-me-sha-wabblers-ball\/","title":{"rendered":"At the Shim-Me-Sha-Wabbler&#8217;s Ball"},"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 1918<br>Words and music by Geo. A. Lewis<\/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\/At-the-Shim-me-sha-wabblers-Ball-1918.pdf\" type=\"application\/pdf\" style=\"width:100%;height:600px\" aria-label=\"Embed of At the Shim-me-sha-wabbler&apos;s Ball - Sheet Music.\"><\/object><a id=\"wp-block-file--media-04f50fba-dbb5-453b-8126-b42456136d0e\" href=\"https:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/At-the-Shim-me-sha-wabblers-Ball-1918.pdf\">At the Shim-me-sha-wabbler&#8217;s Ball &#8211; Sheet Music<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/At-the-Shim-me-sha-wabblers-Ball-1918.pdf\" class=\"wp-block-file__button wp-element-button\" download aria-describedby=\"wp-block-file--media-04f50fba-dbb5-453b-8126-b42456136d0e\">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-7016eeb5-33ca-48aa-bb2b-25607c7fb79f\" href=\"https:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/At_The_Shim-Me-Sha-Wabblers_Ball_1918_s_JPP.mid\">At_The_Shim-Me-Sha-Wabblers_Ball &#8211; MIDI<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/At_The_Shim-Me-Sha-Wabblers_Ball_1918_s_JPP.mid\" class=\"wp-block-file__button wp-element-button\" download aria-describedby=\"wp-block-file--media-7016eeb5-33ca-48aa-bb2b-25607c7fb79f\">Download<\/a><\/div>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<pre class=\"wp-block-verse has-medium-font-size\">Lyrics<br><br>1. They had a swell time down in old Memphis town<br>At the Shim-me-sha-wabbler's Ball<br>Alexander and his big Jazz Band<br>Made the music shake the hall<br>They danced all night till the broad day light<br>And still they wanted to dance some more<br>They couldn't stop that funny hop<br>But continued to dance 'round the floor<br>Alexander 'rose to say, \"'Tis now the break of day<br>We'll play just one more tune for you<br>And then I'll say we're through\"<br><br>Chorus:<br>All the drakes were there dressed in their best Sunday wear<br>Down at the Shim-me-sha-wabbler's Ball<br>Some high browns short, some high browns tall<br>And high yellows lean and small<br>They Simm-me-sha-wabbled 'round the hall<br>Where the alligators wiggle and the turtles crawl<br>And they had a hot time one and all<br>At the Shim-me-sha-wabbler's Ball<br><br>2. There were some brown skin gals with high yellow pals<br>At the Shim-me-sha-wabbler's Ball<br>There were chocolate browns from nearby towns<br>That were gliding 'round the hall<br>Old Deacon Lee, he went wild with glee<br>And danced all 'round on that ballroom floor<br>He grabbed Sis Brown from Memphis town<br>And he called for some more and for more<br>For he learned it right away<br>And then had this to say<br>\"There'll be no service Sunday night<br>Instead we'll learn this right\"<\/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 popular song from 1918Words and music by Geo. A. Lewis The sheet music: Accompaniment by James Pitt-Payne: Lyrics1. They had a swell time down in old Memphis townAt the Shim-me-sha-wabbler&#8217;s BallAlexander and his big Jazz BandMade the &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/at-the-shim-me-sha-wabblers-ball\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;At the Shim-Me-Sha-Wabbler&#8217;s Ball&#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-5559","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/Pa3ZiQ-1rF","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/5559","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=5559"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/5559\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5563,"href":"https:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/5559\/revisions\/5563"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5559"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}