{"id":5568,"date":"2026-01-20T17:12:51","date_gmt":"2026-01-20T21:12:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/?page_id=5568"},"modified":"2026-01-20T17:12:51","modified_gmt":"2026-01-20T21:12:51","slug":"cotton","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/cotton\/","title":{"rendered":"Cotton"},"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\">(Cotton Was a Little Dixie Rose)<br>A pickaninny fox trot ballad from 1920<br>Words by George A. Little<br>Music by Fred Rose<\/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\/Cotton-1920.pdf\" type=\"application\/pdf\" style=\"width:100%;height:600px\" aria-label=\"Embed of Cotton - Sheet Music.\"><\/object><a id=\"wp-block-file--media-70a8f566-3b3f-4c71-a227-36362d5029c2\" href=\"https:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Cotton-1920.pdf\">Cotton &#8211; Sheet Music<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Cotton-1920.pdf\" class=\"wp-block-file__button wp-element-button\" download aria-describedby=\"wp-block-file--media-70a8f566-3b3f-4c71-a227-36362d5029c2\">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-f1d6652b-79ff-49e1-9726-afb138f11d68\" href=\"https:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Cotton_1920_s_JPP.mid\">Cotton &#8211; MIDI<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Cotton_1920_s_JPP.mid\" class=\"wp-block-file__button wp-element-button\" download aria-describedby=\"wp-block-file--media-f1d6652b-79ff-49e1-9726-afb138f11d68\">Download<\/a><\/div>\n\n\n\n<pre class=\"wp-block-verse has-medium-font-size\">Lyrics<br><br>1. Cotton fields remind me <br>Of a story I once heard<br>And now as I recall it<br>I remember every word<br>'Bout a tiny darkey <br>From the land where cotton grows<br>I bet 'way up in heaven<br>Little Cotton is a rose<br><br>Refrain:<br>Cotton, folks all hugged and kissed him<br>Cotton, everybody missed him<br>Tho' his face was dark as night<br>His little heart was white<br>Everyone would tease him<br>Still it seemed to please him<br>Cotton, Mammy used to rock him<br>At the evening's close<br>Tho' he's gone he's not forgotten<br>Everyone remembers Cotton<br>Cotton was a little Dixie rose<br><br>2. Mammy now is dreaming <br>Of the days that used to be<br>When her sweet little Cotton <br>Loved to climb upon her knee<br>And she'd croon a melody<br>A tale 'bout \"Ole Black Joe\"<br>But now when evening time comes 'round<br>She sings with love aglow<\/pre>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[WARNING: This song contains antiquated racial stereotypes. It is presented here for historical and educational purposes only.] (Cotton Was a Little Dixie Rose)A pickaninny fox trot ballad from 1920Words by George A. LittleMusic by Fred Rose The sheet music: Accompaniment by James Pitt-Payne: Lyrics1. Cotton fields remind me Of a story I once heardAnd now &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/cotton\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Cotton&#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-5568","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/Pa3ZiQ-1rO","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/5568","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=5568"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/5568\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5571,"href":"https:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/5568\/revisions\/5571"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5568"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}