{"id":5754,"date":"2026-09-28T00:19:48","date_gmt":"2026-09-28T04:19:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/?page_id=5754"},"modified":"2026-10-02T15:45:39","modified_gmt":"2026-10-02T19:45:39","slug":"if-i-only-had-a-dollah-of-my-own","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/if-i-only-had-a-dollah-of-my-own\/","title":{"rendered":"If I Only Had A Dollah Of My Own"},"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<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A popular song from 1900<br>Words and music by Bogert &amp; O&#8217;Brien<br>Arranged by J. Del Vecho<\/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\/2026\/10\/If-I-Only-Had-A-Dollah-Of-My-Own.pdf\" type=\"application\/pdf\" style=\"width:100%;height:600px\" aria-label=\"Embed of If I Only Had A Dollah Of My Own - Sheet Music.\"><\/object><a id=\"wp-block-file--media-c832fd80-6cc3-4bfb-bc29-422c9e4cd676\" href=\"https:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/If-I-Only-Had-A-Dollah-Of-My-Own.pdf\">If I Only Had A Dollah Of My Own &#8211; Sheet Music<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/If-I-Only-Had-A-Dollah-Of-My-Own.pdf\" class=\"wp-block-file__button wp-element-button\" download aria-describedby=\"wp-block-file--media-c832fd80-6cc3-4bfb-bc29-422c9e4cd676\">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<br><br>1. I&#8217;ve been thinking of late of my most peculiar fate<br>I haven&#8217;t got a place to lay my head<br>Most everything am cheap, but money&#8217;s hard to reap<br>I couldn&#8217;t buy a single loaf of bread<br>I&#8217;m always forced to hide, it hurts my Blue Grass pride<br>From morning until night I weep and moan<br>I wouldn&#8217;t feel so blue, and I&#8217;d know just what to do<br>If I only had a dollah of my own<br><br>Chorus:<br>If I only had a dollah of my own<br>I wouldn&#8217;t feel so gloomy while alone<br>My mind would feel at a perfect ease<br>Say what I like and act as I please<br>I&#8217;d feel just like a king upon a throne<br>I hope good fortune will some future day<br>Frow a little money in my way<br>I&#8217;d buy a gun, a butcher knife<br>Protect it with my very life<br>If I only had a dollah of my own<br><br>2. This coon would surely eat every kind of tender meat<br>Like possum, rabbit and a turtle stew<br>Of course I&#8217;d have mince pie, some quail on toast I&#8217;d buy<br>Spring chicken, turkey, sweet potatoes, too<br>For breakfast have wheat cakes, I&#8217;d go to all clam bakes<br>Just stuff myself until I&#8217;d fairly groan<br>I might try some roast lamb, but I ignore common ham<br>If I only had a dollah of my own<br><br>Chorus:<br>If I only had a dollah of my own<br>I&#8217;d never care for either house or home<br>I&#8217;d feel as big as a millionaire<br>Buy everything and go everywhere<br>In every foreign land I&#8217;d surely roam<br>I&#8217;d soon forget all troubles of the past<br>Always happy while my money lasts<br>I&#8217;d lead a life most fast and gay<br>I&#8217;d never sleep by night or day<br>If I only had a dollah of my own<br><br>3. I&#8217;d gamble all the while in a regular gambling style<br>They have to invent some new games for me<br>I&#8217;d bust that game called craps and faro bank perhaps<br>Den I would smash dat game called policy<br>I&#8217;d wear de loudest clothes, tan shoes and fancy hose<br>Just to give my appearance sportin&#8217; tone<br>I know I would go wild, I&#8217;d act foolish as a child<br>If I only had a dollah of my own<br><br>Chorus:<br>If I only had a dollah of my own<br>I&#8217;d build a sailors&#8217; and a soldiers&#8217; home<br>I&#8217;d spend my gold in a lavish way<br>Give money to the poor every day<br>My name would be the greatest ever known<br>I&#8217;d surely have the latest horseless cab<br>Everything a-layin&#8217; loose I grab<br>Dis great suspense I can&#8217;t endure<br>I know de shock will kill me sure<br>If I ever get a dollah of my own<\/p>\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 1900Words and music by Bogert &amp; O&#8217;BrienArranged by J. Del Vecho The sheet music: Lyrics 1. I&#8217;ve been thinking of late of my most peculiar fateI haven&#8217;t got a place to lay my headMost &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/if-i-only-had-a-dollah-of-my-own\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;If I Only Had A Dollah Of My Own&#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":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-5754","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/Pa3ZiQ-1uO","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/5754","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=5754"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/5754\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5761,"href":"https:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/5754\/revisions\/5761"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5754"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}