{"id":698,"date":"2018-09-11T00:18:39","date_gmt":"2018-09-11T00:18:39","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/?page_id=698"},"modified":"2023-07-23T13:53:25","modified_gmt":"2023-07-23T13:53:25","slug":"hesitating-blues","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/hesitating-blues\/","title":{"rendered":"The Hesitating Blues"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">[WARNING: This song contains antiquated racial stereotypes. It is presented here for historical and educational purposes only.]<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A slow drag famously sung by Jelly Roll Morton, 1915<br>words and music by William C. Handy<\/p>\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\">The sheet music:&nbsp;<\/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\/2018\/09\/Hesitating-Blues.pdf\" type=\"application\/pdf\" style=\"width:100%;height:600px\" aria-label=\"Embed of Hesitating Blues - Sheet Music.\"><\/object><a id=\"wp-block-file--media-9073cb0a-14e6-442c-9f8f-9075dffc934c\" href=\"https:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/Hesitating-Blues.pdf\">Hesitating Blues &#8211; Sheet Music<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/Hesitating-Blues.pdf\" class=\"wp-block-file__button wp-element-button\" download aria-describedby=\"wp-block-file--media-9073cb0a-14e6-442c-9f8f-9075dffc934c\">Download<\/a><\/div>\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\">Accompaniment:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-file\"><a id=\"wp-block-file--media-ca10ad2d-e31a-4939-85e3-46954802e3b4\" href=\"https:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/Hesitating-Blues.mid\">Hesitating Blues &#8211; MIDI<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/Hesitating-Blues.mid\" class=\"wp-block-file__button wp-element-button\" download aria-describedby=\"wp-block-file--media-ca10ad2d-e31a-4939-85e3-46954802e3b4\">Download<\/a><\/div>\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\">Lyrics<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">1. Hello Central, what&#8217;s the matter with this line?<br>I want to talk to that High Brown of mine<br>Tell me how long will I have to wait?<br>Please give me 2 9 8, why do you hesitate?<br>What you say, can&#8217;t talk to my Brown!<br>A storm last night blowed the wires down<br>Tell me how long will I have to wait?<br>Oh, won&#8217;t you tell me now, why do you hesitate?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Chorus<br>&#8220;Procrastination is the thief of time,&#8221; so all the wise owls say<br>&#8220;One stitch in time may save nine,&#8221; tomorrow&#8217;s not today<br>And if you put off, somebody&#8217;s bound to lose<br>I&#8217;d be his, he&#8217;d be mine, and I&#8217;d be feeling gay<br>Left alone to grieve and pine, My best friend&#8217;s gone away<br>He&#8217;s gone and left me The Hesitating Blues<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">2. Sunday night my beau proposed to me<br>Said he&#8217;d be happy if his wifie I&#8217;d be<br>Said he &#8220;How long will I have to wait?<br>Come be my wife my Kate, why do you hesitate?&#8221;<br>I declined him just for a stall<br>He left that night on the Cannon Ball<br>Honey, how long will I have to wait?<br>Will he come back now, or will he hesitate?<\/p>\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\">Sung here by Fred Feild:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"youtube-player\" width=\"840\" height=\"473\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/qu1VVhi2J88?version=3&#038;rel=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;showinfo=1&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;fs=1&#038;hl=en-US&#038;autohide=2&#038;wmode=transparent\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" style=\"border:0;\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox\"><\/iframe><\/span>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[WARNING: This song contains antiquated racial stereotypes. It is presented here for historical and educational purposes only.] A slow drag famously sung by Jelly Roll Morton, 1915words and music by William C. Handy The sheet music:&nbsp; Accompaniment: Lyrics 1. Hello Central, what&#8217;s the matter with this line?I want to talk to that High Brown of &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/hesitating-blues\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;The Hesitating Blues&#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-698","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/Pa3ZiQ-bg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/698","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=698"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/698\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4410,"href":"https:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/698\/revisions\/4410"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=698"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}