{"id":702,"date":"2018-09-11T00:25:20","date_gmt":"2018-09-11T00:25:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/?page_id=702"},"modified":"2023-05-17T21:15:20","modified_gmt":"2023-05-17T21:15:20","slug":"high-brown-blues","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/high-brown-blues\/","title":{"rendered":"High Brown 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 1922 popular song<br>words by Jack Yellen<br>music by Milton Ager<\/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:<\/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\/High_Brown_Blues_1922.pdf\" type=\"application\/pdf\" style=\"width:100%;height:600px\" aria-label=\"Embed of High_Brown_Blues - Sheet Music.\"><\/object><a id=\"wp-block-file--media-d794417f-bcf6-4356-946f-34f08d58044f\" href=\"https:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/High_Brown_Blues_1922.pdf\">High_Brown_Blues &#8211; Sheet Music<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/High_Brown_Blues_1922.pdf\" class=\"wp-block-file__button wp-element-button\" download aria-describedby=\"wp-block-file--media-d794417f-bcf6-4356-946f-34f08d58044f\">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 by James Pitt-Payne:\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-file\"><a id=\"wp-block-file--media-ac1a7d1a-8220-4077-be0d-b11acc784135\" href=\"https:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/High_Brown_Blues_1922.mid\">High_Brown_Blues &#8211; MIDI<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/High_Brown_Blues_1922.mid\" class=\"wp-block-file__button wp-element-button\" download aria-describedby=\"wp-block-file--media-ac1a7d1a-8220-4077-be0d-b11acc784135\">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. Any man who trusts a gal<br>Ain&#8217;t nothin&#8217; but a doggone fool<br>I don&#8217;t care who he is, he&#8217;s nothin&#8217; but a fool<br>I claim that any man who does it<br>Ought to get a kickin&#8217; from a mule<br>That&#8217;s what they ought to teach in every public school<br>Once I had a high brown gal, introduced her to my pal<br>But any man who trusts a gal<br>Ain&#8217;t nothin&#8217; but a doggone fool, love is cruel<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Chorus<br>I&#8217;ve got the high brown blues<br>About that thing called love<br>I can&#8217;t enthuse, from now on I refuse<br>To let my heart grow fond, or respond<br>To the jelly rollin&#8217; of a midnight blonde<br>Folks the best of men, weaken now and then<br>But if I fall again, I&#8217;ll be a lady killin&#8217; dark town villain<br>&#8216;Till I lose those doggone aggravatin&#8217;<br>&#8216;Sassinatin&#8217; woman hatin&#8217; High Brown Blues<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">2. Only way to keep a gal<br>Is tie her with a ball and chain<br>I don&#8217;t care who she is, she needs a ball and chain<br>I claim that any man who treats &#8217;em different<br>Has a head without a brain<br>A man who treats &#8217;em nice is certainly insane<br>Once I left my gal alone<br>Serves me right I should have known<br>The only way to keep a gal<br>Is tie her with a ball and chain, I complain<\/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\/j6BmohDG2yA?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 1922 popular songwords by Jack Yellenmusic by Milton Ager The sheet music: Accompaniment by James Pitt-Payne:\u00a0 Lyrics 1. Any man who trusts a galAin&#8217;t nothin&#8217; but a doggone foolI don&#8217;t care who he is, he&#8217;s nothin&#8217; but &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/high-brown-blues\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;High Brown 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-702","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/Pa3ZiQ-bk","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/702","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=702"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/702\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3967,"href":"https:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/702\/revisions\/3967"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=702"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}