{"id":72,"date":"2018-06-02T19:41:27","date_gmt":"2018-06-02T19:41:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/?page_id=72"},"modified":"2023-04-20T13:43:03","modified_gmt":"2023-04-20T13:43:03","slug":"o-death-where-is-thy-sting","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/o-death-where-is-thy-sting\/","title":{"rendered":"O Death Where Is Thy Sting"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">[WARNING: This song contains antiquated racial language. It is presented here for historical and educational purposes only.]<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">a 1918 popular song<br>words and music by Clarence A. Stout<\/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\/06\/O-Death-Where-Is-Thy-Sting.pdf\" type=\"application\/pdf\" style=\"width:100%;height:600px\" aria-label=\"Embed of O Death, Where Is Thy Sting - Sheet Music.\"><\/object><a id=\"wp-block-file--media-f787c969-b53f-4e83-8852-32e9f3d737af\" href=\"https:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/O-Death-Where-Is-Thy-Sting.pdf\">O Death, Where Is Thy Sting &#8211; Sheet Music<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/O-Death-Where-Is-Thy-Sting.pdf\" class=\"wp-block-file__button wp-element-button\" download aria-describedby=\"wp-block-file--media-f787c969-b53f-4e83-8852-32e9f3d737af\">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-32f3a627-57da-4f70-b112-b3d29af26217\" href=\"https:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/O-Death-Where-Is-Thy-Sting.mid\">O Death, Where Is Thy Sting &#8211; MIDI<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/O-Death-Where-Is-Thy-Sting.mid\" class=\"wp-block-file__button wp-element-button\" download aria-describedby=\"wp-block-file--media-32f3a627-57da-4f70-b112-b3d29af26217\">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. Now Parson Brown one Sunday morn, was giving good advice<br>He warned his congregation to refrain from sin and vice<br>He drew a firey picture &#8217;bout the devil down below<br>And said, &#8220;Folks, quit your sinnin&#8217;, or to him you&#8217;re bound to go<br>Why Hell is full of vampire women, whiskey, gin and dice<br>Make Satan get behind you now, prepare for Paradise&#8221;<br>Mose Johnson jumped up from his chair, said, &#8220;Parson is that true?<br>That Hell is full of what you said, then let me say to you<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Chorus<br>If what you say is the positive truth<br>O Death where is thy sting?<br>I don&#8217;t care now &#8217;bout the pearly gates<br>Or hear those angels sing<br>With booze and women down below<br>Mister devil and I will put on a show<br>If what you say is the positive truth<br>O Death where is thy sting?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">2. The Parson said, &#8220;Now listen man, how come you talk that way<br>About, O Death where is thy sting, now listen what I say<br>I&#8217;ve tried to keep you in the path, that has no crooks or turns<br>And told you never play with fire, because fire always burns<br>You care not now for pearly gates or hear those angels sing<br>Remember you can&#8217;t fly with us, &#8217;cause you won&#8217;t have no wings&#8221;<br>Mose Johnson then said, &#8220;Parson, what you have said might be so<br>But where there&#8217;s booze and chickens, I prefer to go below&#8221;<\/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\/jBTLmLH8gi4?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 language. It is presented here for historical and educational purposes only.] a 1918 popular songwords and music by Clarence A. Stout The sheet music: Accompaniment: Lyrics 1. Now Parson Brown one Sunday morn, was giving good adviceHe warned his congregation to refrain from sin and viceHe drew a firey &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/o-death-where-is-thy-sting\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;O Death Where Is Thy Sting&#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-72","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/Pa3ZiQ-1a","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/72","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=72"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/72\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3499,"href":"https:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/72\/revisions\/3499"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=72"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}