{"id":756,"date":"2018-09-13T20:42:25","date_gmt":"2018-09-13T20:42:25","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/?page_id=756"},"modified":"2023-05-18T12:34:28","modified_gmt":"2023-05-18T12:34:28","slug":"i-love-the-land-of-old-black-joe","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/i-love-the-land-of-old-black-joe\/","title":{"rendered":"I Love the Land of Old Black Joe"},"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\">Featured in the 1920 stage show &#8220;Ed Wynn Carnival&#8221;<br>words by Grant Clarke<br>music by Walter Donaldson<\/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:\u00a0<\/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\/I-Love-the-Land-of-Old-Black-Joe.pdf\" type=\"application\/pdf\" style=\"width:100%;height:600px\" aria-label=\"Embed of I Love the Land of Old Black Joe - Sheet Music.\"><\/object><a id=\"wp-block-file--media-91fe1dc7-a68a-46a4-acb3-7bfcaa9b201c\" href=\"https:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/I-Love-the-Land-of-Old-Black-Joe.pdf\">I Love the Land of Old Black Joe &#8211; Sheet Music<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/I-Love-the-Land-of-Old-Black-Joe.pdf\" class=\"wp-block-file__button wp-element-button\" download aria-describedby=\"wp-block-file--media-91fe1dc7-a68a-46a4-acb3-7bfcaa9b201c\">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:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-file\"><a id=\"wp-block-file--media-378aca84-fad5-40e8-94a7-702d0265aee0\" href=\"https:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/I-Love-the-Land-of-Old-Black-Joe.mid\">I Love the Land of Old Black Joe &#8211; MIDI<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/I-Love-the-Land-of-Old-Black-Joe.mid\" class=\"wp-block-file__button wp-element-button\" download aria-describedby=\"wp-block-file--media-378aca84-fad5-40e8-94a7-702d0265aee0\">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<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">1. Mammy once said, &#8221;You&#8217;re a dunce&#8221;<br>The day I wandered away<br>Now I know Mammy was right<br>Oh, how I miss her each night<br>Now a days I know it pays<br>To mind what old Mammies say<br>Since I&#8217;ve been gone<br>How those memories linger on<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Chorus<br>I want the whole wide world to know<br>I love the land of old Black Joe<br>I miss my Mammy&#8217;s knee<br>I miss that pretty little melody<br>She used to sing when Daddy played the old banjo<br>Down where the cotton blossoms grow<br>It&#8217;s me for Paradise<br>Providing Paradise is half as nice<br>I feel so proud<br>I want the whole wide world to know<br>I love the land of old Black Joe<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">2. That&#8217;s a place where every face<br>Keeps looking happy and gay<br>Every wise bird makes it&#8217;s nest<br>Down where the flowers grow best<br>Hummin&#8217; bees hum melodies<br>That drive your troubles away<br>Life flows along<br>Like a beautiful beautiful song<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;-<\/p>\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\/_ivNTNxVaws?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.] Featured in the 1920 stage show &#8220;Ed Wynn Carnival&#8221;words by Grant Clarkemusic by Walter Donaldson The sheet music:\u00a0 Accompaniment: Lyrics 1. Mammy once said, &#8221;You&#8217;re a dunce&#8221;The day I wandered awayNow I know Mammy was rightOh, how I &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/i-love-the-land-of-old-black-joe\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;I Love the Land of Old Black Joe&#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-756","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/Pa3ZiQ-cc","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/756","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=756"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/756\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3976,"href":"https:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/756\/revisions\/3976"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=756"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}