{"id":807,"date":"2018-10-31T19:20:23","date_gmt":"2018-10-31T19:20:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/?page_id=807"},"modified":"2023-05-19T12:16:51","modified_gmt":"2023-05-19T12:16:51","slug":"pickaninny-dreams","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/pickaninny-dreams\/","title":{"rendered":"Pickaninny Dreams"},"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 1919 waltz song<br>words by Sam Coslow<br>music by Peter De Rose<br>arranged by Eugene Plateman<\/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\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\/10\/Pickaninny-Dreams.pdf\" type=\"application\/pdf\" style=\"width:100%;height:600px\" aria-label=\"Embed of Pickaninny Dreams - Sheet Music.\"><\/object><a id=\"wp-block-file--media-d0e39c42-062c-4923-a6ff-622ad5771097\" href=\"https:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/Pickaninny-Dreams.pdf\">Pickaninny Dreams &#8211; Sheet Music<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/Pickaninny-Dreams.pdf\" class=\"wp-block-file__button wp-element-button\" download aria-describedby=\"wp-block-file--media-d0e39c42-062c-4923-a6ff-622ad5771097\">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 by James Pitt-Payne:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-file\"><a id=\"wp-block-file--media-0ad1dd2b-6c84-4adb-b3a7-9fc3e4f69a6f\" href=\"https:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/Pickaninny-Dreams.mid\">Pickaninny Dreams &#8211; MIDI<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/Pickaninny-Dreams.mid\" class=\"wp-block-file__button wp-element-button\" download aria-describedby=\"wp-block-file--media-0ad1dd2b-6c84-4adb-b3a7-9fc3e4f69a6f\">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\">Mammy, old and gray, Mammy, far away<br>Singing soft and low, &#8220;Hush-a-bye, don&#8217;t you cry&#8221;<br>Mammy, once again, I am on your knee<br>Dreaming once again, While I hear you sing to me<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Refrain<br>Choc&#8217;late and molasses are a-growing on the trees<br>Humming birds a-humming pretty Dixie melodies<br>Melons are growing most ev&#8217;rywhere you go<br>Sweet breezes blowing in fields as white as snow<br>Silver headed mammies crooning tender lullabies<br>Down in Alabammy underneath the southern skies<br>Jam and lots of candy covered up with honey cream<br>That&#8217;s a picaninny&#8217;s dream<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Obligato:<br>Sweet melons growing, sweet breezes blowing<br>Angels are watching I know<br>While mammy sings soft and low<br>Sleet honey sleep in slumber deep<br>Ah, Ah, Ah, Ah, that&#8217;s a pickaninny&#8217;s dream<\/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\/aFAcJa0Ltvg?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 1919 waltz songwords by Sam Coslowmusic by Peter De Rosearranged by Eugene Plateman The sheet music:\u00a0\u00a0 Accompaniment by James Pitt-Payne: Lyrics Mammy, old and gray, Mammy, far awaySinging soft and low, &#8220;Hush-a-bye, don&#8217;t you cry&#8221;Mammy, once again, &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/pickaninny-dreams\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Pickaninny Dreams&#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-807","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/Pa3ZiQ-d1","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/807","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=807"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/807\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3995,"href":"https:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/807\/revisions\/3995"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=807"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}