{"id":813,"date":"2018-11-01T16:46:18","date_gmt":"2018-11-01T16:46:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/?page_id=813"},"modified":"2023-05-19T12:25:12","modified_gmt":"2023-05-19T12:25:12","slug":"give-me-back-my-husband","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/give-me-back-my-husband\/","title":{"rendered":"Give Me Back My Husband"},"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\">\u2026 you&#8217;ve had him long enuff<br>a 1918 popular song<br>words and music by Joseph J. Davilla<\/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:<\/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\/11\/Give-Me-Back-My-Husband.pdf\" type=\"application\/pdf\" style=\"width:100%;height:600px\" aria-label=\"Embed of Give Me Back My Husband - Sheet Music.\"><\/object><a id=\"wp-block-file--media-0b6f131f-9f18-46c0-9328-669241970b74\" href=\"https:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/Give-Me-Back-My-Husband.pdf\">Give Me Back My Husband &#8211; Sheet Music<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/Give-Me-Back-My-Husband.pdf\" class=\"wp-block-file__button wp-element-button\" download aria-describedby=\"wp-block-file--media-0b6f131f-9f18-46c0-9328-669241970b74\">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-1c145848-6635-422f-b065-f093cef3f2a8\" href=\"https:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/Give_Me_Back_My_Husband_1918_s_JPP.mid\">Give_Me_Back_My_Husband &#8211; MIDI<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/Give_Me_Back_My_Husband_1918_s_JPP.mid\" class=\"wp-block-file__button wp-element-button\" download aria-describedby=\"wp-block-file--media-1c145848-6635-422f-b065-f093cef3f2a8\">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. Sam Jackson was a coon who roamed the street<br>When he met a Brown Skin he gladly did greet<br>Sam tipped his hat said, &#8220;How you do Miss&#8221;<br>If you&#8217;re out for flirting I just can&#8217;t resist<br>He placed his arm around her waist<br>The she found Sam had such good taste<br>When I spied my Sam from across the way<br>Then she heard me yell and say<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Chorus<br>You took my clothes, you took my watch<br>You done took ev&#8217;rything I had<br>But if you step on this nigger&#8217;s corn<br>You surely gonna get in bad<br>For if you take my husband away<br>You&#8217;ll never live to see judgement day<br>Now Brown Skin you shimmeshawabble tough<br>Give me back my husband<br>Oh, give me back sweet papa<br>For you&#8217;ve had him long enuff<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">2. This Brown Skin never knew she had done great wrong<br>Dancing the shimmeshawabble all night long<br>I heard her say, Oh, I&#8217;ll meet you Sam?<br>If you dress me nifty on the fifty plan<br>Then I stepped back with gun in hand<br>Look nigger you&#8217;ve got my old man<br>I just wants my husband I mean what I say<br>Or I&#8217;ll put this gun in play<\/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-audio\"><audio controls src=\"https:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/Give-Me-Back-My-Husband.mp3\"><\/audio><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[WARNING: This song contains antiquated racial stereotypes. It is presented here for historical and educational purposes only.] \u2026 you&#8217;ve had him long enuffa 1918 popular songwords and music by Joseph J. Davilla The sheet music: Accompaniment by James Pitt-Payne: Lyrics 1. 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