{"id":878,"date":"2018-11-24T21:14:58","date_gmt":"2018-11-24T21:14:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/?page_id=878"},"modified":"2023-05-20T12:02:35","modified_gmt":"2023-05-20T12:02:35","slug":"yer-babys-a-comin-to-town","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/yer-babys-a-comin-to-town\/","title":{"rendered":"Yer Baby&#8217;s a-Comin&#8217; To Town"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">{DISCLAIMER: 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 1896 popular song and chorus.<br>Words and music by John T. Kelly.<\/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\/Yer-Babys-a-Comin-To-Town.pdf\" type=\"application\/pdf\" style=\"width:100%;height:600px\" aria-label=\"Embed of Yer Baby&apos;s a-Comin&apos; To Town - Sheet Music.\"><\/object><a id=\"wp-block-file--media-ccf0c250-5d6b-43c1-aa30-ff36d3014e0a\" href=\"https:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/Yer-Babys-a-Comin-To-Town.pdf\">Yer Baby&#8217;s a-Comin&#8217; To Town &#8211; Sheet Music<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/Yer-Babys-a-Comin-To-Town.pdf\" class=\"wp-block-file__button wp-element-button\" download aria-describedby=\"wp-block-file--media-ccf0c250-5d6b-43c1-aa30-ff36d3014e0a\">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-6fd73874-72a3-4d84-aa19-335725040e64\" href=\"https:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/Yer_Babys_A_Comin_To_Town_1896_s_JPP.mid\">Yer_Babys_A_Comin_To_Town &#8211; MIDI<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/Yer_Babys_A_Comin_To_Town_1896_s_JPP.mid\" class=\"wp-block-file__button wp-element-button\" download aria-describedby=\"wp-block-file--media-6fd73874-72a3-4d84-aa19-335725040e64\">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. Away down South in the State of Alabama<br>There&#8217;s a dusky wench I love a &#8216;deed I do<br>She is mighty stout an hefty<br>Is my little yaller Hannah<br>And she calls me her baby too<br>Says she, &#8220;I love yer honey<br>But you hasn&#8217;t got no money<br>An&#8217; it takes a heap of dollars for to wed&#8221;<br>I&#8217;ve money now to burn<br>To Hannah I&#8217;ll return<br>Today I wrote my lady love and said<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Chorus<br>Tell all the coons I&#8217;m a comin&#8217;<br>Put on your Sunday meeting gown<br>Tell all the sporty niggars<br>Bring &#8216;long their stylish figgers<br>Tell them yer baby is comin&#8217; to town<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">2. When I arrive, let the wenches all be singing<br>Have the colored bands a playing might fine<br>And let ev&#8217;ry one assemble<br>When my special train is ringing<br>For your baby will be on time<br>I cause a great sensation<br>&#8216;Mong the colored population<br>And ma Hannah she&#8217;ll be proud of me, you bet<br>Have Parson Jones on hand<br>To join the wedding band<br>Remember, Honey, sure and don&#8217;t forget<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\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\/06\/Yer-Babys-a-Comin-To-Town.mp3\"><\/audio><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>{DISCLAIMER: This song contains antiquated racial language. It is presented here for historical and educational purposes only.] A 1896 popular song and chorus.Words and music by John T. Kelly. The sheet music: Accompaniment by James Pitt-Payne: Lyrics 1. Away down South in the State of AlabamaThere&#8217;s a dusky wench I love a &#8216;deed I doShe &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/yer-babys-a-comin-to-town\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Yer Baby&#8217;s a-Comin&#8217; To Town&#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-878","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/Pa3ZiQ-ea","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/878","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=878"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/878\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4019,"href":"https:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/878\/revisions\/4019"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=878"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}