{"id":926,"date":"2018-11-29T19:10:44","date_gmt":"2018-11-29T19:10:44","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/?page_id=926"},"modified":"2023-05-21T12:43:13","modified_gmt":"2023-05-21T12:43:13","slug":"im-tired-of-dodging-dat-installment-man","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/im-tired-of-dodging-dat-installment-man\/","title":{"rendered":"I&#8217;m Tired of Dodging dat Installment Man"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">[Warning: racial stereotypes. No hatred is intended here. It is presented in original form as a part of music history.]<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">a darktown &#8220;calldown&#8221;, 1899<br>words and music by Deas and Wilson<\/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;&#8212;&#8212;&#8211;<\/p>\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\/11\/Im-Tired-of-Dodging-dat-Installment-Man.pdf\" type=\"application\/pdf\" style=\"width:100%;height:600px\" aria-label=\"Embed of I&apos;m Tired of Dodging dat Installment Man - Sheet Music.\"><\/object><a id=\"wp-block-file--media-14635448-d1be-49ba-921c-a5e67ccf4dbb\" href=\"https:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/Im-Tired-of-Dodging-dat-Installment-Man.pdf\">I&#8217;m Tired of Dodging dat Installment Man &#8211; Sheet Music<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/Im-Tired-of-Dodging-dat-Installment-Man.pdf\" class=\"wp-block-file__button wp-element-button\" download aria-describedby=\"wp-block-file--media-14635448-d1be-49ba-921c-a5e67ccf4dbb\">Download<\/a><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&#8212;&#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\">Accompaniment:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-file\"><a id=\"wp-block-file--media-ae96ca4e-01f0-434b-9acb-7b9c699bf52b\" href=\"https:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/Im-Tired-of-Dodging-dat-Installment-Man-MIDI.mid\">I&#8217;m Tired of Dodging dat Installment Man &#8211; MIDI<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/Im-Tired-of-Dodging-dat-Installment-Man-MIDI.mid\" class=\"wp-block-file__button wp-element-button\" download aria-describedby=\"wp-block-file--media-ae96ca4e-01f0-434b-9acb-7b9c699bf52b\">Download<\/a><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&#8212;&#8212;&#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\">Lyrics<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">1. In a quiet little noisy flat<br>Just off Fifth Avenue<br>Lived a dusky couple and to one another<br>They seemed always so true<br>Their flat had been furnished out complete<br>Upon the installment plan<br>But like all colored folks try to do<br>Always dodge the installment man<br>So the collector, he got tired of that<br>And straight-away he went<br>And had a sheriff seize everything<br>And put them out without a cent<br>As the collector drove away, he said<br>&#8220;A great dodger some day you&#8217;ll be<br>But let me see if you can dodge this snow and cold<br>The same way you tried to dodge me&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Chorus<br>Oh! my, this kind of living is certainly a-killing me<br>Eating snowballs ain&#8217;t what it is cracked up to be<br>Now I&#8217;m going to live on the European plan<br>&#8216;Cause I&#8217;m tired of dodging dat &#8216;stallment man<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">2. Most everybody knows that Sally Few-clothes<br>Is the nicest gal in town<br>Last night she gave a swell party<br>And invited swell coons from all around<br>Among the most distinguished guest<br>Was Eph Jones and his Linda Roe<br>And they were dressed in the latest style<br>From their hair down to their toes<br>Just as the fun was at its height<br>A white man came into the room<br>Then Eph and Linda they made for the window<br>But were caught a little too soon<br>The white man said that they had bought their clothes<br>On the &#8216;stallment plan a month ago<br>And as they failed to pay their dues to their homes<br>In barrels, they must go<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Chorus<br>Oh! my, this sporting life is certainly a-killing me<br>Walken home in barrels ain&#8217;t what it is cracked up to be<br>Now I&#8217;m going to live on the second hand plan<br>&#8216;Cause I&#8217;m tired of dodging dat &#8216;stallment man<\/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\/Im-Tired-of-Dodging-dat-Installment-Man.mp3\"><\/audio><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[Warning: racial stereotypes. No hatred is intended here. It is presented in original form as a part of music history.] a darktown &#8220;calldown&#8221;, 1899words and music by Deas and Wilson &#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8211; The sheet music:\u00a0 &#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212; Accompaniment: &#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;- Lyrics 1. In a quiet little noisy flatJust off Fifth AvenueLived a dusky couple and to one anotherThey &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/im-tired-of-dodging-dat-installment-man\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;I&#8217;m Tired of Dodging dat Installment Man&#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-926","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/Pa3ZiQ-eW","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/926","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=926"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/926\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4032,"href":"https:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/926\/revisions\/4032"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=926"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}