{"id":966,"date":"2018-11-30T19:22:47","date_gmt":"2018-11-30T19:22:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/?page_id=966"},"modified":"2023-05-21T13:27:50","modified_gmt":"2023-05-21T13:27:50","slug":"jim-crack-corn","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/jim-crack-corn\/","title":{"rendered":"Jim Crack Corn"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">[Disclaimer: racial stereotypes. No hatred is intended. This song is presented in its original form as part of American history.]<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">a 1846 popular minstrel song<br>words and music by Daniel Decatur Emmett<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">This song is also known as The Blue-Tail Fly. It is derived from African-American slave jingles. It was adopted as an Abolitionist song. In this form it was created for a minstrel show in 1846. It takes digs at indolent plantation owners in the South. It remained a familiar song for over a hundred years.<\/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;&#8212;&#8212;<\/p>\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\/11\/Jim-Crack-Corn.pdf\" type=\"application\/pdf\" style=\"width:100%;height:600px\" aria-label=\"Embed of Jim Crack Corn - Sheet Music.\"><\/object><a id=\"wp-block-file--media-b3cbca01-da3e-4813-acfb-0f4053a47854\" href=\"https:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/Jim-Crack-Corn.pdf\">Jim Crack Corn &#8211; Sheet Music<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/Jim-Crack-Corn.pdf\" class=\"wp-block-file__button wp-element-button\" download aria-describedby=\"wp-block-file--media-b3cbca01-da3e-4813-acfb-0f4053a47854\">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;&#8211;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Accompaniment by Werner Tomaschewski:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-file\"><a id=\"wp-block-file--media-8e2af7a5-9b1c-47ba-a7ef-5cc4b94924a3\" href=\"https:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/Jim-Crack-Corn-MIDI.mid\">Jim Crack Corn &#8211; MIDI<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/Jim-Crack-Corn-MIDI.mid\" class=\"wp-block-file__button wp-element-button\" download aria-describedby=\"wp-block-file--media-8e2af7a5-9b1c-47ba-a7ef-5cc4b94924a3\">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;&#8212;&#8211;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Lyrics<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">1. When I was young I us\u2019d to wait<br>On Massa and hand him de plate<br>Pass down de bottle when he git dry<br>And bresh away de blue tail fly<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Chorus<br>Jim crack corn I don\u2019t care<br>Jim crack corn I don\u2019t care<br>Jim crack corn I don\u2019t care<br>Ole Massa gone away<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">2. Den arter dinner massa sleep<br>He bid dis niggar vigil keep<br>An\u2019 when he gwine to shut his eye<br>He tell me watch de blue tail fly<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">3. An\u2019 when he ride in de arternoon<br>I foller wid a hickory broom<br>De poney being berry shy<br>When bitten by de blue tail fly<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">4. One day he rode aroun\u2019 de farm<br>De flies so nummerous dey did swarm<br>One chance to bite \u2019im on the thigh<br>De debble take dat blue tail fly<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">5. De poney run, he jump an\u2019 pitch<br>An&#8217; tumble massa in de ditch<br>He died, an\u2019 de jury wonder\u2019d why<br>De verdic was de blue tail fly<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">6. Dey laid \u2019im under a \u2019simmon tree<br>His epitaph am dar to see<br>&#8220;\u2019Beneath dis stone I\u00b4m forced to lie<br>All by de means ob de blue tail fly&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">7. Ole massa gone, now let \u2019im rest<br>Dey say all tings am for de best<br>I nebber forget till de day I die<br>Ole massa an\u2019 dat blue tail fly<\/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\/Jim-Crack-Corn.mp3\"><\/audio><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[Disclaimer: racial stereotypes. No hatred is intended. This song is presented in its original form as part of American history.] a 1846 popular minstrel songwords and music by Daniel Decatur Emmett This song is also known as The Blue-Tail Fly. It is derived from African-American slave jingles. It was adopted as an Abolitionist song. 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