[WARNING: This song contains antiquated racial stereotypes. It is presented here for historical and educational purposes only.]
The latest “rag” effusion, 1897
Words and music by Ben Harney
The sheet music:
Lyrics
1. I got a girl and she is a daisy
She’s got all the coons on this block crazy
There’s a number on de house, and number on de door
The first house you come to is a grocery store
A great big grease spot in the middle of the floor
She’s a member of the four hundred
You can tell in a minute she’s a wonder
She can cin-cin-at and bum-ba-sha
Get right back and go the other way
And for walking for the cake, she’s a bird
Chorus:
I love my little honey, yes, indeed I do
I love my little honey, and I’ll always be true
I love my little honey, yes, indeed I do
I’m gwine to love my baby ’till the day I die
2. The coons they had a cakewalk this summer
Of course I had to take my baby, Hannah
Well, when she commenced to dance
The niggars knew they had no chance
For she’s the hottest thing that ever was seen
When she commenced to walk, see them niggers back-back
Brand new shoes, a hand-me-down and Stetson hat
You’ll hear them sigh and hope to die
When she winks that goggle eye
They pass her up and say, she is a Queen