[WARNING: contains the N-word and other racial stereotypes. Presented as music history.]
a 1905 combination of classical music and comical words
words and music by Fred Fischer
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The sheet music:
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Accompaniment by Fred Feild:
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Accompaniment by Denese Coulbeck:
Lyrics
1. Say, Jasper, ‘taint no use
Talking even though you talk from now till noon
Don’t try to tell me, Mr. Know-It-All
A coon is up in the moon
Why! a nigger, with his brown figure
Certainly darkens up the silvery moon
Wake up! you’re dreaming with your eyes aglare
You great big foolish coon
Chorus
If the man in the moon
Were a coon, coon, coon
What would you do?
He would fade with his shade
The silvery moon, moon, moon
Away from you
No roaming ’round the park at night
No spooning in the bright moonlight
If the man in the moon
Were a coon, coon, coon
2. Most everyone has heard
Stories that a chicken is a coon’s delight
Just think the dangers to a hen roost
With that good old moon out of sight
‘Deed! chicken would be soft
Pickin’ if the man up in the moon were black
Oh my! the harvest for that darkey with
That great big sack on his back
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Sung here by Fred Feild: