[WARNING: This song contains antiquated racial stereotypes. It is presented here for historical and educational purposes only.]
A cake walk from 1916.
Words by Dave Allan.
Music by Bob Allan.
The sheet music:
Accompaniment by James Pitt-Payne:
Lyrics
Where are those darkies going?
What’s causing all this fuss?
Lordy! what a crowd
They sure are acting mighty proud
Old Black Joe and Mammy Chloe
Are riding in a jitney bus
Far away comes music stealing
Full of raggy harmony
Soon we’ll be going
Where there’s a showing
Of the best cake walkers in the land
Sweet Cookie
Chorus
Under the silv’ry Dixie moonlight
Ev’ry one is happy and their eyes are bright
Coons from miles around
Cakewalk up and down
Old Black Joe and Mammy Chloe hollered
“Scatter ev’rybody, give us plenty show”
Here’s where you see the classy prancers
Stepping those real plantation dances
The creole band played an Indigo melody
It sounded like a haunting, taunting
African Raphsody at Eli Green’s Cakewalk
‘Neath the Dixie moon
2. There’s Conko Mukes and Mandy
A-tryin’ for the prize
Skeeter Butts and Goldie Lee
Will give them some surprise
Some of the steps have so much “Pep”
They never have been seen before
For the Mobile Flip and Hen Scratch Dip
They sure do raise some roar
Long about morning ev’ryone’s yawning
‘Cept the darkies who have copped the prize
Sweet Cookie