{"id":1014,"date":"2018-12-01T18:34:32","date_gmt":"2018-12-01T18:34:32","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/?page_id=1014"},"modified":"2023-05-22T12:55:45","modified_gmt":"2023-05-22T12:55:45","slug":"laughing-song","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/laughing-song\/","title":{"rendered":"Laughing Song"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">[WARNING: This song contains antiquated racial stereotypes. It is presented here for historical and educational purposes only.]<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">a 1894 popular song<br>words and music by George W. Johnson<br>arranged by Frank Banta<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&#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\/12\/Laughing-Song.pdf\" type=\"application\/pdf\" style=\"width:100%;height:600px\" aria-label=\"Embed of Laughing Song - Sheet Music.\"><\/object><a id=\"wp-block-file--media-54b6f116-5772-42fb-bb70-0256ce25b718\" href=\"https:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/Laughing-Song.pdf\">Laughing Song &#8211; Sheet Music<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/Laughing-Song.pdf\" class=\"wp-block-file__button wp-element-button\" download aria-describedby=\"wp-block-file--media-54b6f116-5772-42fb-bb70-0256ce25b718\">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;<\/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-e0d5dfc6-6b10-4d2d-8a64-a03ad84e0b75\" href=\"https:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/Laughing-Song-MIDI.mid\">Laughing Song &#8211; MIDI<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/Laughing-Song-MIDI.mid\" class=\"wp-block-file__button wp-element-button\" download aria-describedby=\"wp-block-file--media-e0d5dfc6-6b10-4d2d-8a64-a03ad84e0b75\">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;-<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Lyrics<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">1. As I was coming &#8217;round the corner<br>I heard some people say<br>Here comes a dandy darky<br>Here he comes this way<br>His heel is like a snow-plow<br>And his mouth is like a trap<br>And when he opens it gently<br>You will see a fearful gap<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Chorus<br>The I laugh ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha<br>I couldn&#8217;t stop my laughing ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha<br>Ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha<br>I couldn&#8217;t stop my laughing ha ha ha ha ha ha ha<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">2. They said his mother was a Princess<br>His father was a Prince<br>And he&#8217;d been the apple of their eye<br>If he hadn&#8217;t been quince<br>He be the King of Africa<br>In the sweet by and bye<br>And when I heard them say it<br>Why I laughed until I cried<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">3. An Actor came to see me<br>About a week ago<br>He said to me, &#8220;Come sing a song<br>Down at our little show&#8221;<br>And when he told me about the scenes<br>So nice and so complete<br>I couldn&#8217;t stop from laughing<br>From my head down to my feet<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">4. So now kind friends just listen<br>To what I&#8217;m going to say<br>I&#8217;ve tried my best to please you<br>With my simple little lay<br>Now whether you think its funny<br>Or a quiet bit of chaff<br>Why all I&#8217;m going to do<br>Is just to give this little laugh<\/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\/Laughing-Song.mp3\"><\/audio><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[WARNING: This song contains antiquated racial stereotypes. It is presented here for historical and educational purposes only.] a 1894 popular songwords and music by George W. Johnsonarranged by Frank Banta &#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; Accompaniment: &#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;- Lyrics 1. As I was coming &#8217;round the cornerI heard some people sayHere comes a dandy darkyHere he &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/laughing-song\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Laughing Song&#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-1014","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/Pa3ZiQ-gm","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1014","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=1014"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1014\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4057,"href":"https:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1014\/revisions\/4057"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1014"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}