{"id":1194,"date":"2018-12-19T22:06:08","date_gmt":"2018-12-19T22:06:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/?page_id=1194"},"modified":"2023-05-28T00:29:37","modified_gmt":"2023-05-28T00:29:37","slug":"oh-mr-coon","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/oh-mr-coon\/","title":{"rendered":"Oh! Mr. Coon"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">[Warning: racial terms. Presented in its original form as an important part of music history.]<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">a 1848 popular song<br>music written, arranged and sung by the Christy Minstrels<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">I added notes that were cut off the top of page two in the LOC scan. I felt it was important to demonstrate this song. If you can find the missing notes and lyrics I would appreciate it. I will then make corrections.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\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\/Oh-Mr.-Coon.pdf\" type=\"application\/pdf\" style=\"width:100%;height:600px\" aria-label=\"Embed of Oh! Mr. Coon - Sheet Music.\"><\/object><a id=\"wp-block-file--media-e3caf9b7-3274-40e0-b960-09eb003ee46e\" href=\"https:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/Oh-Mr.-Coon.pdf\">Oh! Mr. Coon &#8211; Sheet Music<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/Oh-Mr.-Coon.pdf\" class=\"wp-block-file__button wp-element-button\" download aria-describedby=\"wp-block-file--media-e3caf9b7-3274-40e0-b960-09eb003ee46e\">Download<\/a><\/div>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\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-b5ce4a4b-91b6-4269-a654-d557d727f974\" href=\"https:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/Oh-Mr.-Coon-MIDI.mid\">Oh! Mr. Coon &#8211; MIDI<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/Oh-Mr.-Coon-MIDI.mid\" class=\"wp-block-file__button wp-element-button\" download aria-describedby=\"wp-block-file--media-b5ce4a4b-91b6-4269-a654-d557d727f974\">Download<\/a><\/div>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Lyrics<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">1. &#8216;Tis a berry lovely night, and the moon shines bright<br>The clouds in de north am a-gwan out at sight<br>The &#8230;<br>&#8230; frogs dey want to come it, but dey cannot get a chance<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Chorus<br>Oh! Mister Coon, your come too soon<br>De gals won&#8217;t be ready &#8216;fore tomorrow arternoon<br>Oh! Mister Coon, your come too soon<br>De gals won&#8217;t be ready &#8216;fore tomorrow arternoon<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">2. Just fotch along de Taters, an wee&#8217;l fry &#8217;em in de pan<br>O help yourself to Possum fat, my charming Mary Ann<br>A nice bowl ob Coon Soup, am just de berry ting<br>To clear away de cobwebs, an&#8217; let a darkey sing<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">3. De White Bird and Black Bird, settin&#8217; in de grass<br>Preach amalgamation, to de Bobalinks dat pass<br>To carry out de doctrine, dey seem a little loth<br>So den comes along a Pigeon Hawk and lebies on dem both<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">4. Eberlina wash de dishes, Juliana bring de broom<br>An Lizy sett de chairs back, all around de room<br>Mr. Coon am a Genbleum, I spect him here tonight<br>He&#8217;s cuming round de corner gals, jes try an be perlite<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">5. Now take youre places Musickers, lets hear dem dulcum tones<br>Wee&#8217;l dance to de music, ob de Banjo and de Bones<br>Balance to your partners all, and keep widin de tune<br>Your too fast altogether, my worthy Mr. Coon<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">6. So, now cum again tomorrow all, in de arternoon<br>For really sirs you hab cum, a little while too soon<br>Allow me de honor, to say to you good night<br>For de gals are getting tired, and its most daylight<\/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\/05\/Oh-Mr.-Coon.mp3\"><\/audio><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[Warning: racial terms. Presented in its original form as an important part of music history.] a 1848 popular songmusic written, arranged and sung by the Christy Minstrels I added notes that were cut off the top of page two in the LOC scan. I felt it was important to demonstrate this song. If you can &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/oh-mr-coon\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Oh! 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