{"id":1219,"date":"2019-02-13T00:38:36","date_gmt":"2019-02-13T00:38:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/?page_id=1219"},"modified":"2023-05-28T18:51:22","modified_gmt":"2023-05-28T18:51:22","slug":"oh-i-dont-know","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/oh-i-dont-know\/","title":{"rendered":"Oh, I Don&#8217;t Know"},"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\">(I thought I was a winner)<br>a 1896 comic song<br>words and music by Bert A. Williams<\/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:<\/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\/2023\/05\/Oh-I-Dont-Know.pdf\" type=\"application\/pdf\" style=\"width:100%;height:600px\" aria-label=\"Embed of Oh-I-Dont-Know - Sheet Music.\"><\/object><a id=\"wp-block-file--media-3d11661b-70ff-474f-abbe-6fc27458a161\" href=\"https:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/Oh-I-Dont-Know.pdf\">Oh-I-Dont-Know &#8211; Sheet Music<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/Oh-I-Dont-Know.pdf\" class=\"wp-block-file__button wp-element-button\" download aria-describedby=\"wp-block-file--media-3d11661b-70ff-474f-abbe-6fc27458a161\">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. I had a girl and her name was Pearl<br>I thought her heart was mine<br>I gave a French dinner<br>For I thought I was a winner<br>I&#8217;d have bet my life &#8216;gainst a dime<br>I told her how I loved her<br>But she said she&#8217;d not be mine<br>Then I told her I was sweller<br>Than any other feller<br>But this was her reply<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Chorus<br>Well, I don&#8217;t know you&#8217;re not so swell<br>There&#8217;s other gents as fine as you<br>O, I don&#8217;t know, you may be swell<br>But there are others as swell as you<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">2. There is a dude away down the line<br>Who thinks he&#8217;s bound to shine<br>Parts his hair in the middle<br>Of cash he has but little<br>Pearl thinks he&#8217;s super fine<br>&#8216;Twas only just last Sunday<br>That I saw them on Broadway<br>Then I got Miss Lena Fleet<br>And passed them on the street<br>And this is what I said<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Chorus<br>Well, I don&#8217;t know you&#8217;re not so swell<br>There&#8217;s other brands as fine as you<br>O, I don&#8217;t know, you may be swell<br>But there are others as swell as you<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">3. A big fine dog while out for a walk<br>Met a poodle on the street<br>But the poodle wasn&#8217;t pretty<br>IN fact he looked right gritty<br>He hadn&#8217;t been washed for a week<br>But a lady took him with her<br>And she washed him in cologne<br>And next day appearing neat<br>Passed the mastiff on the street<br>And this is what he said<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Chorus<br>Well, I don&#8217;t know you&#8217;re not so fine<br>There&#8217;s other dogs as fine as you<br>O, I don&#8217;t know, you&#8217;re fine enough<br>But there are others as fine as you<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">4. A coon went out to serenade<br>His girl in Thompson Street<br>With his banjo in his hand<br>I tell you he looked grand<br>From his head down to his feet<br>But soon another feller<br>Who was courting that same girl<br>With his razor in his hand<br>Cut the serenading man<br>And sang him this refrain<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Chorus<br>Well, I guess not, you&#8217;re not so gay<br>There&#8217;s other coons as gay as you<br>O, I don&#8217;t know, you may be warm<br>I don&#8217;t play music and I&#8217;m not so cold<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\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-I-Dont-Know.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.] (I thought I was a winner)a 1896 comic songwords and music by Bert A. Williams The sheet music: Lyrics 1. I had a girl and her name was PearlI thought her heart was mineI gave a French dinnerFor &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/oh-i-dont-know\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Oh, I Don&#8217;t Know&#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-1219","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/Pa3ZiQ-jF","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1219","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=1219"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1219\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4137,"href":"https:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1219\/revisions\/4137"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1219"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}