{"id":1250,"date":"2019-02-13T01:10:03","date_gmt":"2019-02-13T01:10:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/?page_id=1250"},"modified":"2023-05-30T13:10:43","modified_gmt":"2023-05-30T13:10:43","slug":"preacher-and-the-bear","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/preacher-and-the-bear\/","title":{"rendered":"The Preacher and the Bear"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">[Disclaimer: this song is from a time when racial terms and caricatures were used for entertainment. Sheet Music Singer does not condone hatred. The song is presented in original form as part of music history.]<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">words and music by George Fairman, 1904<br>purchased by Joe Arzonia<br>piano arrangement by Arthur Longbrake<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">This comic song has been used as a country song and fiddle tune. The setting of a preacher on Sunday was added after the song was written for extra laughs.<\/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\/2022\/05\/The-Preacher-and-the-Bear-SHEET-MUSIC.pdf\" type=\"application\/pdf\" style=\"width:100%;height:600px\" aria-label=\"Embed of The Preacher and the Bear - SHEET MUSIC.\"><\/object><a id=\"wp-block-file--media-1cfed698-492c-4f3a-ac5a-63aa2f62cb38\" href=\"https:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/The-Preacher-and-the-Bear-SHEET-MUSIC.pdf\">The Preacher and the Bear &#8211; SHEET MUSIC<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/The-Preacher-and-the-Bear-SHEET-MUSIC.pdf\" class=\"wp-block-file__button wp-element-button\" download aria-describedby=\"wp-block-file--media-1cfed698-492c-4f3a-ac5a-63aa2f62cb38\">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 by James Pitt-Payne:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-file\"><a id=\"wp-block-file--media-0a60a692-460b-4c2f-9f25-e00317e70fab\" href=\"https:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/The_Preacher_And_The_Bear_1904_s_JPP.mid\">The_Preacher_And_The_Bear &#8211; MIDI<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/The_Preacher_And_The_Bear_1904_s_JPP.mid\" class=\"wp-block-file__button wp-element-button\" download aria-describedby=\"wp-block-file--media-0a60a692-460b-4c2f-9f25-e00317e70fab\">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. A preacher went out a-hunting, \u2019twas on one Sunday morn<br>Of course it was against his religion, but he took his gun along<br>He shot himself some very fine quail, and one big measly hare<br>And on his way returning home, he met a great big grizzly bear<br>The bear marched out in the middle of the road<br>And he waltzed to the coon you see<br>The coon got so excited that he climbed a persimmon tree<br>The bear sat down upon the ground<br>And the coon climbed out on a limb<br>He cast his eyes to the God in the Skies<br>And these words he said to him<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Chorus<br>Oh Lord, didn\u2019t you deliver Daniel from the Lion\u2019s den?<br>Also deliver Jonah from the belly of the whale and then<br>Three Hebrew children from the fiery furnace<br>So the good books do declare<br>Now Lord if you can\u2019t help me<br>For goodness sake don\u2019t you help that bear<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">2. This coon stayed up in that tree, I think it was all night<br>He says, \u201cOh Lord\u201d if you don\u2019t help that bear<br>Then you\u2019ll see one awful fight<br>Just about then the limb let go<br>And the coon came tumbling down<br>You should have seen him get his razor out<br>Before he struck the ground<br>He hit the ground cutting right and left<br>\u2018Tis true he put up a very game fight<br>Just then the bear hugged this coon<br>He squeezed him a little too tight<br>The coon he then lost his razor, but the bear held on with a vim<br>He cast his eyes to the God in the skies<br>And once more he said to him<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014-<\/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\/Preacher-and-the-Bear.mp3\"><\/audio><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[Disclaimer: this song is from a time when racial terms and caricatures were used for entertainment. Sheet Music Singer does not condone hatred. The song is presented in original form as part of music history.] words and music by George Fairman, 1904purchased by Joe Arzoniapiano arrangement by Arthur Longbrake This comic song has been used &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/preacher-and-the-bear\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;The Preacher and the Bear&#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-1250","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/Pa3ZiQ-ka","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1250","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=1250"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1250\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4179,"href":"https:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1250\/revisions\/4179"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1250"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}