{"id":1256,"date":"2019-02-13T01:22:58","date_gmt":"2019-02-13T01:22:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/?page_id=1256"},"modified":"2023-05-30T13:18:23","modified_gmt":"2023-05-30T13:18:23","slug":"rastus-johnson-u-s-a","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/rastus-johnson-u-s-a\/","title":{"rendered":"Rastus Johnson, U. S. A."},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">[Warning: derogatory racial terms. Presented as music history.]<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">From the Williams and Walker musical &#8220;Abyssinia&#8221;, 1906<br>words by Alex Rogers<br>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\/2022\/05\/Rastus-Johnson-U.-S.-A..pdf\" type=\"application\/pdf\" style=\"width:100%;height:600px\" aria-label=\"Embed of Rastus Johnson, U. S. A. - Sheet Music.\"><\/object><a id=\"wp-block-file--media-a5423a05-8af6-4424-be6d-84cad564898f\" href=\"https:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/Rastus-Johnson-U.-S.-A..pdf\">Rastus Johnson, U. S. A. &#8211; Sheet Music<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/Rastus-Johnson-U.-S.-A..pdf\" class=\"wp-block-file__button wp-element-button\" download aria-describedby=\"wp-block-file--media-a5423a05-8af6-4424-be6d-84cad564898f\">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 won some coin some time ago in the Louisana Lottery<br>I bought five hundred suits of clothes and went the world to see<br>The first place that I landed was in London, o&#8217;er the way<br>Where I changed my clothes so much they called me &#8220;Lightning Rastus J&#8221;<br>But the thing that worried them was my nationality<br>So I wrote these lines to sing to them when they would question me<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Chorus<br>I&#8217;m just plain Rastus Johnson from U. S. A.<br>I&#8217;m traveling &#8217;round to see the sights and throw some coin away<br>I don&#8217;t know my ancestor-ree, I&#8217;se just born in Tennessee<br>Thank you, just Rastus Johnson from U. S. A.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">2. From London I just thought I&#8217;d take a run to dear old Paris, gay<br>To buy more wine and see more, sights and throw more coin away<br>But tell you all the truth, Folks, Paris ain&#8217;t no hit with me<br>Cause all you get on every hand is &#8220;Wee Monsieur, Wee Wee&#8221;<br>A man once said to me, says he, &#8220;You is coon, African&#8221;<br>So I fairly screamed, screamed I, &#8220;No, Sir, I&#8217;ll have you understand&#8221;<\/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\/Rastus-Johnson.mp3\"><\/audio><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[Warning: derogatory racial terms. Presented as music history.] From the Williams and Walker musical &#8220;Abyssinia&#8221;, 1906words by Alex Rogersmusic by Bert A. Williams The sheet music: Lyrics 1. I won some coin some time ago in the Louisana LotteryI bought five hundred suits of clothes and went the world to seeThe first place that I &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/rastus-johnson-u-s-a\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Rastus Johnson, U. S. 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