{"id":126,"date":"2018-06-25T15:22:13","date_gmt":"2018-06-25T15:22:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/?page_id=126"},"modified":"2023-05-10T13:21:50","modified_gmt":"2023-05-10T13:21:50","slug":"all-coons-look-alike-to-me","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/all-coons-look-alike-to-me\/","title":{"rendered":"All Coons Look Alike To Me"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">[Warning: these lyrics contain the N-word. No hatred intended. This song is presented in its original form as a part of music history.]<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">a darkey misunderstanding from 1896<br>words and music by Ernest Hogan<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">This song was created by an African-American. The use of the word &#8220;coon&#8221; caught on and became a new song genre.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity is-style-wide\"\/>\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\/2018\/06\/All-Coons-Look-Alike-To-Me.pdf\" type=\"application\/pdf\" style=\"width:100%;height:600px\" aria-label=\"Embed of All Coons Look Alike To Me - Sheet Music.\"><\/object><a id=\"wp-block-file--media-2158ef4f-d4c1-4acb-adc8-e00465f2b2f6\" href=\"https:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/All-Coons-Look-Alike-To-Me.pdf\">All Coons Look Alike To Me &#8211; Sheet Music<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/All-Coons-Look-Alike-To-Me.pdf\" class=\"wp-block-file__button wp-element-button\" download aria-describedby=\"wp-block-file--media-2158ef4f-d4c1-4acb-adc8-e00465f2b2f6\">Download<\/a><\/div>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity is-style-wide\"\/>\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-7b8f41b2-e365-4ed8-b990-2aff58e93c87\" href=\"https:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/All-Coons-Look-Alike-To-Me-midi.mid\">All Coons Look Alike To Me &#8211; MIDI<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/All-Coons-Look-Alike-To-Me-midi.mid\" class=\"wp-block-file__button wp-element-button\" download aria-describedby=\"wp-block-file--media-7b8f41b2-e365-4ed8-b990-2aff58e93c87\">Download<\/a><\/div>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity is-style-wide\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Lyrics<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">1. Talk about a coon a-having trouble<br>I think I have enough of ma own<br>It&#8217;s all about ma Lucy Janey Stubbles<br>And she has caused my heart to mourn<br>Thar&#8217;s another coon barber from Virginia<br>In soci&#8217;ty he&#8217;s the leader of the day<br>And now ma honey gal is gwine to quit me<br>Yes she&#8217;s gone and drove this coon away<br>She&#8217;d no excuse, to turn me loose<br>I&#8217;ve been abused, I&#8217;m all confused<br>Cause these words she did say<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Chorus<br>All coons look alike to me<br>I&#8217;ve got another beau, you see<br>And he&#8217;s just as good to me<br>As you, nig! ever tried to be<br>He spends his money free<br>I know we can&#8217;t agree<br>So, I don&#8217;t like you no how<br>All coons look alike to me<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">2. Never said a word to hurt her feelings<br>I always bou&#8217;t her presents by the score<br>And now my brain with sorrow am a-reeling<br>Cause she won&#8217;t accept them any more<br>If I treated her wrong she may have loved me<br>Like all the rest she&#8217;s gone and let me down<br>If I&#8217;m lucky I&#8217;m a-gwine to catch my policy<br>And win my sweet thing way from town<br>For I\u2019m worried, Yes, I\u2019m desp\u2019rate<br>I\u2019ve been Jonahed, and I\u2019ll get dang\u2019rous<br>If these words she says to me<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity is-style-wide\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Sung here by Fred Feild:<\/p>\n\n\n<div style=\"width: 840px;\" class=\"wp-video\"><video class=\"wp-video-shortcode\" id=\"video-126-1\" width=\"840\" height=\"473\" preload=\"metadata\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"video\/mp4\" src=\"https:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/All-Coons-Look-Alike-To-Me-1896.mp4?_=1\" \/><a href=\"https:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/All-Coons-Look-Alike-To-Me-1896.mp4\">https:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/All-Coons-Look-Alike-To-Me-1896.mp4<\/a><\/video><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[Warning: these lyrics contain the N-word. No hatred intended. This song is presented in its original form as a part of music history.] a darkey misunderstanding from 1896words and music by Ernest Hogan This song was created by an African-American. The use of the word &#8220;coon&#8221; caught on and became a new song genre. The &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/all-coons-look-alike-to-me\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;All Coons Look Alike To Me&#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-126","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/Pa3ZiQ-22","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/126","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=126"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/126\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3668,"href":"https:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/126\/revisions\/3668"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=126"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}