{"id":1367,"date":"2019-02-21T19:52:22","date_gmt":"2019-02-21T19:52:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/?page_id=1367"},"modified":"2023-06-04T13:29:34","modified_gmt":"2023-06-04T13:29:34","slug":"walking-for-dat-cake","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/walking-for-dat-cake\/","title":{"rendered":"Walking for dat Cake"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">[Warning: this song contains derogatory racial terms. No hatred is intended. It is presented in its original form as a part of music history.]<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">a 1877 song about the cakewalk<br>words by Edward Harrigan<br>music by David Braham<\/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\/06\/Walking-for-dat-Cake.pdf\" type=\"application\/pdf\" style=\"width:100%;height:600px\" aria-label=\"Embed of Walking-for-dat-Cake - Sheet Music.\"><\/object><a id=\"wp-block-file--media-428acbeb-71cf-418a-bb33-dc179c8873ee\" href=\"https:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/Walking-for-dat-Cake.pdf\">Walking-for-dat-Cake &#8211; Sheet Music<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/Walking-for-dat-Cake.pdf\" class=\"wp-block-file__button wp-element-button\" download aria-describedby=\"wp-block-file--media-428acbeb-71cf-418a-bb33-dc179c8873ee\">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<ol class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>&#8216;Twas down at Aunty Jackson&#8217;s<br>Dar was big reception<br>Of high-toned colored people<br>So full of sweet affection<br>Such singing and such dancing<br>We made the ceiling shake<br>The cream of all de ev&#8217;ning was<br>A walking for dat cake<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Chorus<br>So gently on de toe we darkies step out so<br>Easy and so gracefully around de room we go<br>De wenches captivate, we all perambulate<br>High-toned colored people dar<br>A walking for dat cake<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Duet:<br>Den all forward four<br>Just in de gay quadrille<br>O Lord, how we perspire<br>No use, we can&#8217;t keep still<br>Oh, please to stop dat music<br>Oh, do for goodness&#8217; sake<br>I feel so shy, I&#8217;ll really die<br>A walking for dat cake<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\" start=\"2\">\n<li>Oh dar was Sister Brownson<br>How she did hug de groun&#8217;<br>Wid alligator slippers<br>Dat covered half de town<br>She wiggled and she waddled<br>She twisted like a snake<br>She fell into de washtub dar<br>A walking for dat cake<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Miss Clementina Perkins<br>De Rev&#8217;rend Parson Wingdom<br>A stepping like a turkey<br>In Honalulu kingdom<br>You&#8217;d ought to see dem gliding<br>Dey kept us all awake<br>Such fashionable sliding dar<br>A walking for dat cake<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Dars Major General Hastings<br>He was de ladies choice, sir<br>Dey said his feet was awful<br>Oh, nuffin&#8217; could be worse, sir<br>Wid military manner<br>De prize he&#8217;s gwine to take<br>He slipped on a banana dar<br>A walking for dat cake<\/li>\n<\/ol>\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-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"youtube-player\" width=\"840\" height=\"473\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/B4fazf-iMG4?version=3&#038;rel=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;showinfo=1&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;fs=1&#038;hl=en-US&#038;autohide=2&#038;wmode=transparent\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" style=\"border:0;\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox\"><\/iframe><\/span>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[Warning: this song contains derogatory racial terms. No hatred is intended. It is presented in its original form as a part of music history.] a 1877 song about the cakewalkwords by Edward Harriganmusic by David Braham The sheet music: Lyrics ChorusSo gently on de toe we darkies step out soEasy and so gracefully around de &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/walking-for-dat-cake\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Walking for dat Cake&#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-1367","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/Pa3ZiQ-m3","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1367","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=1367"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1367\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4263,"href":"https:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1367\/revisions\/4263"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1367"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}