{"id":1375,"date":"2019-02-21T19:58:32","date_gmt":"2019-02-21T19:58:32","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/?page_id=1375"},"modified":"2023-06-04T13:38:08","modified_gmt":"2023-06-04T13:38:08","slug":"wedding-of-the-chinee-and-the-coon","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/wedding-of-the-chinee-and-the-coon\/","title":{"rendered":"The Wedding of the Chinee and the Coon"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Warning: racial stereotypes. Original presented as a part of music history.]<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A comic song from the year 1897.<br>Words by Billy Johnson. Music by Bob Cole.<br>Arranged by Theo. F. Morse<\/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\/Wedding-of-the-Chinee-and-the-Coon-SHEET-MUSIC.pdf\" type=\"application\/pdf\" style=\"width:100%;height:600px\" aria-label=\"Embed of Wedding of the Chinee and the Coon - SHEET MUSIC.\"><\/object><a id=\"wp-block-file--media-1a0dca7c-4f73-4974-94be-73a1d3250afe\" href=\"https:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/Wedding-of-the-Chinee-and-the-Coon-SHEET-MUSIC.pdf\">Wedding of the Chinee and the Coon &#8211; SHEET MUSIC<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/Wedding-of-the-Chinee-and-the-Coon-SHEET-MUSIC.pdf\" class=\"wp-block-file__button wp-element-button\" download aria-describedby=\"wp-block-file--media-1a0dca7c-4f73-4974-94be-73a1d3250afe\">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 heard there&#8217;s gwine to be<br>A mighty jubilee<br>Way down in Chinatown tomorrow morning<br>All the Chinese in the land<br>Must surely be on hand<br>For the Chinese Embassador has given warning<br>The cause of this affair<br>Is strange I do declare<br>It&#8217;s the funniest thing that&#8217;s happen&#8217;d for many a moon<br>Of all things beneath the skies<br>This will be a great surprise<br>For a pretty Chinese girl will wed a coon<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Chorus<br>This strange amalgamation<br>Twixt these two funny nations<br>Gwine to cause an awful jamble soon<br>Twill cause a great sensation<br>Over the whole creation<br>The wedding of the Chinee and the coon<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">2. There&#8217;ve been invitations rare<br>Sent to coons far and near<br>All Diplomats from coon-ville must be ready<br>To join in with the band<br>Of the heathen Chinamen<br>Every coon&#8217;s expected to walk steady<br>I know there&#8217;ll be a time<br>And lots of Chinee wine<br>Chop-suey that will puff you like a balloon<br>Don&#8217;t inquire why it is<br>For they&#8217;ll say its none your biz<br>When this pretty Chinese girl will wed a coon<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">3. Decorations gay<br>For now&#8217;s the wedding day<br>The coons and Chinese all mingle together<br>A dispute arose<br>Which minister to choose<br>The Joss-house Priest or Parson chicken feather<br>Chinese began to stare<br>At razors in the air<br>Ev&#8217;ry Chinee eye look&#8217;d like a balloon<br>Now what were they to do<br>Chinese preacher lost his cue<br>The coon Parson joined the Chinee and the coon<\/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\/Wedding-of-the-Chinee-and-the-Coon.mp3\"><\/audio><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Warning: racial stereotypes. Original presented as a part of music history.] A comic song from the year 1897.Words by Billy Johnson. Music by Bob Cole.Arranged by Theo. F. Morse The sheet music: Lyrics 1. I heard there&#8217;s gwine to beA mighty jubileeWay down in Chinatown tomorrow morningAll the Chinese in the landMust surely be on &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/wedding-of-the-chinee-and-the-coon\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;The Wedding of the Chinee and the Coon&#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-1375","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/Pa3ZiQ-mb","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1375","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=1375"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1375\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4266,"href":"https:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1375\/revisions\/4266"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1375"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}