{"id":1446,"date":"2019-02-28T19:53:09","date_gmt":"2019-02-28T19:53:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/?page_id=1446"},"modified":"2023-06-08T16:58:08","modified_gmt":"2023-06-08T16:58:08","slug":"bon-bon-buddy","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/bon-bon-buddy\/","title":{"rendered":"Bon Bon Buddy"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">[WARNING: This song contains antiquated racial stereotypes. It is presented here for historical and educational purposes only.]<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A popular song from 1907.<br>Words by Alex Rogers.<br>Music by Will Marion Cook.<\/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:\u00a0<\/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\/Bon-Bon-Buddy.pdf\" type=\"application\/pdf\" style=\"width:100%;height:600px\" aria-label=\"Embed of Bon-Bon-Buddy - Sheet Music.\"><\/object><a id=\"wp-block-file--media-81281b03-8ed9-44ab-a241-599e26366d75\" href=\"https:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/Bon-Bon-Buddy.pdf\">Bon-Bon-Buddy &#8211; Sheet Music<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/Bon-Bon-Buddy.pdf\" class=\"wp-block-file__button wp-element-button\" download aria-describedby=\"wp-block-file--media-81281b03-8ed9-44ab-a241-599e26366d75\">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-c753e23c-69c0-428d-9741-d85729f6cdf0\" href=\"https:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/Bon_Bon_Buddy_1907-MIDI.mid\">Bon_Bon_Buddy &#8211; MIDI<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/Bon_Bon_Buddy_1907-MIDI.mid\" class=\"wp-block-file__button wp-element-button\" download aria-describedby=\"wp-block-file--media-c753e23c-69c0-428d-9741-d85729f6cdf0\">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. When I was a tiny pick<br>Say just bout so years old<br>The folks nicknamed me &#8220;Buddy&#8221;<br>That is so I have been told<br>I spent most of my younger days<br>With Gran&#8217;mom and Gran&#8217;pop<br>And Gran&#8217;ma used to always call me<br>&#8220;Granny&#8217;s choc&#8217;late drop&#8221;<br>Now &#8220;Choc&#8217;late drop&#8221; and &#8220;Buddy&#8221;<br>Seemed to stick to me some how<br>Then someone added &#8220;Bon Bon&#8221;<br>So here&#8217;s what they call me now<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Chorus<br>BonBon Buddy the chocolate drop, dat&#8217;s me<br>BonBon Buddy is all that I want to be<br>I&#8217;ve gained no fame but I ain&#8217;t &#8216;shame<br>I&#8217;m satisfied with my nick name<br>BonBon Buddy the chocolate drop, dat&#8217;s me<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">2. I think sometimes to myself<br>You was a lucky boy<br>To get a nice nick name<br>And then be Gran&#8217;ma&#8217;s pride and joy<br>There was one boy in our town<br>They called him ugly Will<br>There was another one I know<br>They called him &#8220;stubborn Phil&#8221;<br>Then there was one called &#8220;Dummy Smith&#8221;<br>And one called Baby Blue<br>And they all used to tell me<br>&#8220;Bud its pretty soft for you&#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-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\/a2Z6cQX3TdU?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 antiquated racial stereotypes. It is presented here for historical and educational purposes only.] A popular song from 1907.Words by Alex Rogers.Music by Will Marion Cook. The sheet music:\u00a0 Accompaniment by James Pitt-Payne: Lyrics 1. When I was a tiny pickSay just bout so years oldThe folks nicknamed me &#8220;Buddy&#8221;That is so &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/bon-bon-buddy\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Bon Bon Buddy&#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-1446","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/Pa3ZiQ-nk","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1446","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=1446"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1446\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4336,"href":"https:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1446\/revisions\/4336"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1446"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}