{"id":1466,"date":"2019-03-02T20:51:34","date_gmt":"2019-03-02T20:51:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/?page_id=1466"},"modified":"2023-06-08T17:54:55","modified_gmt":"2023-06-08T17:54:55","slug":"royal-coon","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/royal-coon\/","title":{"rendered":"A Royal Coon"},"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 Jolly John Larkins.<br>Music by James R. Europe.<\/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\/04\/A-Royal-Coon-1907.pdf\" type=\"application\/pdf\" style=\"width:100%;height:600px\" aria-label=\"Embed of A Royal Coon - Sheet Music.\"><\/object><a id=\"wp-block-file--media-c2522e56-6523-4125-af6c-109504cfdcb7\" href=\"https:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/A-Royal-Coon-1907.pdf\">A Royal Coon &#8211; Sheet Music<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/A-Royal-Coon-1907.pdf\" class=\"wp-block-file__button wp-element-button\" download aria-describedby=\"wp-block-file--media-c2522e56-6523-4125-af6c-109504cfdcb7\">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-bea79c73-4a45-4a17-a58c-c25023395091\" href=\"https:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/A_Royal_Coon_1907-MIDI.mid\">A_Royal_Coon &#8211; MIDI<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/A_Royal_Coon_1907-MIDI.mid\" class=\"wp-block-file__button wp-element-button\" download aria-describedby=\"wp-block-file--media-bea79c73-4a45-4a17-a58c-c25023395091\">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. In me you see the greatest man<br>Who ever held full sway<br>In Zulu land, where I reside<br>I&#8217;m monarch in a way<br>I rule the folks, control the courts<br>And do just as I choose<br>I have entertaining subjects<br>At my house to cure the blues<br>My great granddad never lived like that<br>He was a real baboon<br>But my father was king of his whole tribe<br>That makes me a royal coon<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Chorus<br>I am a royal coon, royal coon<br>I hail from Mataloon, Mataloon<br>If there&#8217;s a doubt about it<br>I&#8217;ll prove my ancestry<br>Cut down my family tree, family tree<br>Look up my pedigree, pedigree<br>And you will find out soon<br>I am a royal coon<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">2. Now my old dad, &#8216;most all his life<br>Did save up each old sou<br>And once a year, to please himself<br>He&#8217;d paint the Zulus blue<br>Now I&#8217;ve made up for ev&#8217;rything<br>The old man left undone<br>I give dinners ev&#8217;ry day or so<br>And have all kinds of fun<br>On Sundays I have elephant fried<br>And served by kangaroos<br>And always for the finishing touch<br>Rhinoceros barbecue<\/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\/04\/A-Royal-Coon-audio.mp3\"><\/audio><\/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 Jolly John Larkins.Music by James R. Europe. The sheet music: Accompaniment by James Pitt-Payne: Lyrics 1. In me you see the greatest manWho ever held full swayIn Zulu land, where I resideI&#8217;m &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/royal-coon\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;A Royal 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":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-1466","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/Pa3ZiQ-nE","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1466","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=1466"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1466\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4348,"href":"https:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1466\/revisions\/4348"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1466"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}