{"id":1743,"date":"2019-06-08T18:13:32","date_gmt":"2019-06-08T18:13:32","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/?page_id=1743"},"modified":"2024-04-15T00:40:25","modified_gmt":"2024-04-15T00:40:25","slug":"dem-white-pants","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/dem-white-pants\/","title":{"rendered":"Dem White Pants"},"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\">(At a Swell Cake Walk)<br>A popular song from 1901<br>Words by James T. Powers<br>Music by Max Dreyfus<\/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\/Dem-White-Pants.pdf\" type=\"application\/pdf\" style=\"width:100%;height:600px\" aria-label=\"Embed of Dem White Pants - Sheet Music.\"><\/object><a id=\"wp-block-file--media-fe5d088c-8128-4d48-a806-7655e608aa92\" href=\"https:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/Dem-White-Pants.pdf\">Dem White Pants &#8211; Sheet Music<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/Dem-White-Pants.pdf\" class=\"wp-block-file__button wp-element-button\" download aria-describedby=\"wp-block-file--media-fe5d088c-8128-4d48-a806-7655e608aa92\">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-35f78a96-12be-4817-92f8-7e28f8501fea\" href=\"https:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/Dem_White_Pants_1901-MIDI.mid\">Dem_White_Pants &#8211; MIDI<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/Dem_White_Pants_1901-MIDI.mid\" class=\"wp-block-file__button wp-element-button\" download aria-describedby=\"wp-block-file--media-35f78a96-12be-4817-92f8-7e28f8501fea\">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. Missus Jackson gave a ball<br>Grand cakewalk and tea<br>Admission it was forty cents<br>She&#8217;d check your razor free<br>The tickets all read, &#8220;Full dress!&#8221;<br>At the door there was a fight<br>For a coon with a big black swallowtail<br>Came in with trousers white<br>They all cried, &#8220;My! go bar him out&#8221;<br>Den they told some awful tales<br>And said, it was the latest style<br>Worn by the Prince of Wales<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Chorus<br>Missus Jackson walked like this<br>Mister Johnson gave the Memphis twist<br>Then they walked the floor together<br>O those dresses raised such talk<br>The only thing to mar the pleasure<br>Was dem white pants at a swell cakewalk<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">2. A committee waited on him<br>Said, &#8220;Those pants must go!&#8221;<br>They offered back his forty cents<br>That nigger he said, &#8220;No!&#8221;<br>Said he, &#8220;I&#8217;ll run this ball, you bet<br>Those pants have come to stay!&#8221;<br>Then he pulled out his carver<br>And the band began to play<br>&#8220;Throw him down, McCloskey!&#8221;<br>Dat time it meant a fight<br>And when they finished with that coon<br>Those trousers wasn&#8217;t white<\/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\/Dem-White-Pants.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.] (At a Swell Cake Walk)A popular song from 1901Words by James T. PowersMusic by Max Dreyfus The sheet music: Accompaniment by James Pitt-Payne: Lyrics 1. 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