{"id":1754,"date":"2019-06-15T16:49:56","date_gmt":"2019-06-15T16:49:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/?page_id=1754"},"modified":"2024-04-15T00:45:39","modified_gmt":"2024-04-15T00:45:39","slug":"big-boy","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/big-boy\/","title":{"rendered":"Big Boy"},"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 1924 popular song<br>Words by Jack Yellen<br>Music by Milton Ager<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Sheet music provided by Laurence Rubenstein:<\/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\/2019\/06\/Big-Boy-SHEET-MUSIC.pdf\" type=\"application\/pdf\" style=\"width:100%;height:600px\" aria-label=\"Embed of Big Boy - SHEET MUSIC.\"><\/object><a id=\"wp-block-file--media-1c164903-9309-4b3e-9a37-ace856fceaf6\" href=\"https:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/Big-Boy-SHEET-MUSIC.pdf\">Big Boy &#8211; SHEET MUSIC<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/Big-Boy-SHEET-MUSIC.pdf\" class=\"wp-block-file__button wp-element-button\" download aria-describedby=\"wp-block-file--media-1c164903-9309-4b3e-9a37-ace856fceaf6\">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-6de569ee-0e41-4211-a7a3-186a49e78276\" href=\"https:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/Big_Boy_1924-MIDI.mid\">Big_Boy &#8211; MIDI<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/Big_Boy_1924-MIDI.mid\" class=\"wp-block-file__button wp-element-button\" download aria-describedby=\"wp-block-file--media-6de569ee-0e41-4211-a7a3-186a49e78276\">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. Step aside, you Romeos<br>You Lovin&#8217; Sams and you Lovey Joes<br>I&#8217;ve just found a lovin&#8217; hound<br>Who&#8217;s got you cheated, you&#8217;d better beat it<br>Gather &#8217;round, you Juliets<br>You choc&#8217;late browns and you pale brunettes<br>And meet the latest<br>The very greatest of men who love<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Chorus:<br>There he goes! just look at the clothes<br>On Big Boy, that&#8217;s Big Boy<br>There&#8217;s a man who certainly can make love<br>All the ladies crave him<br>Six feet tall, no wonder they fall<br>For Big Boy, sweet Big Boy<br>He&#8217;s just the type a gal respects<br>He&#8217;s the strongest weakness of the weaker sex<br>See that strut &#8211; &#8217;tain&#8217;t nuthin&#8217; else but<br>That Big Boy, That&#8217;s Big Boy<br>Great big smile worth goin&#8217; a mile to see<br>Let me tell you outside he is big and athletic<br>Inside, gee! he&#8217;s so sympathetic<br>That&#8217;s why the women all cry for Big Boy<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">2. High-toned gals with ostrich plumes<br>And big fur coats and those sweet perfumes<br>Telephone Big Boy at home<br>Invite him over, that boy&#8217;s in clover<br>Chambermaids who slave all week<br>Buy shirts and socks for this darktown sheik<br>And Widow Brady, a perfect lady<br>Buys all his ties<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Chorus:<br>There he goes! just look at the clothes<br>On Big Boy, that&#8217;s Big Boy<br>There&#8217;s a man who certainly can make love<br>He&#8217;s a mean sweet Daddy<br>Women weep and talk in their sleep<br>&#8216;Bout Big Boy, Sweet Big Boy<br>They love his eyes and curly hair<br>He&#8217;s the answer to a cullud maiden&#8217;s pray&#8217;r<br>See that chest and look at the rest<br>Of Big Boy! That&#8217;s Big Boy<br>Big or small, they certainly fall for him<br>And they say that since he kissed the old Widow Johnson<br>She thinks she&#8217;s a Gloria Swanson<br>That&#8217;s why the women all cry for Big Boy<\/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\/YKd3CiZnh7A?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\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[WARNING: This song contains antiquated racial stereotypes. It is presented here for historical and educational purposes only.] A 1924 popular songWords by Jack YellenMusic by Milton Ager Sheet music provided by Laurence Rubenstein: Accompaniment by James Pitt-Payne: Lyrics 1. Step aside, you RomeosYou Lovin&#8217; Sams and you Lovey JoesI&#8217;ve just found a lovin&#8217; houndWho&#8217;s got &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/big-boy\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Big Boy&#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-1754","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/Pa3ZiQ-si","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1754","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=1754"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1754\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4695,"href":"https:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1754\/revisions\/4695"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1754"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}