{"id":1767,"date":"2019-06-15T17:07:38","date_gmt":"2019-06-15T17:07:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/?page_id=1767"},"modified":"2024-04-15T01:13:04","modified_gmt":"2024-04-15T01:13:04","slug":"dusky-dudes","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/dusky-dudes\/","title":{"rendered":"Dusky Dudes"},"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 1899<br>Words by Will. A. Heelan<br>Music by Jean Schwartz<\/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\/2024\/04\/Dusky-Dudes.pdf\" type=\"application\/pdf\" style=\"width:100%;height:600px\" aria-label=\"Embed of Dusky-Dudes - Sheet Music.\"><\/object><a id=\"wp-block-file--media-6dfa9dcf-19c6-4751-ac84-74a388501243\" href=\"https:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/Dusky-Dudes.pdf\">Dusky-Dudes &#8211; Sheet Music<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/Dusky-Dudes.pdf\" class=\"wp-block-file__button wp-element-button\" download aria-describedby=\"wp-block-file--media-6dfa9dcf-19c6-4751-ac84-74a388501243\">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-a46e422a-6eac-4498-a8e2-81b781c7875f\" href=\"https:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/Dusky_Dudes_1899-MIDI.mid\">Dusky_Dudes &#8211; MIDI<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/Dusky_Dudes_1899-MIDI.mid\" class=\"wp-block-file__button wp-element-button\" download aria-describedby=\"wp-block-file--media-a46e422a-6eac-4498-a8e2-81b781c7875f\">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. Try to forget your troubles tonight<br>Just think you don&#8217;t know how to fight<br>Make coontown talk &#8217;bout dis cakewalk<br>No such a hot time happened before<br>Watch dat beeswax melt on de floor<br>Dese coons are cake walk professors<br>An&#8217; they&#8217;re all real Dusky Dudes<br>Just see dem<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Chorus<br>Coons promenadin&#8217;, hear dat band<br>Black belles paradin&#8217;, dressed so grand<br>An&#8217; from de benches, swell coons an&#8217; wenches<br>Cheerin&#8217; loudly an&#8217; proudly for dese Dusky Dudes<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">2. Judges are weary tryin&#8217; to guess<br>Which coon team can cakewalk de bes&#8217;<br>It&#8217;s hard to tell, all walk so well<br>Whatever gent gets dis cake for his<br>Dat coon knows what cakewalkin&#8217; is<br>He&#8217;s just de best in de bus&#8217;ness<br>If he beats dese Dusky Dudes<br>Just see dem<\/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\/Dusky-Dudes.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 1899Words by Will. A. HeelanMusic by Jean Schwartz The sheet music: Accompaniment by James Pitt-Payne: Lyrics 1. Try to forget your troubles tonightJust think you don&#8217;t know how to fightMake coontown talk &#8217;bout dis &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/dusky-dudes\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Dusky Dudes&#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-1767","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/Pa3ZiQ-sv","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1767","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=1767"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1767\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4705,"href":"https:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1767\/revisions\/4705"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1767"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}