{"id":1771,"date":"2019-06-15T17:11:25","date_gmt":"2019-06-15T17:11:25","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/?page_id=1771"},"modified":"2024-04-15T01:20:09","modified_gmt":"2024-04-15T01:20:09","slug":"his-ragtime-walk-won-the-prize","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/his-ragtime-walk-won-the-prize\/","title":{"rendered":"His Rag-Time Walk Won the Prize"},"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 and music by Nathan Bivins<\/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\/His-Rag-Time-Walk-Won-the-Prize.pdf\" type=\"application\/pdf\" style=\"width:100%;height:600px\" aria-label=\"Embed of His-Rag-Time-Walk-Won-the-Prize.\"><\/object><a id=\"wp-block-file--media-1e29e3fe-cf3b-43aa-8602-a29ecbf98a4f\" href=\"https:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/His-Rag-Time-Walk-Won-the-Prize.pdf\">His-Rag-Time-Walk-Won-the-Prize<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/His-Rag-Time-Walk-Won-the-Prize.pdf\" class=\"wp-block-file__button wp-element-button\" download aria-describedby=\"wp-block-file--media-1e29e3fe-cf3b-43aa-8602-a29ecbf98a4f\">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-affb51f8-9a22-4cc5-a866-486105bd60a0\" href=\"https:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/His_Rag-Time_Walk_Won_The_Prize-MIDI.mid\">His_Rag-Time_Walk_Won_The_Prize &#8211; MIDI<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/His_Rag-Time_Walk_Won_The_Prize-MIDI.mid\" class=\"wp-block-file__button wp-element-button\" download aria-describedby=\"wp-block-file--media-affb51f8-9a22-4cc5-a866-486105bd60a0\">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. A coon cake walk was about to begin<br>The dead swell coons was all coming in<br>Champion Simpson was head of the line<br>He said, &#8220;That prize is gwine to be mine&#8221;<br>Peter was a coon who had nothing to say<br>But when he got through Simpson looked like a jay<br>Now the time has come, to give the prize away<br>Simpson looked small when the crowd did say<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Chorus<br>His rag time walk done won the prize<br>Done fooled the champion fore his eyes<br>When they found he was the thing<br>The coons began to sing<br>His rag time walk done won the prize<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">2. The dance began when the Cake walk was through<br>Sim got bad and his gun he drew<br>He shot poor Peter right through the thigh<br>The coons all seen it and tried to fly<br>One gal said, &#8220;Now Sim that ain&#8217;t right<br>To try and turn this ball into a fight<br>Peter beat you fair, and he could beat again<br>All the crowd joined her when she did sing<\/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\/His-Ragtime-Walk-Won-the-Prize.mp3\"><\/audio><\/figure>\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 popular song from 1899Words and music by Nathan Bivins The sheet music: Accompaniment by James PItt-Payne: Lyrics 1. A coon cake walk was about to beginThe dead swell coons was all coming inChampion Simpson was head of &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/his-ragtime-walk-won-the-prize\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;His Rag-Time Walk Won the Prize&#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-1771","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/Pa3ZiQ-sz","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1771","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=1771"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1771\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4708,"href":"https:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1771\/revisions\/4708"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1771"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}