{"id":1800,"date":"2019-06-15T17:44:43","date_gmt":"2019-06-15T17:44:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/?page_id=1800"},"modified":"2024-04-18T12:57:46","modified_gmt":"2024-04-18T12:57:46","slug":"struttin-school","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/struttin-school\/","title":{"rendered":"Struttin&#8217; School"},"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 1923 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\/Struttin-School-SHEET-MUSIC.pdf\" type=\"application\/pdf\" style=\"width:100%;height:600px\" aria-label=\"Embed of Struttin School - SHEET MUSIC.\"><\/object><a id=\"wp-block-file--media-4a84a849-860e-4c7a-a710-6dcbebd73902\" href=\"https:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/Struttin-School-SHEET-MUSIC.pdf\">Struttin School &#8211; SHEET MUSIC<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/Struttin-School-SHEET-MUSIC.pdf\" class=\"wp-block-file__button wp-element-button\" download aria-describedby=\"wp-block-file--media-4a84a849-860e-4c7a-a710-6dcbebd73902\">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-94a3434e-8136-4846-bc4a-f7a563df4f7f\" href=\"https:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/Struttin_School_1923-MIDI.mid\">Struttin_School &#8211; MIDI<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/Struttin_School_1923-MIDI.mid\" class=\"wp-block-file__button wp-element-button\" download aria-describedby=\"wp-block-file--media-94a3434e-8136-4846-bc4a-f7a563df4f7f\">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. Well, folks<br>Here&#8217;s some news I&#8217;ve got to tell folks<br>Dancin&#8217; shoes of lot of swell folks<br>Are doin&#8217; new steps now-a-days<br>Mark down<br>&#8220;Struttin&#8217; School&#8221; where there&#8217;s a dark-brown<br>Struttin&#8217; fool who&#8217;s teachin&#8217; Darktown<br>The very latest dancin&#8217; craze<br>And if your steppin stuff<br>Isn&#8217;t right up to snuff<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Chorus:<br>Take your feet to be educated in the Strut-strut-struttin&#8217; school<br>It&#8217;s a treat to be graduated as a Strut-strut-struttin&#8217; fool<br>This school has a band that features only jazz<br>And dancin&#8217; teachers who&#8217;s struttin&#8217; ain&#8217;t nothin&#8217; but the best in the land<br>Step this way when you step inside of any Strut-strut-struttin&#8217; hall<br>Just display lots of pep and pride and see how all the ladies fall<br>If you want to take home a Darktown Struttin&#8217; diploma<br>Take your feet to be educated in the Strut-strut-struttin&#8217; school<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">2. Drop in<br>Any time you&#8217;re pleasure shoppin&#8217;<br>Pay your dime, and you can hop in<br>And join a class most any night<br>Rastus<br>Ace of spades of dancin&#8217; masters<br>Teaches maids of Goulds and Astors<br>Will show you how to do it right<br>And if you aim to be<br>In high society<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u00a0Sung 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\/JA50mgcjRTw?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 1923 popular songWords by Jack YellenMusic by Milton Ager Sheet music provided by Laurence Rubenstein: Accompaniment by James Pitt-Payne: Lyrics 1. Well, folksHere&#8217;s some news I&#8217;ve got to tell folksDancin&#8217; shoes of lot of swell folksAre doin&#8217; &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/struttin-school\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Struttin&#8217; School&#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-1800","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/Pa3ZiQ-t2","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1800","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=1800"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1800\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4738,"href":"https:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1800\/revisions\/4738"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1800"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}