{"id":1840,"date":"2020-07-08T17:39:36","date_gmt":"2020-07-08T17:39:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/?page_id=1840"},"modified":"2024-04-18T13:19:55","modified_gmt":"2024-04-18T13:19:55","slug":"happy-hottentots","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/happy-hottentots\/","title":{"rendered":"Happy Hottentots"},"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\">Words by W. H. Delehanty<br>Music by E. N. Catlin<\/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\/Happy-Hottentots.pdf\" type=\"application\/pdf\" style=\"width:100%;height:600px\" aria-label=\"Embed of Happy-Hottentots - Sheet Music.\"><\/object><a id=\"wp-block-file--media-c86d806a-80fd-4fe1-8bd4-cb7b993242b8\" href=\"https:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/Happy-Hottentots.pdf\">Happy-Hottentots &#8211; Sheet Music<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/Happy-Hottentots.pdf\" class=\"wp-block-file__button wp-element-button\" download aria-describedby=\"wp-block-file--media-c86d806a-80fd-4fe1-8bd4-cb7b993242b8\">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<ol class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Oh! I&#8217;m a happy Hottentot<br>Happy, happy, happy, Hottentot<br>And its from Africa I came<br>That&#8217;s where I got my name<br>I used to gather Buchu leaves<br>Buchu, Buchu, gather Buchu leaves<br>And there Massa Helmbold came<br>He paid us for the same<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Chorus<br>That is what I used to do<br>While I gather sweet Buchu<br>I&#8217;m a happy Hottentot<br>Happy, happy, happy, Hottentot<br>And its from Africa I came<br>That&#8217;s where we got our name<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\" start=\"2\">\n<li>It&#8217;s every day when work is done<br>Daily every day when work is done<br>We get together just for fun<br>Just for to have some fun<br>We dance and sing the whole day long<br>Dancing, singing, sing the whole night thro&#8217;<br>In the morning pick the sweet Buchu<br>We pick the sweet Buchu<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[WARNING: This song contains antiquated racial stereotypes. It is presented here for historical and educational purposes only.] Words by W. H. DelehantyMusic by E. N. Catlin The sheet music: Lyrics ChorusThat is what I used to doWhile I gather sweet BuchuI&#8217;m a happy HottentotHappy, happy, happy, HottentotAnd its from Africa I cameThat&#8217;s where we got &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/happy-hottentots\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Happy Hottentots&#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-1840","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/Pa3ZiQ-tG","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1840","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=1840"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1840\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4744,"href":"https:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1840\/revisions\/4744"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1840"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}