{"id":1857,"date":"2020-07-09T17:45:22","date_gmt":"2020-07-09T17:45:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/?page_id=1857"},"modified":"2024-04-18T14:09:57","modified_gmt":"2024-04-18T14:09:57","slug":"wen-de-coloed-ban-comes-machin-down-de-street","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/wen-de-coloed-ban-comes-machin-down-de-street\/","title":{"rendered":"W&#8217;en de Colo&#8217;ed Ban&#8217; Comes Ma&#8217;chin&#8217; Down de Street"},"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 1903 popular song<br>Words by Paul Laurence Dunbar<br>Music by J. Rosamond Johnson<\/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\/2020\/07\/When-the-colored-band-comes-marching-down-the-street.pdf\" type=\"application\/pdf\" style=\"width:100%;height:600px\" aria-label=\"Embed of When the colored band comes marching down the street - Sheet Music.\"><\/object><a id=\"wp-block-file--media-973b3f9c-7f1a-45fc-b51e-4371262f11fe\" href=\"https:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/When-the-colored-band-comes-marching-down-the-street.pdf\">When the colored band comes marching down the street &#8211; Sheet Music<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/When-the-colored-band-comes-marching-down-the-street.pdf\" class=\"wp-block-file__button wp-element-button\" download aria-describedby=\"wp-block-file--media-973b3f9c-7f1a-45fc-b51e-4371262f11fe\">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>W&#8217;en de colored band comes marchin&#8217; down de street<br>Don&#8217;t you people stan&#8217; daih starin&#8217;, lif&#8217; yo&#8217; feet<br>Ain&#8217;t dey playin&#8217; Hip, hoo-ray<br>Stir yo&#8217; stumps an&#8217; clear de way<br>Fu&#8217; de music dat dey mekin&#8217; can&#8217;t be beat<br>Oh, de maor man&#8217;s a-swingin&#8217; of his stick<br>An&#8217; de piccaninnies crowdin&#8217; roun&#8217; him thick<br>In his go&#8217;geous uniform<br>He&#8217;s de lightnin&#8217; of de sto&#8217;m<br>An&#8217; de little clouds erroun&#8217; look mighty slick<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Chorus<br>You kin hyeah a fine perfor&#8217;mance<br>W&#8217;en de white ban&#8217;s serenade<br>An&#8217; dey play dey high-toned music<br>An&#8217; de play it mighty sweet<br>But hit&#8217;s Sousa played in ragtime<br>An hit&#8217;s Rastus on Parade<br>W&#8217;en de colo&#8217;ed ban&#8217; comes ma&#8217;chin&#8217;<br>Ma&#8217;chin&#8217; down de street<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\" start=\"2\">\n<li>W&#8217;en de colored band comes marchin&#8217; down de street<br>You kin hyeah de ladies all erroun&#8217; repeat<br>&#8220;Ain&#8217;t day han&#8217;some, ain&#8217;t dey gran&#8217;<br>Ain&#8217;t dey splendid, goodness, lan&#8217;<br>W&#8217;y dey&#8217;s pu-fect f&#8217;om dey fo&#8217;heads to dey feet<br>An&#8217; sich steppin&#8217; to de music down de line<br>&#8216;Tain&#8217;t de music by itself dat makes it fine<br>Hit&#8217;s de walkin&#8217;, step by step<br>An&#8217; de keepin&#8217; time wid &#8220;Hep&#8221;<br>Dat it mek a common ditty soun&#8217; divine<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Chorus<br>Oh, de white ban&#8217; play hits music<br>An&#8217; hit&#8217;s mighty good to hyeah<br>An&#8217; hit sometimes leave a ticklin&#8217;<br>Leaves a ticklin&#8217; in yo&#8217; feet<br>But de hea&#8217;t goes into business<br>Fu&#8217; to he&#8217;p erlong de eah<br>W&#8217;en de colo&#8217;ed ban&#8217; comes ma&#8217;chin&#8217;<br>Ma&#8217;chin&#8217; down de street<\/p>\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.] A 1903 popular songWords by Paul Laurence DunbarMusic by J. Rosamond Johnson The sheet music: Lyrics ChorusYou kin hyeah a fine perfor&#8217;manceW&#8217;en de white ban&#8217;s serenadeAn&#8217; dey play dey high-toned musicAn&#8217; de play it mighty sweetBut hit&#8217;s Sousa &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/wen-de-coloed-ban-comes-machin-down-de-street\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;W&#8217;en de Colo&#8217;ed Ban&#8217; Comes Ma&#8217;chin&#8217; Down de Street&#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-1857","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/Pa3ZiQ-tX","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1857","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=1857"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1857\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4752,"href":"https:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1857\/revisions\/4752"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1857"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}