{"id":2130,"date":"2021-09-09T13:48:25","date_gmt":"2021-09-09T13:48:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/?page_id=2130"},"modified":"2024-06-16T12:22:47","modified_gmt":"2024-06-16T12:22:47","slug":"you-look-better-goin-then-you-do-a-comin","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/you-look-better-goin-then-you-do-a-comin\/","title":{"rendered":"You Look Better Goin\u2019 Then You Do a Comin&#8217;"},"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 1914<br>Words by Witherow and Carey<br>Music by Walter E. Davison<\/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\/2021\/09\/You-Look-Better-Goin-Than-You-Do-a-Comin-1914.pdf\" type=\"application\/pdf\" style=\"width:100%;height:600px\" aria-label=\"Embed of You Look Better Goin\u2019 Than You Do a Comin - Sheet Music.\"><\/object><a id=\"wp-block-file--media-f4c1625d-c2f8-4068-8ceb-bf1b8347d093\" href=\"https:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/You-Look-Better-Goin-Than-You-Do-a-Comin-1914.pdf\">You Look Better Goin\u2019 Than You Do a Comin &#8211; Sheet Music<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/You-Look-Better-Goin-Than-You-Do-a-Comin-1914.pdf\" class=\"wp-block-file__button wp-element-button\" download aria-describedby=\"wp-block-file--media-f4c1625d-c2f8-4068-8ceb-bf1b8347d093\">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-b7f41fc8-70a5-42d1-9004-04767096e5db\" href=\"https:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/You_Look_Better_Goin_Then_You_Do_A_Comin_1914_s_JPP.mid\">You_Look_Better_Goin_Then_You_Do_A_Comin &#8211; MIDI<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/You_Look_Better_Goin_Then_You_Do_A_Comin_1914_s_JPP.mid\" class=\"wp-block-file__button wp-element-button\" download aria-describedby=\"wp-block-file--media-b7f41fc8-70a5-42d1-9004-04767096e5db\">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>In coontown lived a gal<br>By the name of Linda Green<br>And ever night with Big Sam Jones<br>Miss Linda would be seen<br>And one day they got Married<br>And for a year or more<br>Miss Linda took in washin&#8217;<br>While old Sam would lay and snore<br>Then Sam he ne&#8217;er dropped dead<br>When to him his wife said<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Chorus<br>You look better goin\u2019 then you do a comin\u2019<br>So get right out of here<br>You lazy coon, you&#8217;d sleep till noon<br>While your poor wife works for you<br>So, get right up, put on your hat<br>Get out that door and don&#8217;t come back<br>For you look better goin&#8217; than you do a-comin&#8217;<br>So, get right out of here<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ol start=\"2\" class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Oh, it was wet and cold<br>When Same from a boxcar<br>Rolled back to his Linda<br>He would go and tell his tale of woe<br>Kisses he thought he&#8217;d get<br>A juicy pie and omelet<br>But when he reached his home<br>Once more he found this on the door<br>Then Sam got down and cried<br>When o&#8217;er these words he sighed<\/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.] A popular song from 1914Words by Witherow and CareyMusic by Walter E. Davison The sheet music: Accompaniment by James Pitt-Payne: Lyrics ChorusYou look better goin\u2019 then you do a comin\u2019So get right out of hereYou lazy coon, you&#8217;d &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/you-look-better-goin-then-you-do-a-comin\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;You Look Better Goin\u2019 Then You Do a Comin&#8217;&#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-2130","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/Pa3ZiQ-ym","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2130","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=2130"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2130\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4827,"href":"https:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2130\/revisions\/4827"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2130"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}