{"id":2205,"date":"2022-02-06T22:13:09","date_gmt":"2022-02-06T22:13:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/?page_id=2205"},"modified":"2024-06-20T13:05:27","modified_gmt":"2024-06-20T13:05:27","slug":"hannibal","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/hannibal\/","title":{"rendered":"Hannibal"},"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 1909.<br>Words and music by Bert Noble.<\/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\/2022\/02\/Hannibal-1909.pdf\" type=\"application\/pdf\" style=\"width:100%;height:600px\" aria-label=\"Embed of Hannibal - Sheet Music.\"><\/object><a id=\"wp-block-file--media-cd5db8d6-25f2-4306-8c1c-5b31f7f87aa0\" href=\"https:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/Hannibal-1909.pdf\">Hannibal &#8211; Sheet Music<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/Hannibal-1909.pdf\" class=\"wp-block-file__button wp-element-button\" download aria-describedby=\"wp-block-file--media-cd5db8d6-25f2-4306-8c1c-5b31f7f87aa0\">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-0539c1fb-6c5a-4ad9-a422-5e96db161219\" href=\"https:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/Hannibal_1909_s_JPP.mid\">Hannibal &#8211; MIDI<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/Hannibal_1909_s_JPP.mid\" class=\"wp-block-file__button wp-element-button\" download aria-describedby=\"wp-block-file--media-0539c1fb-6c5a-4ad9-a422-5e96db161219\">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\">There was a coon in Tennessee<br>Who was as lazy as he could be<br>And the hardest work he&#8217;d do<br>Was when at meals<br>When he was asked how He got by<br>Said with a twinkle in his eye<br>&#8220;Indigestion is the only thing I feels<br>I never under sleep<br>In fact I always seem to oversleep<br>And when the moon does peep<br>Out from my bed I creep<br>And hunt for bread and meat<br>Oh what a lazy life<br>I&#8217;m awful glad I got a healthy wife<br>One that can wash for me<br>Cook squash for me and say&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Chorus<br>&#8220;Hannibal, cannibal, Hannibal<br>You&#8217;re a carnivorous animal<br>Living on honey, never got money<br>Dodging the sunbeams all day<br>But if you ever should lose your pull<br>You&#8217;ll find the diff&#8217;rence &#8216;tween empty and full<br>But if you ever slip<br>You surely have to eat your liver lip<br>Oh my! my Hannibal, you cannibal, beware<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">2. A fortune teller came that way<br>And told that coon to never stray<br>For if he did, he&#8217;d surely whistle<br>&#8220;Home sweet home&#8221;<br>Alas for this poor foolish lad<br>He got a feeling mighty bad<br>That around this hemisphere<br>He&#8217;d have to roam<br>Alas! his foolish mind<br>No ham and egg trees did he ever find<br>There was no turkey rare<br>Not even bones to spare<br>Oh how that coon did fare<br>And since he&#8217;s walked the track<br>A reg&#8217;lar ham has grown upon his back<br>And when he wanders in<br>Chuck full of gin, he&#8217;ll hear<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\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 1909.Words and music by Bert Noble. The sheet music: Accompaniment by James Pitt-Payne: Lyrics There was a coon in TennesseeWho was as lazy as he could beAnd the hardest work he&#8217;d doWas when at &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/hannibal\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Hannibal&#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-2205","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/Pa3ZiQ-zz","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2205","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=2205"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2205\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4854,"href":"https:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2205\/revisions\/4854"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2205"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}