{"id":2209,"date":"2022-02-08T23:36:18","date_gmt":"2022-02-08T23:36:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/?page_id=2209"},"modified":"2023-05-12T12:54:42","modified_gmt":"2023-05-12T12:54:42","slug":"im-the-warmest-member-in-the-land","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/im-the-warmest-member-in-the-land\/","title":{"rendered":"I&#8217;m the Warmest Member In the Land"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">[WARNING: This song contains antiquated racial language. It is presented here for historical and educational purposes only.]<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A popular song from 1897.<br>Words by A. F. Dannic.<br>Music by T. Mayo Geary.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity is-style-wide\"\/>\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\/2023\/04\/Im-the-Warmest-Member-In-the-Land-1897.pdf\" type=\"application\/pdf\" style=\"width:100%;height:600px\" aria-label=\"Embed of Im-the-Warmest-Member-In-the-Land - Sheet Music.\"><\/object><a id=\"wp-block-file--media-bd047e6e-47ad-4fe7-a7a6-09ea20350f36\" href=\"https:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/Im-the-Warmest-Member-In-the-Land-1897.pdf\">Im-the-Warmest-Member-In-the-Land &#8211; Sheet Music<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/Im-the-Warmest-Member-In-the-Land-1897.pdf\" class=\"wp-block-file__button wp-element-button\" download aria-describedby=\"wp-block-file--media-bd047e6e-47ad-4fe7-a7a6-09ea20350f36\">Download<\/a><\/div>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity is-style-wide\"\/>\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-4b35394c-2853-407c-8393-460b14559e85\" href=\"https:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/Im_The_Warmest_Member_In_The_Land_1897_s_JPP.mid\">Im_The_Warmest_Member_In_The_Land &#8211; MIDI<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/Im_The_Warmest_Member_In_The_Land_1897_s_JPP.mid\" class=\"wp-block-file__button wp-element-button\" download aria-describedby=\"wp-block-file--media-4b35394c-2853-407c-8393-460b14559e85\">Download<\/a><\/div>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity is-style-wide\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Lyrics<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">1. Well of all the coons you&#8217;ve heard about<br>There&#8217;s no other one like me<br>To the black Four Hundred<br>I belong the swell society<br>I done come from Alabama<br>Just to win a little prize<br>And I&#8217;ll surely be a winner<br>If there&#8217;s full moon in the skies<br>There is gone to be a cakewalk<br>And I&#8217;ve brought my colored queen<br>When on the floor you&#8217;ll hear the roar<br>&#8220;Oh! my ain&#8217;t she a dream&#8221;<br>But when I do my possum dance<br>I&#8217;ll put those niggers in a trance<br>For I&#8217;m the warmest member in the land, Oh!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Refrain<br>I&#8217;m the warmest member in the land<br>Ev&#8217;ry coon in coontown thinks I&#8217;m grand<br>I&#8217;ve always got the money<br>And I blows it on my honey<br>For I&#8217;m the warmest member in the land<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">2. I shall lead that great procession<br>Of the colored swell&#8217;s that night<br>And with my baby on my arm<br>I&#8217;ll look just out of sight<br>For big Sam Blake will want the cake<br>He&#8217;s clever at the game<br>But I&#8217;ll walk just like a major<br>And I&#8217;ll get it just the same<br>I am known all over town to be<br>The famous colored dude<br>My clothes are always up to date<br>My manners never rude<br>My father has all kinds of coons<br>And I&#8217;m the one who makes it burn<br>For I&#8217;m the warmest member in the land, Oh!<\/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 language. It is presented here for historical and educational purposes only.] A popular song from 1897.Words by A. F. Dannic.Music by T. Mayo Geary. The sheet music: Accompaniment by James Pitt-Payne: Lyrics 1. Well of all the coons you&#8217;ve heard aboutThere&#8217;s no other one like meTo the black Four &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/im-the-warmest-member-in-the-land\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;I&#8217;m the Warmest Member In the Land&#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-2209","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/Pa3ZiQ-zD","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2209","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=2209"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2209\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3729,"href":"https:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2209\/revisions\/3729"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2209"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}