{"id":2249,"date":"2022-04-12T13:03:18","date_gmt":"2022-04-12T13:03:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/?page_id=2249"},"modified":"2024-06-20T13:32:29","modified_gmt":"2024-06-20T13:32:29","slug":"walking-for-the-sugar-coated-cake","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/walking-for-the-sugar-coated-cake\/","title":{"rendered":"Walking For the Sugar-Coated Cake"},"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 1901.<br>Words and music by Charles W. Walker.<br>Arrangement by Fred Ireland.<\/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\/06\/Walking-For-the-Sugar-Coated-Cake-1901.pdf\" type=\"application\/pdf\" style=\"width:100%;height:600px\" aria-label=\"Embed of Walking-For-the-Sugar-Coated-Cake - Sheet Music.\"><\/object><a id=\"wp-block-file--media-c5acddc5-0b5f-4e75-9026-12bbcf624a6c\" href=\"https:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/Walking-For-the-Sugar-Coated-Cake-1901.pdf\">Walking-For-the-Sugar-Coated-Cake &#8211; Sheet Music<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/Walking-For-the-Sugar-Coated-Cake-1901.pdf\" class=\"wp-block-file__button wp-element-button\" download aria-describedby=\"wp-block-file--media-c5acddc5-0b5f-4e75-9026-12bbcf624a6c\">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-f59d5d3f-089a-4b54-98a9-b14fffa53620\" href=\"https:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/Walking_For_The_Sugar-Coated_Cake_1901.mid\">Walking_For_The_Sugar-Coated_Cake &#8211; MIDI<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/Walking_For_The_Sugar-Coated_Cake_1901.mid\" class=\"wp-block-file__button wp-element-button\" download aria-describedby=\"wp-block-file--media-f59d5d3f-089a-4b54-98a9-b14fffa53620\">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\">1. A cakewalk that will cause a great sensation<br>That they will talk about in future history<br>Will be contested for this very evening<br>By the high-toned colored aristocracy<br>Each coon will bring his most bewitching baby<br>Strive with might and main the prize to take<br>But they\u2019re too slow for me, you know<br>I\u2019m the coon that\u2019s gwine to captivate that cake<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Chorus<br>When you see my baby, and I get on the floor<br>Such style and grace you never saw before<br>The hearts of all those other coons will break<br>When walking for that sugar-coated cake<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">2. There\u2019s sure to be a genuine commotion<br>When they see Shasa in that hall tonight<br>My clothes cut in the very latest fashion<br>And my diamonds flashing like electric light<br>I won\u2019t forget to take along my razor<br>If a coon there dares to make a break<br>I\u2019ll carve him deep, put him to sleep<br>When I\u2019m tripping with my baby for that cake<\/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 1901.Words and music by Charles W. Walker.Arrangement by Fred Ireland. The sheet music: Accompaniment by James Pitt-Payne: Lyrics 1. A cakewalk that will cause a great sensationThat they will talk about in future historyWill &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/walking-for-the-sugar-coated-cake\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Walking For the Sugar-Coated Cake&#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-2249","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/Pa3ZiQ-Ah","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2249","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=2249"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2249\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4863,"href":"https:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2249\/revisions\/4863"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2249"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}