{"id":2346,"date":"2022-04-20T18:55:14","date_gmt":"2022-04-20T18:55:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/?page_id=2346"},"modified":"2024-06-22T12:39:58","modified_gmt":"2024-06-22T12:39:58","slug":"coonology","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/coonology\/","title":{"rendered":"Coonology"},"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 1911.<br>Words and music by Blossom Seeley.<\/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\/04\/Coonology-1911.pdf\" type=\"application\/pdf\" style=\"width:100%;height:600px\" aria-label=\"Embed of Coonology - Sheet Music.\"><\/object><a id=\"wp-block-file--media-fe0f7039-946b-4ffb-8f17-f515e5946c31\" href=\"https:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/Coonology-1911.pdf\">Coonology &#8211; Sheet Music<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/Coonology-1911.pdf\" class=\"wp-block-file__button wp-element-button\" download aria-describedby=\"wp-block-file--media-fe0f7039-946b-4ffb-8f17-f515e5946c31\">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-40a8b5bd-a2ec-4351-8aab-180c44385147\" href=\"https:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/Coonology_1911_s_JPP.mid\">Coonology &#8211; MIDI<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/Coonology_1911_s_JPP.mid\" class=\"wp-block-file__button wp-element-button\" download aria-describedby=\"wp-block-file--media-40a8b5bd-a2ec-4351-8aab-180c44385147\">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\">Colored folks now, as a rule<br>When they&#8217;re young, neglect to go to school<br>But to study crapshooting, chicken-ology<br>And the way to act like a fool<br>With Liza Lightfoot &#8217;twas a different case<br>She was the ideal scholar of her race<br>As a singer neither Patti or Melba<br>With this coon could hold a light<br>Her greatest ambition was to win great fame<br>Become invincible as a fort<br>Until she married a lazy coon<br>Him she had to support<br>Instead of becoming a famous singer<br>She became a washboard and mop slinger<br>With wounded pride she when to this coon<br>And in an angry voice she said<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Chorus<br>Look here, Mister Coon<br>I&#8217;m goin&#8217; to tell-a to you, right now<br>Washing and ironing wasn&#8217;t made for me no how<br>You know my constitution&#8217;s chuck full of ability<br>Washing and ironing&#8217;s ruining my utility<br>I&#8217;m just wasting my talent fooling with you<\/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 1911.Words and music by Blossom Seeley. The sheet music: Accompaniment by James Pitt-Payne: Lyrics Colored folks now, as a ruleWhen they&#8217;re young, neglect to go to schoolBut to study crapshooting, chicken-ologyAnd the way to &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/coonology\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Coonology&#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-2346","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/Pa3ZiQ-BQ","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2346","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=2346"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2346\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4864,"href":"https:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2346\/revisions\/4864"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2346"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}