{"id":2539,"date":"2022-05-04T17:59:51","date_gmt":"2022-05-04T17:59:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/?page_id=2539"},"modified":"2024-06-22T13:01:22","modified_gmt":"2024-06-22T13:01:22","slug":"how-i-love-my-lu","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/how-i-love-my-lu\/","title":{"rendered":"How I Love My Lu"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">[DISCLAIMER: 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\">From the burlesque &#8220;Pousse Cafe&#8221;, 1898.<br>Words by Edgar Smith and Louis DeLange.<br>Music by John Stromberg.<\/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\/05\/How-I-Love-My-Lu-1898.pdf\" type=\"application\/pdf\" style=\"width:100%;height:600px\" aria-label=\"Embed of How I Love My Lu - Sheet Music.\"><\/object><a id=\"wp-block-file--media-f254d79a-2ac7-46db-9773-cae70f0ee11a\" href=\"https:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/How-I-Love-My-Lu-1898.pdf\">How I Love My Lu &#8211; Sheet Music<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/How-I-Love-My-Lu-1898.pdf\" class=\"wp-block-file__button wp-element-button\" download aria-describedby=\"wp-block-file--media-f254d79a-2ac7-46db-9773-cae70f0ee11a\">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-00daf07c-030e-47ea-865a-391e4f9c3d0a\" href=\"https:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/How_I_Love_My_Lu_1898_s_JPP.mid\">How_I_Love_My_Lu &#8211; MIDI<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/How_I_Love_My_Lu_1898_s_JPP.mid\" class=\"wp-block-file__button wp-element-button\" download aria-describedby=\"wp-block-file--media-00daf07c-030e-47ea-865a-391e4f9c3d0a\">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. &#8216;Way down in old Phil&#8217;delphy<br>Where the cotton sprouts so free<br>And the luscious watermelon grows on ev&#8217;ry tree<br>There, by the Hackensack river<br>Where the alligators roam<br>My heart is ever turning<br>For that&#8217;s my Lulu&#8217;s home<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Chorus<br>Lulu! How I love my Lu, Lu, Lu<br>Lubs you? &#8216;deed I do, Lulu<br>Lu, you are a Lulu<br>Lulu, you&#8217;re my love, for true<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">2. &#8216;Way down in old Phil&#8217;delphy<br>When I hoe de sugar cane<br>I&#8217;se a dreamin&#8217; of ma Lulu<br>And ma heart is full of pain<br>Der possum cuts no figger<br>In persimmons I take no pride<br>Since dat lowdown Trenton nigger<br>Won Lulu from my side<\/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>[DISCLAIMER: This song contains antiquated racial language. It is presented here for historical and educational purposes only.] From the burlesque &#8220;Pousse Cafe&#8221;, 1898.Words by Edgar Smith and Louis DeLange.Music by John Stromberg. The sheet music: Accompaniment by James Pitt-Payne: Lyrics 1. &#8216;Way down in old Phil&#8217;delphyWhere the cotton sprouts so freeAnd the luscious watermelon grows &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/how-i-love-my-lu\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;How I Love My Lu&#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-2539","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/Pa3ZiQ-EX","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2539","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=2539"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2539\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4871,"href":"https:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2539\/revisions\/4871"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2539"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}