{"id":2594,"date":"2022-05-06T21:51:11","date_gmt":"2022-05-06T21:51:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/?page_id=2594"},"modified":"2024-06-22T13:44:12","modified_gmt":"2024-06-22T13:44:12","slug":"looking-for-a-coon-like-me","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/looking-for-a-coon-like-me\/","title":{"rendered":"Looking For a Coon Like Me"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">[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 1894.<br>Words by John P. Harrington.<br>Music by George Le Brunn.<\/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\/Looking-For-a-Coon-Like-Me-SHEET-MUSIC.pdf\" type=\"application\/pdf\" style=\"width:100%;height:600px\" aria-label=\"Embed of Looking For a Coon Like Me - SHEET MUSIC.\"><\/object><a id=\"wp-block-file--media-fee04ae5-ad45-4175-949a-ce1f86468e75\" href=\"https:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/Looking-For-a-Coon-Like-Me-SHEET-MUSIC.pdf\">Looking For a Coon Like Me &#8211; SHEET MUSIC<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/Looking-For-a-Coon-Like-Me-SHEET-MUSIC.pdf\" class=\"wp-block-file__button wp-element-button\" download aria-describedby=\"wp-block-file--media-fee04ae5-ad45-4175-949a-ce1f86468e75\">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-50313238-e80b-41f7-902a-a10a10c1d5e4\" href=\"https:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/Looking_For_A_Coon_Like_Me_1894_s_JPP.mid\">Looking_For_A_Coon_Like_Me &#8211; MIDI<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/Looking_For_A_Coon_Like_Me_1894_s_JPP.mid\" class=\"wp-block-file__button wp-element-button\" download aria-describedby=\"wp-block-file--media-50313238-e80b-41f7-902a-a10a10c1d5e4\">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\">\u00a0Lyrics<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Say, hab you seen a yaller gal<br>Who&#8217;s looking for a coon like me?<br>Oh! if she said her name was Sal<br>She&#8217;s looking for a coon like me<br>For when I get upon de job<br>If I don&#8217;t lub her she will sob<br>An&#8217; her poor heart go wobble-wob<br>Looking for a coon like me<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Chorus<br>Oh, yes, darkies<br>I&#8217;m so very elegant, you see<br>Yaller gals sigh, and pipe dere eye<br>Looking for a coon like me<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ol start=\"2\" class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>You&#8217;se perhaps met dozens on de road<br>Looking for a coon like me<br>Right here, ob grief day hab a load<br>Looking for a coon like me<br>Some sit an&#8217; sob until dey&#8217;re hoarse<br>Some try to get a big divorce<br>You know de reason why, ob course<br>Dey&#8217;re looking for a coon like me<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>I&#8217;se got in lots o&#8217; rows froo gals<br>Looking for a coon like me<br>I&#8217;se had to skip, an&#8217; all my pals<br>Am looking for a coon like me<br>Outside a yaller feller stands<br>Sixteen big niggers he commands<br>Dey&#8217;se all got razors in dere hands<br>Looking for a coon like me<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[This song contains antiquated racial language. It is presented here for historical and educational purposes only.] A popular song from 1894.Words by John P. Harrington.Music by George Le Brunn. The sheet music: Accompaniment by James Pitt-Payne: \u00a0Lyrics ChorusOh, yes, darkiesI&#8217;m so very elegant, you seeYaller gals sigh, and pipe dere eyeLooking for a coon like &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/looking-for-a-coon-like-me\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Looking For a Coon Like Me&#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-2594","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/Pa3ZiQ-FQ","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2594","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=2594"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2594\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4880,"href":"https:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2594\/revisions\/4880"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2594"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}