{"id":2815,"date":"2022-08-17T19:02:44","date_gmt":"2022-08-17T19:02:44","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/?page_id=2815"},"modified":"2024-07-25T13:10:29","modified_gmt":"2024-07-25T13:10:29","slug":"st-patricks-day-is-a-bad-day-for-coons","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/st-patricks-day-is-a-bad-day-for-coons\/","title":{"rendered":"St. Patrick&#8217;s Day is a Bad Day for Coons"},"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 minstrel song from the year 1901.<br>Words and music by Irving Jones.<\/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\/08\/St.-Patricks-Day-is-a-Bad-Day-for-Coons-1901.pdf\" type=\"application\/pdf\" style=\"width:100%;height:600px\" aria-label=\"Embed of St. Patrick&apos;s Day is a Bad Day for Coons - Sheet Music.\"><\/object><a id=\"wp-block-file--media-20582fe4-40d6-40ce-aba8-fea0be2788f0\" href=\"https:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/St.-Patricks-Day-is-a-Bad-Day-for-Coons-1901.pdf\">St. Patrick&#8217;s Day is a Bad Day for Coons &#8211; Sheet Music<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/St.-Patricks-Day-is-a-Bad-Day-for-Coons-1901.pdf\" class=\"wp-block-file__button wp-element-button\" download aria-describedby=\"wp-block-file--media-20582fe4-40d6-40ce-aba8-fea0be2788f0\">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. There is a certain day that&#8217;s in the year<br>All coons should not forget<br>That one is St. Patrick&#8217;s Day<br>I&#8217;m thinking of the last one yet<br>On last se&#8217;nteenth day of March<br>About the hour of noon<br>I met an Irish bunch who yelled<br>&#8220;Let&#8217;s masacree the coon&#8221;<br>Then they crowded &#8217;round me<br>And my eyes began to blink<br>One of them grabbed ahold me<br>And said, &#8220;Coon, come have a drink&#8221;<br>He said, &#8220;Drink something Irish&#8221;<br>And I quickly took the hint<br>I felt quite sick, but I yelled quick<br>&#8220;Get me have a glass of creme-de-menthe<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Chorus<br>St. Patrick&#8217;s Day&#8217;s a bad day for coons<br>The only safe plan for us is balloons<br>Yellow coons must not be seen<br>If you drink, drink something green<br>St. Patrick&#8217;s Day&#8217;s a bad day for coons<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">2. Just then a high-toned yellow darky came<br>Cake walking down the street<br>He had on a pair of yellow gater-tops on his feet<br>He had on swell yellow gloves, also a yellow vest<br>And when those Irishmen saw that coon<br>I guess you know the rest<br>They quickly grabbed this darky<br>And he began to fight<br>They took his gun and razor<br>Then he tried to pass for white<br>They shaved him with his razor<br>And they fanned him with his gun<br>If you show him a shamrock now<br>That yellow coon is always sure to run<\/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 minstrel song from the year 1901.Words and music by Irving Jones. The sheet music: Lyrics 1. There is a certain day that&#8217;s in the yearAll coons should not forgetThat one is St. Patrick&#8217;s DayI&#8217;m thinking of &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/st-patricks-day-is-a-bad-day-for-coons\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;St. Patrick&#8217;s Day is a Bad Day for Coons&#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-2815","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/Pa3ZiQ-Jp","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2815","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=2815"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2815\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4977,"href":"https:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2815\/revisions\/4977"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2815"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}