{"id":2900,"date":"2022-08-28T14:31:29","date_gmt":"2022-08-28T14:31:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/?page_id=2900"},"modified":"2024-07-26T13:32:18","modified_gmt":"2024-07-26T13:32:18","slug":"the-mormon-coon","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/the-mormon-coon\/","title":{"rendered":"The Mormon Coon"},"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\">(I am the Mormon coon), a song from 1905.<br>Words by Raymond A. Browne.<br>Music by Henry Clay Smith.<\/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\/The-Mormon-Coon.pdf\" type=\"application\/pdf\" style=\"width:100%;height:600px\" aria-label=\"Embed of The Mormon Coon - Sheet Music.\"><\/object><a id=\"wp-block-file--media-2633e61d-d35b-452f-a24c-3d47a614be6d\" href=\"https:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/The-Mormon-Coon.pdf\">The Mormon Coon &#8211; Sheet Music<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/The-Mormon-Coon.pdf\" class=\"wp-block-file__button wp-element-button\" download aria-describedby=\"wp-block-file--media-2633e61d-d35b-452f-a24c-3d47a614be6d\">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-794ba2a7-0170-4e3f-b6ba-c5b945cf5756\" href=\"https:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/The_Mormon_Coon_1905_s_JPP.mid\">The_Mormon_Coon &#8211; MIDI<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/The_Mormon_Coon_1905_s_JPP.mid\" class=\"wp-block-file__button wp-element-button\" download aria-describedby=\"wp-block-file--media-794ba2a7-0170-4e3f-b6ba-c5b945cf5756\">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 coon named Ephraim skipped the town one day<br>Nobody knew just why he went away<br>Until one night a friend he got a note<br>It was from Eph. and this is what he wrote<br>&#8220;I&#8217;m out in Utah, in the Mormon land<br>And going to stay, because I&#8217;m living grand<br>I used to rave about a single life<br>Now ev&#8217;ry day I get a brand new wife&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Chorus<br>&#8220;I&#8217;ve got a big brunette, and a blonde to pet<br>I&#8217;ve got &#8217;em short, fat, thin and tall<br>I&#8217;ve got a Cuban gal, and a Zulu pal<br>They come in bunches when I call<br>And that&#8217;s not all<br>I&#8217;ve got &#8217;em pretty, too, got a homely few<br>I&#8217;ve got &#8217;em black to octoroon<br>I can spare six or eight<br>Shill I ship &#8217;em by freight?<br>For I am the Mormon coon&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">2. There&#8217;s one gal I ain&#8217;t married yet, but say<br>I&#8217;m saving her up for a rainy day<br>If you ain&#8217;t never heard a cyclone roar<br>Come up and hear just how my wives can snore<br>If you stay out late you can &#8220;con&#8221; your wife<br>If I got gay that mob would have my life<br>It keeps me hustling in the loving line<br>They all yell out, &#8220;I saw him first, he&#8217;s mine&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">3. Next Fall they&#8217;ll make me Gov&#8217;nor of the State<br>The Parsons give me commutation rate<br>I wish for ev&#8217;ry wife I had a cent<br>Why, just for photographs, a house I rent<br>I&#8217;ve got so many, I forget a lot<br>I keep the marriage license door bell hot<br>If on the street into a wife I run<br>I have to ask her, &#8220;What&#8217;s your number, Hon?&#8221;<\/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.] (I am the Mormon coon), a song from 1905.Words by Raymond A. Browne.Music by Henry Clay Smith. The sheet music: Accompaniment by James Pitt-Payne: Lyrics 1. 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