{"id":2951,"date":"2022-08-30T12:56:48","date_gmt":"2022-08-30T12:56:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/?page_id=2951"},"modified":"2024-07-26T14:02:21","modified_gmt":"2024-07-26T14:02:21","slug":"ridin-on-de-golden-bike","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/ridin-on-de-golden-bike\/","title":{"rendered":"Ridin&#8217; on de Golden Bike"},"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\">From the show &#8220;A Trip To Chinatown&#8221;, 1895.<br>A satirical coon song, chorus and refrain.<br>Words and music by Dave Reed, Jr.<\/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\/Ridin-on-de-Golden-Bike-1895.pdf\" type=\"application\/pdf\" style=\"width:100%;height:600px\" aria-label=\"Embed of Ridin&apos; on de Golden Bike - Sheet Music.\"><\/object><a id=\"wp-block-file--media-03bd4081-1514-403e-87be-bddc80ccc0da\" href=\"https:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/Ridin-on-de-Golden-Bike-1895.pdf\">Ridin&#8217; on de Golden Bike &#8211; Sheet Music<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/Ridin-on-de-Golden-Bike-1895.pdf\" class=\"wp-block-file__button wp-element-button\" download aria-describedby=\"wp-block-file--media-03bd4081-1514-403e-87be-bddc80ccc0da\">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-92b0fd20-208e-4928-8f07-26e004a2b617\" href=\"https:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/Ridin_On_De_Golden_Bike_1895.mid\">Ridin_On_De_Golden_Bike &#8211; MIDI<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/Ridin_On_De_Golden_Bike_1895.mid\" class=\"wp-block-file__button wp-element-button\" download aria-describedby=\"wp-block-file--media-92b0fd20-208e-4928-8f07-26e004a2b617\">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, Oh, they say the congregation&#8217;s<br>Gwine to take a trip to heaven<br>Get aboard de Golden Bike<br>And de coons will have to quit<br>A playin seven and eleven<br>Get aboard de Golden Bike<br>They have got a colored pusson<br>Fo&#8217; to tend de gates of glory<br>Get aboard de Golden Bike<br>And if niggers ain&#8217;t all angels soon<br>&#8216;Twill be a funny story<br>Get aboard de Golden Bike<br>Fat coons ridin&#8217; to reduce their weight<br>Some fall off as sure as fate<br>Coons on mules and coons on skates<br>Won&#8217;t be admitted at the Golden Gate<br>Get aboard! Get aboard!<br>Get aboard dat Golden Bike<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Chorus<br>Oh, make those golden wheels go faster<br>Have no disaster until that sunny shore you strike<br>You&#8217;ll see those walls of silv&#8217;ry plaster<br>When you&#8217;re ridin&#8217; on de Golden Bike<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">2. Dar&#8217;s a lot of chicken snatchers<br>Dat&#8217;ll surely get a lickin&#8217;<br>Get aboard de Golden Bike<br>Cause they&#8217;ll often steal an angel<br>And imagine it&#8217;s a chicken<br>Get aboard de Golden Bike<br>Rufus Jones got a sleigh on which<br>He says he&#8217;s gwine to travel<br>Get aboard de Golden Bike<br>But they&#8217;ll place him on de rainbow<br>And they&#8217;ll slide him to the devil<br>Get aboard de Golden Bike<br>Big fat Liza in her bloomer clothes<br>How she&#8217;ll ride dar&#8217;s no one knows<br>If a big hill she should strike<br>Goodbye to Liza and de Golden Bike<br>Get aboard! Get aboard!<br>Get aboard dat Golden Bike<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">3. Oh, de novelty for trolley cars<br>Has long ago expired<br>Get aboard de Golden Bike<br>And de safety&#8217;s like a colored man<br>Because it&#8217;s always tired<br>Get aboard de Golden Bike<br>All de horses have no work to do<br>And all their joints are rustin&#8217;<br>Get aboard de Golden Bike<br>All de engines are forsaken<br>And their boilers am a bustin&#8217;<br>Get aboard de Golden Bike<br>Eli Johnson is a gone coon now<br>He can&#8217;t mount his wheel no how<br>He&#8217;ll be dropped down Satan&#8217;s dike<br>Cause he can&#8217;t ride to glory on de Golden Bike<br>Get aboard! Get aboard!<br>Get aboard dat Golden Bike<\/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.] From the show &#8220;A Trip To Chinatown&#8221;, 1895.A satirical coon song, chorus and refrain.Words and music by Dave Reed, Jr. The sheet music: Accompaniment by James Pitt-Payne: Lyrics 1, Oh, they say the congregation&#8217;sGwine to take a trip &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/ridin-on-de-golden-bike\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Ridin&#8217; on de Golden Bike&#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-2951","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/Pa3ZiQ-LB","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2951","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=2951"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2951\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4998,"href":"https:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2951\/revisions\/4998"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2951"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}