{"id":3003,"date":"2022-09-02T13:30:37","date_gmt":"2022-09-02T13:30:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/?page_id=3003"},"modified":"2024-07-27T11:39:46","modified_gmt":"2024-07-27T11:39:46","slug":"my-zulu-prince","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/my-zulu-prince\/","title":{"rendered":"My Zulu Prince"},"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 song from 1899.<br>Words by Dr. J. W. Magruder.<br>Music by J. R. Lohmeyer.<\/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\/09\/My-Zulu-Prince-1899.pdf\" type=\"application\/pdf\" style=\"width:100%;height:600px\" aria-label=\"Embed of My Zulu Prince - Sheet Music.\"><\/object><a id=\"wp-block-file--media-a7f3e469-8f22-4d44-901b-3737fe2c88bb\" href=\"https:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/My-Zulu-Prince-1899.pdf\">My Zulu Prince &#8211; Sheet Music<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/My-Zulu-Prince-1899.pdf\" class=\"wp-block-file__button wp-element-button\" download aria-describedby=\"wp-block-file--media-a7f3e469-8f22-4d44-901b-3737fe2c88bb\">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-3d6da65a-e52a-4510-ae1a-e41f7b1869f2\" href=\"https:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/My_Zulu_Prince_1899.mid\">My_Zulu_Prince &#8211; MIDI<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/My_Zulu_Prince_1899.mid\" class=\"wp-block-file__button wp-element-button\" download aria-describedby=\"wp-block-file--media-3d6da65a-e52a-4510-ae1a-e41f7b1869f2\">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. I love a coon, indeed I do<br>I&#8217;ll leave all other common niggers for you<br>He ain&#8217;t no yaller sammon tin-horn guy<br>For ev&#8217;rything he wants he can always buy<br>So, I&#8217;m his babe when he&#8217;s throwing the bones<br>And when he gets thro&#8217; brings his money all home<br>Then says my honey, &#8220;You&#8217;se been so true<br>I&#8217;ll give you this, my darling Lou&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Chorus<br>So how could I ever leave this coon of mine<br>Since he has always treated me so fine?<br>No lemon-colored niggers done cut a bit of figger<br>Since I have met that man<br>I&#8217;d sooner think of cutten off my head<br>Than ever for a minute cut him dead<br>I&#8217;se always gwine to love him, that&#8217;s a cinch<br>For he is my Zulu Prince<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">2. He&#8217;s just as black as a coon could be<br>But that don&#8217;t matter, &#8216;cos he&#8217;s good to me<br>He buys my clothes, and rushes the can<br>I couldn&#8217;t love a nigger like I love that man<br>You ought to see when we go out at night<br>He always has his razor, in case there is a fight<br>The hottest thing you ever did see<br>And all he&#8217;s got belongs to me<\/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 song from 1899.Words by Dr. J. W. Magruder.Music by J. R. Lohmeyer. The sheet music: Accompaniment by James Pitt-Payne: Lyrics 1. I love a coon, indeed I doI&#8217;ll leave all other common niggers for youHe ain&#8217;t &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/my-zulu-prince\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;My Zulu Prince&#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-3003","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/Pa3ZiQ-Mr","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/3003","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=3003"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/3003\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5006,"href":"https:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/3003\/revisions\/5006"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3003"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}