{"id":3086,"date":"2022-09-20T13:49:03","date_gmt":"2022-09-20T13:49:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/?page_id=3086"},"modified":"2024-07-28T18:59:36","modified_gmt":"2024-07-28T18:59:36","slug":"i-want-dem-presents-back","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/i-want-dem-presents-back\/","title":{"rendered":"I Want Dem Presents Back"},"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 Coondom Throw-down&#8221;, 1896.<br>Words and music by Paul West.<\/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\/I-Want-Dem-Presents-Back-1896.pdf\" type=\"application\/pdf\" style=\"width:100%;height:600px\" aria-label=\"Embed of I Want Dem Presents Back - Sheet Music.\"><\/object><a id=\"wp-block-file--media-5c5092a4-f01e-4b30-a824-7cfcb77aa996\" href=\"https:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/I-Want-Dem-Presents-Back-1896.pdf\">I Want Dem Presents Back &#8211; Sheet Music<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/I-Want-Dem-Presents-Back-1896.pdf\" class=\"wp-block-file__button wp-element-button\" download aria-describedby=\"wp-block-file--media-5c5092a4-f01e-4b30-a824-7cfcb77aa996\">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. My gal Tildy she&#8217;s gone shook me<br>Shook me good and smart<br>She done say she&#8217;d be mah wife<br>But she give me de marble heart<br>She skipped out wif a low down nigger<br>Ain&#8217;t got alf mah stack<br>She kin go whar she&#8217;s a mind to<br>Fer I don&#8217;t care whar she gwine ter<br>But I want my presents back, O!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Chorus<br>I want dat bran&#8217; new cook stove<br>I want dat cha&#8217;r<br>I want dat lookin&#8217; glass<br>De comb, to comb my ha&#8217;r<br>I want dat carpet, yes sir<br>Won&#8217;t git it? Wal I guess, sir!<br>Carve me! An&#8217; starve me<br>I want dem presents back<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">2. Ise a coon what does t&#8217;ings pretty<br>So I says ter Til&#8217;<br>Buy de best in all de city<br>An&#8217; I&#8217;ll blow myself I will<br>Got a flat in de upper coondom<br>Reckless dat&#8217;s a fac&#8217;<br>So I squandered all my money<br>On de furniture but Honey<br>Now I want dem presents back, O!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">3. Saw her once wid dat low nigger<br>In a bran new suit o&#8217; clothes<br>She pawned de stove to buy dat ring<br>And dat ain&#8217;t all my woes<br>Hocked de carpet ter buy him shoes<br>Clean shirt for his back<br>But ter show dat I ain&#8217;t wicked<br>I&#8217;ll jes square it fer de ticket<br>Fer ter git dem presents back, O!<\/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 Coondom Throw-down&#8221;, 1896.Words and music by Paul West. The sheet music: Lyrics 1. 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