{"id":3635,"date":"2023-05-09T13:31:51","date_gmt":"2023-05-09T13:31:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/?page_id=3635"},"modified":"2023-05-09T13:31:51","modified_gmt":"2023-05-09T13:31:51","slug":"my-dusky-lou","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/my-dusky-lou\/","title":{"rendered":"My Dusky Lou"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">[WARNING: This song contains antiquated racial language. It is presented here for historical and educational purposes only.]<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A 1902 popular song.<br>Words by F. W. Sterns.<br>Music by Fred W. Vanderpool.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity is-style-wide\"\/>\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\/2023\/05\/My-Dusky-Lou-SHEET-MUSIC.pdf\" type=\"application\/pdf\" style=\"width:100%;height:600px\" aria-label=\"Embed of My-Dusky-Lou - Sheet Music.\"><\/object><a id=\"wp-block-file--media-92f72f45-1a11-4792-9841-3aa474e66a53\" href=\"https:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/My-Dusky-Lou-SHEET-MUSIC.pdf\">My-Dusky-Lou &#8211; Sheet Music<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/My-Dusky-Lou-SHEET-MUSIC.pdf\" class=\"wp-block-file__button wp-element-button\" download aria-describedby=\"wp-block-file--media-92f72f45-1a11-4792-9841-3aa474e66a53\">Download<\/a><\/div>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity is-style-wide\"\/>\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-51ab67b9-758e-43e2-a986-dd61e03d7708\" href=\"https:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/My_Dusky_Lou-MIDI.mid\">My_Dusky_Lou &#8211; MIDI<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/My_Dusky_Lou-MIDI.mid\" class=\"wp-block-file__button wp-element-button\" download aria-describedby=\"wp-block-file--media-51ab67b9-758e-43e2-a986-dd61e03d7708\">Download<\/a><\/div>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity is-style-wide\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Lyrics<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>When the evening shadows am a softly falling<br>And de golden sun a glidin\u2019 down de west<br>And the little birds their mates am softly calling<br>When I go to meet the one I love the best<br>Tho\u2019 her color\u2019s rather dark I\u2019m not complaining<br>\u2018Cause she am the little queen I idolize<br>And she said the marriage day she\u2019d soon be naming<br>While I vowed last night while gazing in her eyes<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Chorus<br>My dusky Lou-ou I wants but you-ou<br>I love you true-ue, indeed I do-oo<br>My heart am sighin\u2019 with love I\u2019m dyin\u2019<br>Because I wants you for my own, my Dusky Lou<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\" start=\"2\">\n<li>Soon this dusky little charmer I\u2019ll be weddin\u2019<br>When de sweet magnolias blossom in de Spring<br>And the roses all their perfume am a sheddin\u2019<br>And the mocking birds among the treetops sing<br>Still at times my lady love is fond of teasing<br>And altho\u2019 I know its just her little way<br>With a tender smile her hand I\u2019m often squeezing<br>As I kiss her ruby lips and softly say<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Sung here by Vancha March:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"youtube-player\" width=\"840\" height=\"473\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/3J5Z7k4zTMQ?version=3&#038;rel=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;showinfo=1&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;fs=1&#038;hl=en-US&#038;autohide=2&#038;wmode=transparent\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" style=\"border:0;\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox\"><\/iframe><\/span>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[WARNING: This song contains antiquated racial language. It is presented here for historical and educational purposes only.] A 1902 popular song.Words by F. W. Sterns.Music by Fred W. Vanderpool. The sheet music: Accompaniment by James Pitt-Payne: Lyrics ChorusMy dusky Lou-ou I wants but you-ouI love you true-ue, indeed I do-ooMy heart am sighin\u2019 with love &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/my-dusky-lou\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;My Dusky Lou&#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-3635","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/Pa3ZiQ-WD","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/3635","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=3635"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/3635\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3638,"href":"https:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/3635\/revisions\/3638"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3635"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}