{"id":3677,"date":"2023-05-11T12:58:24","date_gmt":"2023-05-11T12:58:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/?page_id=3677"},"modified":"2023-05-11T12:58:24","modified_gmt":"2023-05-11T12:58:24","slug":"under-the-bamboo-tree","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/under-the-bamboo-tree\/","title":{"rendered":"Under the Bamboo Tree"},"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\">An exotic love song set in the tropics, 1902.<br>Words and music by Bob Cole.<\/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\/Under_the_Bamboo_Tree.pdf\" type=\"application\/pdf\" style=\"width:100%;height:600px\" aria-label=\"Embed of Under_the_Bamboo_Tree - Sheet Music.\"><\/object><a id=\"wp-block-file--media-ddfec39a-e36a-4d15-9b76-53a4a33ca0ad\" href=\"https:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/Under_the_Bamboo_Tree.pdf\">Under_the_Bamboo_Tree &#8211; Sheet Music<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/Under_the_Bamboo_Tree.pdf\" class=\"wp-block-file__button wp-element-button\" download aria-describedby=\"wp-block-file--media-ddfec39a-e36a-4d15-9b76-53a4a33ca0ad\">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:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-file\"><a id=\"wp-block-file--media-2afd2822-147e-4b37-9cbe-d4fb73b50bb3\" href=\"https:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/Under-the-Bamboo-Tree.mid\">Under-the-Bamboo-Tree &#8211; MIDI<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/Under-the-Bamboo-Tree.mid\" class=\"wp-block-file__button wp-element-button\" download aria-describedby=\"wp-block-file--media-2afd2822-147e-4b37-9cbe-d4fb73b50bb3\">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>Down in the jungles lived a maid<br>Of royal blood though dusky shade<br>A marked impression once she made<br>Upon a Zulu from Matabooloo<br>And every morning he would be<br>Down underneath a bamboo tree<br>A-waiting there his love to see<br>And then to her he\u2019d sing<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Chorus<br>If you lak-a-me, lak I lak-a-you<br>And we lak-a-both the same<br>I lak-a say, this very day<br>I lak-a-change your name<br>\u2018Cause I love-a-you and love-a-you true<br>And if you-a love-a-me<br>One live as two, two live as one<br>Under the bamboo tree<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\" start=\"2\">\n<li>And in this simple jungle way<br>He wooed the maiden every day<br>By singing what he had to say<br>One day he seized her and gently squeezed her<br>And then beneath the bamboo green<br>He begged her to become his queen<br>The dusky maiden blushed unseen<br>And joined him in his song<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>This little story strange but true<br>Is often told in Mataboo<br>Of how this Zulu tried to woo<br>His jungle lady in tropics shady<br>Although the scene was miles away<br>Right here at home I dare to say<br>You\u2019ll hear some Zulu every day<br>Gush out this soft refrain<\/li>\n<\/ol>\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\">Sung here by Fred Feild:<\/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\/VU2bLYDmWPA?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.] An exotic love song set in the tropics, 1902.Words and music by Bob Cole. The sheet music: Accompaniment: Lyrics ChorusIf you lak-a-me, lak I lak-a-youAnd we lak-a-both the sameI lak-a say, this very dayI lak-a-change your name\u2018Cause I &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/under-the-bamboo-tree\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Under the Bamboo Tree&#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-3677","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/Pa3ZiQ-Xj","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/3677","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=3677"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/3677\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3680,"href":"https:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/3677\/revisions\/3680"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3677"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}