{"id":4397,"date":"2023-06-27T13:57:26","date_gmt":"2023-06-27T13:57:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/?page_id=4397"},"modified":"2023-06-27T13:57:26","modified_gmt":"2023-06-27T13:57:26","slug":"louisville-lou","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/louisville-lou\/","title":{"rendered":"Louisville Lou"},"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 1923 popular song.<br>Words by Jack Yellen.<br>Music by Milton Ager.<\/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\/2023\/06\/Louisville-Lou.pdf\" type=\"application\/pdf\" style=\"width:100%;height:600px\" aria-label=\"Embed of Louisville-Lou - Sheet Music.\"><\/object><a id=\"wp-block-file--media-01029d94-6061-42c5-8587-03eccb14ca2b\" href=\"https:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/Louisville-Lou.pdf\">Louisville-Lou &#8211; Sheet Music<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/Louisville-Lou.pdf\" class=\"wp-block-file__button wp-element-button\" download aria-describedby=\"wp-block-file--media-01029d94-6061-42c5-8587-03eccb14ca2b\">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-294d3a6d-a636-4ab8-9ef1-ab97c897e0ec\" href=\"https:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/Louisville_Lou_1923-MIDI.mid\">Louisville_Lou &#8211; MIDI<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/Louisville_Lou_1923-MIDI.mid\" class=\"wp-block-file__button wp-element-button\" download aria-describedby=\"wp-block-file--media-294d3a6d-a636-4ab8-9ef1-ab97c897e0ec\">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<ol class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Folks, you\u2019ve heard of scandalous vamps<br>History is full of love makin\u2019 champs<br>But if you crave a brand new thrill<br>Come and meet the vamp of Louisville<br>She\u2019s a gal who\u2019s nobody\u2019s fool<br>Got a kiss that\u2019s like the kick of a mule<br>Until you\u2019re vamped by this brunette<br>Brother, you ain\u2019t had no vampin\u2019 yet<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Chorus<br>They call the lady Louisville Lou<br>Oh, what that vampin\u2019 baby can do<br>She is the most heart breakin\u2019-est<br>Shimmy shakin\u2019-est that the world every knew<br>She\u2019s got the kind of lovin\u2019 that holds \u2019em<br>Big, black eyes and she rolls \u2019em<br>Hot lips that are pips<br>And no more conscience than a snake has hips<br>And when she struts her feathers and plumes<br>The porters drop their mops and their brooms<br>You oughta see them trailin\u2019 her inhalin\u2019 her perfumes<br>And even Old Black Joes who are old and weak<br>Hang around and want to be her sheik<br>So brother, here\u2019s my warnin\u2019 to you<br>Keep far away from Louisville Lou<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\" start=\"2\">\n<li>Cullud gals, you\u2019d better look out<br>If you\u2019ve got a man you\u2019re crazy about<br>\u2018Cause he may be the best of men<br>But he\u2019s bound to weaken now and then<br>Give him plenty lovin\u2019 each night<br>Don\u2019t you ever leave him out of your sight<br>\u2018Cause if he meets this high brown doll<br>Then you haven\u2019t got a chance at all<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Chorus<br>They call the lady Louisville Lou<br>Oh, what that vampin\u2019 baby can do<br>She got the meanest pair o\u2019 eyes<br>Theda Bara eyes that the world ever knew<br>She\u2019s got a pretty form and she shows it<br>She\u2019s some gal and she knows it<br>What pep! Does she step?<br>That\u2019s what she don\u2019t do nothin\u2019 else excep\u2019<br>And when she struts her feathers and plumes<br>The porters drop their mops and their brooms<br>You oughta see them trailin\u2019 her inhalin\u2019 her perfumes<br>And even Deacon Jones who is old and bent<br>Sold his crutches just to pay her rent<br>So brother, here\u2019s my warnin\u2019 to you<br>Keep far away from Louisville Lou<\/p>\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 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\/0bJ9qNO3RMA?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 stereotypes. It is presented here for historical and educational purposes only.] A 1923 popular song.Words by Jack Yellen.Music by Milton Ager. The sheet music: Accompaniment by James Pitt-Payne: Lyrics ChorusThey call the lady Louisville LouOh, what that vampin\u2019 baby can doShe is the most heart breakin\u2019-estShimmy shakin\u2019-est that the &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/louisville-lou\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Louisville 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-4397","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/Pa3ZiQ-18V","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/4397","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=4397"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/4397\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4400,"href":"https:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/4397\/revisions\/4400"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4397"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}