{"id":4428,"date":"2023-08-26T12:14:52","date_gmt":"2023-08-26T12:14:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/?page_id=4428"},"modified":"2024-04-09T11:19:36","modified_gmt":"2024-04-09T11:19:36","slug":"watermelon-am-good-enough-for-mine","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/watermelon-am-good-enough-for-mine\/","title":{"rendered":"Watermelon am Good Enough For Mine"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A 1904 popular song<br>words by G. Barker Richardson<br>music by Albert Von Tilzer<\/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\/08\/Watermelon-am-Good-Enough-For-Mine-1904.pdf\" type=\"application\/pdf\" style=\"width:100%;height:600px\" aria-label=\"Embed of Watermelon-am-Good-Enough-For-Mine - Sheet Music.\"><\/object><a id=\"wp-block-file--media-feca8443-0f34-4cf1-bff2-eb41bffc044c\" href=\"https:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/Watermelon-am-Good-Enough-For-Mine-1904.pdf\">Watermelon-am-Good-Enough-For-Mine &#8211; Sheet Music<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/Watermelon-am-Good-Enough-For-Mine-1904.pdf\" class=\"wp-block-file__button wp-element-button\" download aria-describedby=\"wp-block-file--media-feca8443-0f34-4cf1-bff2-eb41bffc044c\">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 Denese Coulbeck:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-file\"><a id=\"wp-block-file--media-66749bd8-6c08-4f1e-be34-75e8e2f501aa\" href=\"https:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/Watermelon_Am_Good_Enough_For_Mine_1904_MIDI_DCoulbeck.mid\">Watermelon_Am_Good_Enough_For_Mine &#8211; MIDI<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/Watermelon_Am_Good_Enough_For_Mine_1904_MIDI_DCoulbeck.mid\" class=\"wp-block-file__button wp-element-button\" download aria-describedby=\"wp-block-file--media-66749bd8-6c08-4f1e-be34-75e8e2f501aa\">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>Now de white folks all been claimin&#8217;<br>In de last few years gone by<br>If a darkey don&#8217;t eat chicken<br>He am surely gwine to die<br>But when dey done dis figerin&#8217;<br>I &#8216;spect day left me out<br>For de day am gwine to be quite cold<br>When I fo&#8217; chicken shout<br>If dere were fo&#8217;ty &#8216;leben chickens<br>Sittin&#8217; on one roost<br>An de do&#8217; was lef&#8217; wide open<br>Fo&#8217; dem I&#8217;d hab no use<br>But if I saw a watermelon<br>Growin&#8217; on de vine<br>I&#8217;d be right dere wid bof&#8217; feet<br>&#8216;Round watermelon time<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Chorus<br>Watermelon am good enough for mine<br>I has no use for chicken<br>&#8216;Round watermelon time<br>If you wants to get ma gratitude<br>And see ma black eyes shine<br>Just pick me out a watermelon<br>Dat am good enough for mine<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\" start=\"2\">\n<li>From de bosom ob his fam&#8217;ly<br>In de town&#8217;s old Caliboose<br>He was charged with moral suasion<br>On his neighbor&#8217;s chicken roost<br>But circumstantial evidence<br>And experts by de score<br>Claimed dat under Johnson&#8217;s fingernails<br>Dey found some chicken gore<br>Den Johnson rose and to de Judge<br>Dese solemn words he said<br>&#8220;I called upon no chicken roost<br>But melon patch instead<br>It don&#8217;t require no Sherlock Holmes<br>To prove what I have said<br>&#8216;Case you all know de same as me<br>Dat melon&#8217;s blood am red<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Chorus<br>Watermelon am good enough for mine<br>I has no use for chicken<br>&#8216;Round watermelon time<br>Fo&#8217; I can prove an alibi<br>And by ole Deacon Prime<br>Dat I&#8217;se strictly vegatarriarrian<br>&#8216;Round watermelon time<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A 1904 popular songwords by G. Barker Richardsonmusic by Albert Von Tilzer The sheet music: Accompaniment by Denese Coulbeck: Lyrics ChorusWatermelon am good enough for mineI has no use for chicken&#8216;Round watermelon timeIf you wants to get ma gratitudeAnd see ma black eyes shineJust pick me out a watermelonDat am good enough for mine ChorusWatermelon &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/watermelon-am-good-enough-for-mine\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Watermelon am Good Enough For Mine&#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-4428","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/Pa3ZiQ-19q","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/4428","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=4428"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/4428\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4631,"href":"https:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/4428\/revisions\/4631"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4428"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}