{"id":4480,"date":"2023-11-19T14:46:24","date_gmt":"2023-11-19T14:46:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/?page_id=4480"},"modified":"2023-11-19T14:46:24","modified_gmt":"2023-11-19T14:46:24","slug":"the-lily-of-laguna","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/the-lily-of-laguna\/","title":{"rendered":"The Lily of Laguna"},"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 coon song from 1898<br>Words and music by Leslie Stuart<\/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\/11\/The-Lily-of-Laguna-1912.pdf\" type=\"application\/pdf\" style=\"width:100%;height:600px\" aria-label=\"Embed of The-Lily-of-Laguna - Sheet Music.\"><\/object><a id=\"wp-block-file--media-e7b27868-f616-4ad0-95ac-75dce37529d4\" href=\"https:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/The-Lily-of-Laguna-1912.pdf\">The-Lily-of-Laguna &#8211; Sheet Music<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/The-Lily-of-Laguna-1912.pdf\" class=\"wp-block-file__button wp-element-button\" download aria-describedby=\"wp-block-file--media-e7b27868-f616-4ad0-95ac-75dce37529d4\">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-8774ba4b-e429-41d4-bafd-de08d06f367b\" href=\"https:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/The_Lily_Of_Laguna_1898_s_JPP.mid\">The_Lily_Of_Laguna &#8211; MIDI<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/The_Lily_Of_Laguna_1898_s_JPP.mid\" class=\"wp-block-file__button wp-element-button\" download aria-describedby=\"wp-block-file--media-8774ba4b-e429-41d4-bafd-de08d06f367b\">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>It&#8217;s de same old tale of a palpatatin&#8217; niggar<br>Ev&#8217;ry time, ev&#8217;ry time<br>It&#8217;s de same old trouble of a coon<br>Dat wants to be married very soon<br>It&#8217;s de same old heart dat is longing for it&#8217;s lady<br>Ev&#8217;ry time, yes, ev&#8217;ry time<br>But not de same gal, not de same gal<br>She is ma Lily, ma Lily, ma Lily gal<br>She goes ev&#8217;ry sundown, yes, ev&#8217;ry sundown<br>Callin&#8217; in de cattle up de mountain<br>I go &#8216;kase she wants me, yes, &#8216;kase she wants me<br>Help her do de callin&#8217; and de countin&#8217;<br>She plays her music<br>To call de lone lambs dat roam above<br>But I&#8217;m de black sheep and I&#8217;m waitin&#8217;<br>For de signal of ma little lady love.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Refrain<br>She&#8217;s my lady love<br>She is my dove, my baby love<br>She&#8217;s no gal for sitting down to dream<br>She&#8217;s the only queen Laguna knows<br>I know she likes me<br>I know she likes me, becase she says so<br>She is ma Lily of Laguna<br>She is ma Lily and ma rose<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\" start=\"2\">\n<li>When I first met Lil it was down at old Laguna<br>At de dance, de oder night<br>So she says: &#8220;Say, ah&#8217;m curious for to know<br>When ye leave here de way yer goin&#8217; to go<br>&#8216;Kase a wants to see who de lady is dat claims ye<br>All way home, way home tonight&#8221;<br>I says, &#8220;I&#8217;ve no gal, never had one&#8221;<br>And den ma Lily, ma Lily, ma Lily gal<br>She says, &#8220;Kern&#8217;t believe ye, ah kern&#8217;t believe ye<br>Else I&#8217;d like to have ye shaperoon me<br>Dad says he&#8217;ll escorcht me, says he&#8217;ll escorcht me<br>But it&#8217;s mighty easy for to lose him<br>Since then each sundown<br>I wander down here and roam around<br>Until I know ma little lady wants me<br>Till I hear de music ob de signal sound<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[WARNING: This song contains antiquated racial stereotypes. It is presented here for historical and educational purposes only.] A coon song from 1898Words and music by Leslie Stuart The sheet music: Accompaniment by James Pitt-Payne: Lyrics RefrainShe&#8217;s my lady loveShe is my dove, my baby loveShe&#8217;s no gal for sitting down to dreamShe&#8217;s the only queen &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/the-lily-of-laguna\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;The Lily of Laguna&#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-4480","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/Pa3ZiQ-1ag","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/4480","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=4480"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/4480\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4483,"href":"https:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/4480\/revisions\/4483"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4480"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}