{"id":457,"date":"2018-09-03T00:04:28","date_gmt":"2018-09-03T00:04:28","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/?page_id=457"},"modified":"2023-05-16T12:15:06","modified_gmt":"2023-05-16T12:15:06","slug":"darktown-dancin-school","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/darktown-dancin-school\/","title":{"rendered":"Darktown Dancin&#8217; School"},"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\">from the 1920 musical &#8220;Sinbad&#8221;<br>words by Jack Yellen<br>music by Albert Gumble<\/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\/2018\/09\/Darktown-Dancin-School.pdf\" type=\"application\/pdf\" style=\"width:100%;height:600px\" aria-label=\"Embed of Darktown Dancin&apos; School - Sheet Music.\"><\/object><a id=\"wp-block-file--media-dcc00623-a1c3-44b6-b987-5da19f0b3a30\" href=\"https:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/Darktown-Dancin-School.pdf\">Darktown Dancin&#8217; School &#8211; Sheet Music<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/Darktown-Dancin-School.pdf\" class=\"wp-block-file__button wp-element-button\" download aria-describedby=\"wp-block-file--media-dcc00623-a1c3-44b6-b987-5da19f0b3a30\">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:\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-file\"><a id=\"wp-block-file--media-41b671e4-9666-4db9-9453-ea28a8a92e18\" href=\"https:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/Darktown-Dancin-School.mid\">Darktown Dancin&#8217; School &#8211; MIDI<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/Darktown-Dancin-School.mid\" class=\"wp-block-file__button wp-element-button\" download aria-describedby=\"wp-block-file--media-41b671e4-9666-4db9-9453-ea28a8a92e18\">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<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">1. I never got much education<br>When I went to public school<br>I was awf&#8217;ly thick at arithmetic<br>Couldn&#8217;t learn a single rule<br>But now I&#8217;m learning syncopation<br>People say that I&#8217;m a fool<br>But oh Buddy, how I love to study<br>At the Darktown Dancin&#8217; School<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Chorus<br>First you jazz-step nice an&#8217; slow<br>Then you do the tickle-toe<br>Now ball the jack, get the knack<br>Bend your knees and then you twist &#8217;em back<br>Walk the dog with lots o&#8217; pep<br>Put some ginger in your step<br>On graduation day<br>You&#8217;ve got to shimmie in the proper way<br>&#8216;Cause that&#8217;s the makin&#8217; of a dancin&#8217; fool<br>At the Darktown Dancin&#8217; School<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">2. Now that&#8217;s the place to learn the new steps<br>Better come with me right now<br>Mister Dancin&#8217; Mose dress&#8217;d in evenin&#8217; clothes<br>Will be there to show you how<br>Say when it comes to dancin&#8217; teachers<br>He&#8217;s the greatest of his time<br>And doggone him no one&#8217;s got it on him<br>In the Jazz-bo dancin&#8217; line<\/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\">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\/fBFXRayD_Fs?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.] from the 1920 musical &#8220;Sinbad&#8221;words by Jack Yellenmusic by Albert Gumble The sheet music: Accompaniment:\u00a0 Lyrics 1. I never got much educationWhen I went to public schoolI was awf&#8217;ly thick at arithmeticCouldn&#8217;t learn a single ruleBut now I&#8217;m &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/darktown-dancin-school\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Darktown Dancin&#8217; School&#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-457","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/Pa3ZiQ-7n","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/457","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=457"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/457\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3903,"href":"https:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/457\/revisions\/3903"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=457"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}