{"id":4776,"date":"2024-05-15T12:05:38","date_gmt":"2024-05-15T12:05:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/?page_id=4776"},"modified":"2024-05-15T12:05:38","modified_gmt":"2024-05-15T12:05:38","slug":"rastus-thompsons-rag-time-cake-walk","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/rastus-thompsons-rag-time-cake-walk\/","title":{"rendered":"Rastus Thompson&#8217;s Rag-time Cake Walk"},"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 popular song from 1898<br>Words by Andrew B. Sterling<br>Music by Harry 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\/2024\/05\/Rastus-Thompsons-Ragtime-Cake-Walk-1898.pdf\" type=\"application\/pdf\" style=\"width:100%;height:600px\" aria-label=\"Embed of Rastus-Thompsons-Ragtime-Cake-Walk - Sheet Music.\"><\/object><a id=\"wp-block-file--media-a769a55d-964d-4644-b639-15e343570088\" href=\"https:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/Rastus-Thompsons-Ragtime-Cake-Walk-1898.pdf\">Rastus-Thompsons-Ragtime-Cake-Walk &#8211; Sheet Music<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/Rastus-Thompsons-Ragtime-Cake-Walk-1898.pdf\" class=\"wp-block-file__button wp-element-button\" download aria-describedby=\"wp-block-file--media-a769a55d-964d-4644-b639-15e343570088\">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-7f814c07-64b3-4180-ae30-545339afcdc2\" href=\"https:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/Rastus_Thompsons_Ragtime_Cake_Walk_1898.mid\">Rastus_Thompsons_Ragtime_Cake_Walk &#8211; MIDI<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/Rastus_Thompsons_Ragtime_Cake_Walk_1898.mid\" class=\"wp-block-file__button wp-element-button\" download aria-describedby=\"wp-block-file--media-7f814c07-64b3-4180-ae30-545339afcdc2\">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>I received an invitation<br>To attend de celebration<br>Of a cakewalk at Thompson&#8217;s Hall<br>All the Darktown swells and babies<br>Will they congregate? well, maybe<br>Dey&#8217;ll assemble, yes, one and all<br>Every coon thinks he&#8217;ll be in it<br>But ma babe and I will win it<br>When they see us dose coons will shake<br>When de music starts a-raggin&#8217;<br>We will show you without braggin&#8217;<br>How us coons will win dat cake<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Chorus<br>First you pick de yaller gal<br>Dat you love the most<br>Bombashay right down de hall<br>Den you bow to your host<br>You wheel right around<br>Den you do de rag<br>Down de hall with de &#8220;Merican flag&#8221;<br>You&#8217;re &#8216;lowed to breathe<br>But don&#8217;t you dare to talk<br>Gaze into your baby&#8217;s face, make googie eyes<br>Then you get three kisses if you win de prize<br>Shoot de chutes, then you all prominade<br>Possummala for some beer or lemonade<br>When you&#8217;re down at<br>Rastus Thompson&#8217;s rag-time cakewalk<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\" start=\"2\">\n<li>You will see them leave der places<br>When dey see our smilin&#8217; faces<br>As we glide out upon de floor<br>Den der look of expectation<br>It will change to consternation<br>And dey&#8217;ll all vamp out thro&#8217; the door<br>For dere ain&#8217;t no use of talkin&#8217;<br>When it comes right down to walkin&#8217;<br>We&#8217;re de real things, ma babe and I<br>Of that ragtime jubilation<br>We will give an imitation<br>We will win that cake or die<\/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 popular song from 1898Words by Andrew B. SterlingMusic by Harry Von Tilzer The sheet music: Accompaniment by James Pitt-Payne: Lyrics ChorusFirst you pick de yaller galDat you love the mostBombashay right down de hallDen you bow to &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/rastus-thompsons-rag-time-cake-walk\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Rastus Thompson&#8217;s Rag-time Cake Walk&#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-4776","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/Pa3ZiQ-1f2","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/4776","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=4776"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/4776\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4779,"href":"https:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/4776\/revisions\/4779"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4776"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}