{"id":4790,"date":"2024-06-01T13:57:50","date_gmt":"2024-06-01T13:57:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/?page_id=4790"},"modified":"2026-03-23T12:11:34","modified_gmt":"2026-03-23T16:11:34","slug":"wild-cherries","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/wild-cherries\/","title":{"rendered":"Wild Cherries"},"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\">That Cooney, Spooney Rag from 1909<br>Originally an instrumental solo in 1908<br>Words by Irving Berlin<br>Music by Ted Snyder<\/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\/06\/Wild-Cheeries-1909.pdf\" type=\"application\/pdf\" style=\"width:100%;height:600px\" aria-label=\"Embed of Wild-Cherries - Sheet Music.\"><\/object><a id=\"wp-block-file--media-233af13d-b01b-49b3-9d2c-0343302e6105\" href=\"https:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/Wild-Cheeries-1909.pdf\">Wild-Cherries &#8211; Sheet Music<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/Wild-Cheeries-1909.pdf\" class=\"wp-block-file__button wp-element-button\" download aria-describedby=\"wp-block-file--media-233af13d-b01b-49b3-9d2c-0343302e6105\">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<figure class=\"wp-block-audio\"><audio controls src=\"https:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Wild-Cherries.mp3\"><\/audio><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-file\"><a id=\"wp-block-file--media-3a77fdc8-527b-4d7e-9519-fd6b8f284d86\" href=\"https:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Wild_Cherries_1909_seq_JPP.mid\">Wild_Cherries &#8211; MIDI<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Wild_Cherries_1909_seq_JPP.mid\" class=\"wp-block-file__button wp-element-button\" download aria-describedby=\"wp-block-file--media-3a77fdc8-527b-4d7e-9519-fd6b8f284d86\">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>Talk of yo&#8217; looney coons<br>Talk of yo&#8217; spoony coons<br>Lover of coony tunes<br>Jackson was the leader of a big brass band<br>Understand<br>While at a ball one night<br>Miss Lucinda Morgan White<br>Yelled out with all her might<br>When he started playing some familiar tune<br>She just cried with delight<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Chorus<br>If you love yo&#8217; babe, play that tune for me<br>Just because I feel so funny<br>Honey I don&#8217;t care for money<br>I&#8217;m goin&#8217; crazy, that rag&#8217;s a daisy<br>I just can&#8217;t make my feeling behave<br>Play that tune again<br>Mighty soon again<br>Honey, don&#8217;t you start to scold<br>I&#8217;m feeling like a two year old<br>When I hear that strain<br>Gwine to cry again<br>Play me some Wild Cherry Rag<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ol start=\"2\" class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Talk of yo&#8217; wedding chimes<br>Talk of yo&#8217; champagne wines<br>Talk of yo&#8217; scand&#8217;lous times<br>Mister Jackson married Miss Lucinda White<br>Sunday night<br>Just as the knot was tied<br>Parson had blessed the bride<br>Jackson stood by her side<br>When the music played that lovin&#8217; weddin&#8217; march<br>Miss Lucinda just cried<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Chorus<br>If you love yo&#8217; babe, play that tune for me<br>No I&#8217;m not a blowin&#8217; hon but<br>I feel like goin&#8217; some<br>I&#8217;m goin&#8217; crazy that rag&#8217;s a daisy<br>I just can&#8217;t make my feeling behave<br>Play that tune again<br>Mighty soon again<br>Oh, you seven come eleven!<br>Hon I&#8217;m goin&#8217; straight to heav&#8217;n<br>When I hear that strain<br>Gwine to cry again<br>Play me some Wild Cherry Rag<\/p>\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.] That Cooney, Spooney Rag from 1909Originally an instrumental solo in 1908Words by Irving BerlinMusic by Ted Snyder The sheet music: Accompaniment by James Pitt-Payne: Lyrics ChorusIf you love yo&#8217; babe, play that tune for meJust because I feel &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/wild-cherries\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Wild Cherries&#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-4790","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/Pa3ZiQ-1fg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/4790","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=4790"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/4790\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5603,"href":"https:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/4790\/revisions\/5603"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4790"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}