{"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":"2026-06-24T15:50:51","modified_gmt":"2026-06-24T19:50:51","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.<br>Cover Art by E.H. Pfeiffer.<br>Sheet Music from the collection of Michael Deatz.<\/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\/2026\/06\/Wild-Cherries-Vocal.pdf\" type=\"application\/pdf\" style=\"width:100%;height:600px\" aria-label=\"Embed of Wild Cherries - Sheet Music.\"><\/object><a id=\"wp-block-file--media-538a3f89-274e-4004-964f-cc2e5b860960\" href=\"https:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Wild-Cherries-Vocal.pdf\">Wild Cherries &#8211; Sheet Music<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Wild-Cherries-Vocal.pdf\" class=\"wp-block-file__button wp-element-button\" download aria-describedby=\"wp-block-file--media-538a3f89-274e-4004-964f-cc2e5b860960\">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 1909.Originally an instrumental solo in 1908.Words by Irving Berlin.Music by Ted Snyder.Cover Art by E.H. Pfeiffer.Sheet Music from the collection of Michael Deatz. The sheet music: Accompaniment by James Pitt-Payne: Lyrics ChorusIf you &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":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"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":4,"href":"https:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/4790\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5700,"href":"https:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/4790\/revisions\/5700"}],"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}]}}