{"id":4950,"date":"2024-07-20T20:15:16","date_gmt":"2024-07-20T20:15:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/?page_id=4950"},"modified":"2024-07-20T20:15:16","modified_gmt":"2024-07-20T20:15:16","slug":"a-coon-serenade","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/a-coon-serenade\/","title":{"rendered":"A Coon Serenade"},"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 1902<br>Words and music by Jennie Jewett Morandi<\/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\/07\/A-Coon-Serenade-1902.pdf\" type=\"application\/pdf\" style=\"width:100%;height:600px\" aria-label=\"Embed of A Coon Serenade - Sheet Music.\"><\/object><a id=\"wp-block-file--media-1603b76c-90b3-4e4a-b594-fce653dcb5e4\" href=\"https:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/A-Coon-Serenade-1902.pdf\">A Coon Serenade &#8211; Sheet Music<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/A-Coon-Serenade-1902.pdf\" class=\"wp-block-file__button wp-element-button\" download aria-describedby=\"wp-block-file--media-1603b76c-90b3-4e4a-b594-fce653dcb5e4\">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-0237957b-d303-4b45-98ab-b5ab22bb2c59\" href=\"https:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/A_Coon_Serenade_1902_s_JPP.mid\">A_Coon_Serenade &#8211; MIDI<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/A_Coon_Serenade_1902_s_JPP.mid\" class=\"wp-block-file__button wp-element-button\" download aria-describedby=\"wp-block-file--media-0237957b-d303-4b45-98ab-b5ab22bb2c59\">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>Softly the shades of twilight now are falling<br>Brightly the stars are shining in the sky<br>Bells sweetly chime in rhythmic rhyme<br>While I sing this little song to you<br>Moonbeams are flooding all the land with glory<br>While I am telling you the old sweet story<br>That my heart from you will never part<br>And that my love for you is ever, ever true<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Refrain<br>Oh! oh! my little honey, you are my sweet<br>When I&#8217;m with you my happiness is complete<br>You are my only love, true as the stars above<br>And my heart is filled with joy divine<br>There may be other girls, but they&#8217;re not like you<br>None have a face so fair, or heart half so true<br>I love you best of all, Oh! honey, hear my call<br>And say that you&#8217;ll always love me, baby mine<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ol start=\"2\" class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Sometimes I&#8217;m sure my love you try to phase me<br>Try hard to throw me down, but then you craze me<br>Drive me just wild, my honey child<br>Don&#8217;t you see, because I love you so<br>Sweet lips are smiling tenderly above me<br>Bright eyes are telling me just how you love me<br>For I know that I&#8217;m your only beau<br>O sweet heart, listen while I whisper soft and low<\/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 1902Words and music by Jennie Jewett Morandi The sheet music: Accompaniment by James Pitt-Payne: Lyrics RefrainOh! oh! my little honey, you are my sweetWhen I&#8217;m with you my happiness is completeYou are my only &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/a-coon-serenade\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;A Coon Serenade&#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-4950","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/Pa3ZiQ-1hQ","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/4950","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=4950"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/4950\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4953,"href":"https:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/4950\/revisions\/4953"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4950"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}