{"id":514,"date":"2018-09-04T12:37:01","date_gmt":"2018-09-04T12:37:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/?page_id=514"},"modified":"2023-05-17T10:33:46","modified_gmt":"2023-05-17T10:33:46","slug":"dont-tell-your-monkey-man","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/dont-tell-your-monkey-man\/","title":{"rendered":"Don&#8217;t Tell Your Monkey Man"},"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\">Monkey-Man Blues, 1919<br>words and music by Lukie Johnson<\/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:\u00a0<\/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\/Dont-Tell-Your-Monkey-Man.pdf\" type=\"application\/pdf\" style=\"width:100%;height:600px\" aria-label=\"Embed of Don&apos;t Tell Your Monkey Man - Sheet Music.\"><\/object><a id=\"wp-block-file--media-ccf90b2a-9210-4d49-9da5-097d67ae0182\" href=\"https:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/Dont-Tell-Your-Monkey-Man.pdf\">Don&#8217;t Tell Your Monkey Man &#8211; Sheet Music<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/Dont-Tell-Your-Monkey-Man.pdf\" class=\"wp-block-file__button wp-element-button\" download aria-describedby=\"wp-block-file--media-ccf90b2a-9210-4d49-9da5-097d67ae0182\">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-523f402f-03b4-4b40-8031-914a88dc3fb1\" href=\"https:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/Dont-Tell-Your-Monkey-Man.mid\">Don&#8217;t Tell Your Monkey Man &#8211; MIDI<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/Dont-Tell-Your-Monkey-Man.mid\" class=\"wp-block-file__button wp-element-button\" download aria-describedby=\"wp-block-file--media-523f402f-03b4-4b40-8031-914a88dc3fb1\">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. Down in the jungles far away<br>Two monks were talking one day<br>It surely was a funny sight<br>To see the tricks that they would play<br>One monkey he was making love<br>And trying all the time<br>Just to steal the heart<br>Of someone&#8217;s little baby mine<br>And when they&#8217;d meet each day<br>To her he&#8217;d always say<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Chorus<br>Ev&#8217;rything I tell you<br>Don&#8217;t run and tell your monkey man<br>When I want to love you<br>Don&#8217;t run and tell your monkey man<br>You know I&#8217;m wild about you<br>And I love you with a heart that&#8217;s true<br>So, won&#8217;t you let me steal you babe<br>&#8216;Cause you&#8217;re such a pretty monkey<br>And my heart beats true for you<br>Every night we&#8217;ll spoon dear<br>Underneath the bamboo tree<br>While the moon is shining down<br>So grand in monkey land<br>In my arms I&#8217;ll hold you dear<br>And then I&#8217;ll never have to fear<br>That everything I tell you<br>You&#8217;ll run and tell your monkey man<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">2. Each night he&#8217;d tell her of his love<br>He said you&#8217;re breaking my heart<br>He told her he would treat her kind<br>And vowed from her he&#8217;d never part<br>He promised her a honeymoon<br>The best in jungle land<br>If she&#8217;d only let him steal her<br>From her monkey man<br>And as she&#8217;d cuddle near<br>He&#8217;d whisper in her ear<\/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\/VJl_b9ssqFU?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.] Monkey-Man Blues, 1919words and music by Lukie Johnson The sheet music:\u00a0 Accompaniment:\u00a0 Lyrics 1. Down in the jungles far awayTwo monks were talking one dayIt surely was a funny sightTo see the tricks that they would playOne monkey &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/dont-tell-your-monkey-man\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Don&#8217;t Tell Your Monkey Man&#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-514","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/Pa3ZiQ-8i","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/514","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=514"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/514\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3927,"href":"https:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/514\/revisions\/3927"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=514"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}