{"id":5150,"date":"2024-08-06T17:27:56","date_gmt":"2024-08-06T17:27:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/?page_id=5150"},"modified":"2024-08-06T17:27:56","modified_gmt":"2024-08-06T17:27:56","slug":"darktown-barbecue","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/darktown-barbecue\/","title":{"rendered":"Darktown Barbecue"},"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\">Darktown was out at dat barbecue, 1904<br>Words and music by Will Marion Cook<\/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\/08\/Darktown-Barbacue-1904.pdf\" type=\"application\/pdf\" style=\"width:100%;height:600px\" aria-label=\"Embed of Darktown Barbacue - Sheet Music.\"><\/object><a id=\"wp-block-file--media-14ca4294-4504-486d-b514-1d4c2cf78fb0\" href=\"https:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Darktown-Barbacue-1904.pdf\">Darktown Barbacue &#8211; Sheet Music<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Darktown-Barbacue-1904.pdf\" class=\"wp-block-file__button wp-element-button\" download aria-describedby=\"wp-block-file--media-14ca4294-4504-486d-b514-1d4c2cf78fb0\">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-cb49154e-8731-4622-baea-89bf0b16bc24\" href=\"https:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Darktown_Barbecue_1904_s_JPP.mid\">Darktown_Barbecue &#8211; MIDI<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Darktown_Barbecue_1904_s_JPP.mid\" class=\"wp-block-file__button wp-element-button\" download aria-describedby=\"wp-block-file--media-cb49154e-8731-4622-baea-89bf0b16bc24\">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>Down at de barbecue las&#8217; Chuesday night<br>Darktown was out. Oh! Lord &#8217;twas a sight!<br>Ev&#8217;ryone rode up in somethin&#8217; on wheels<br>Quite a few coons had automobiles<br>Mandy was dere in huh new gingham dress<br>Wid Dan by huh side jes&#8217; prancin&#8217; a mess<br>Ole Deacon Johnson an&#8217; Aunt Sallie too<br>Forgot about church at dat barbecue<br>Dat pig was sho&#8217; a treat<br>My, how dem coons did eat<br>Dem pigtails an&#8217; pig&#8217;s feet, so sweet<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Chorus<br>You know dat Darktown was out at dat barbecue<br>Dey eat, as ef&#8217; twas deir las&#8217; time to<br>Dey sang kase dey had no work to do<br>Darktown was out at dat barbecue<br>You know dat cue<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ol start=\"2\" class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Soon as de eatin&#8217; an&#8217; drinkin&#8217; was through<br>De dance began at dat barbecue<br>Such scand&#8217;lous wingin&#8217; aint nobody seen<br>Sho&#8217; twas a sight too watch Tildy Green<br>She pranced an&#8217; she danced till huh face was red<br>An&#8217; when she two-steped los&#8217; dat wig off huh head<br>Cose razor Mose tried to start up a fuss<br>But Bill cut him down dat ended de muss<\/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.] Darktown was out at dat barbecue, 1904Words and music by Will Marion Cook The sheet music: Accompaniment by James Pitt-Payne: Lyrics ChorusYou know dat Darktown was out at dat barbecueDey eat, as ef&#8217; twas deir las&#8217; time toDey &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/darktown-barbecue\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Darktown Barbecue&#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-5150","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/Pa3ZiQ-1l4","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/5150","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=5150"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/5150\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5153,"href":"https:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/5150\/revisions\/5153"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5150"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}