{"id":5158,"date":"2024-08-06T18:11:02","date_gmt":"2024-08-06T18:11:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/?page_id=5158"},"modified":"2024-08-06T18:12:21","modified_gmt":"2024-08-06T18:12:21","slug":"dat-possum-rag","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/dat-possum-rag\/","title":{"rendered":"Dat Possum Rag"},"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\">From &#8220;Jumping Jupiter&#8221;, 1910<br>Words by Harold R. Atteridge<br>Music by Phil Schwartz<\/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\/Dat-Possum-Rag-1910.pdf\" type=\"application\/pdf\" style=\"width:100%;height:600px\" aria-label=\"Embed of Dat Possum Rag - Sheet Music.\"><\/object><a id=\"wp-block-file--media-df71a186-c18f-4c0d-9229-1377b0bc2cf1\" href=\"https:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Dat-Possum-Rag-1910.pdf\">Dat Possum Rag &#8211; Sheet Music<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Dat-Possum-Rag-1910.pdf\" class=\"wp-block-file__button wp-element-button\" download aria-describedby=\"wp-block-file--media-df71a186-c18f-4c0d-9229-1377b0bc2cf1\">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-4d9125dd-294d-4363-9cca-2d6c7c56de9e\" href=\"https:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Dat_Possum_Rag_1910_s_JPP.mid\">Dat_Possum_Rag &#8211; MIDI<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Dat_Possum_Rag_1910_s_JPP.mid\" class=\"wp-block-file__button wp-element-button\" download aria-describedby=\"wp-block-file--media-4d9125dd-294d-4363-9cca-2d6c7c56de9e\">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>&#8216;Way down South in New Orleans the big moon&#8217;s bright<br>Coons are singing on the levee every night<br>Rastus Johnson Black is there and he&#8217;s some gay<br>With his honey gal he does the bombashay<br>Hear that banjo goin&#8217;, that&#8217;s some music, man<br>Lordy! see those Sunday clothes of Dixie Dan<br>Come on, Baby Doll, we&#8217;ll do that chicken drag<br>And we&#8217;ll do that dance they call the Possum rag<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Chorus<br>Come on! come along, baby<br>Oh! Oh! you choc&#8217;late lady<br>Roll those great big eyes at me<br>Hear that music swellin&#8217;<br>Sweet as watermelon<br>Doggone, I feel so funny<br>Like I was ready money<br>Oh, you honey blossom<br>Love you more than possum<br>Come and do that Possum Rag<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ol start=\"2\" class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Memphis Sam is prancing with his Choc&#8217;late drop<br>Dance that Johnson Pas-ma-la and don&#8217;t you stop<br>Here&#8217;s Miss Jackson coming, now say, &#8220;How-do, Lize<br>Honey, you&#8217;re some sassy, when you roll them eyes&#8221;<br>Sing those songs they used to sing before the war<br>Hurry &#8216;long, you chilun, shake your feet some more<br>You can climb to glory with that Dixie strain<br>But that Possum Rag just makes you most insane<\/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.] From &#8220;Jumping Jupiter&#8221;, 1910Words by Harold R. AtteridgeMusic by Phil Schwartz The sheet music: Accompaniment by James Pitt-Payne: Lyrics ChorusCome on! come along, babyOh! 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