{"id":5195,"date":"2024-08-07T18:52:49","date_gmt":"2024-08-07T18:52:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/?page_id=5195"},"modified":"2024-08-07T18:52:49","modified_gmt":"2024-08-07T18:52:49","slug":"do-your-honey-do","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/do-your-honey-do\/","title":{"rendered":"Do Your Honey Do"},"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 comical coon song from 1897<br>Words and music by Theo A. Metz<\/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\/Do-Your-Honey-Do-1897.pdf\" type=\"application\/pdf\" style=\"width:100%;height:600px\" aria-label=\"Embed of Do Your Honey Do - Sheet Music.\"><\/object><a id=\"wp-block-file--media-a8610e2c-0d59-4034-99dc-7e72ef169d7c\" href=\"https:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Do-Your-Honey-Do-1897.pdf\">Do Your Honey Do &#8211; Sheet Music<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Do-Your-Honey-Do-1897.pdf\" class=\"wp-block-file__button wp-element-button\" download aria-describedby=\"wp-block-file--media-a8610e2c-0d59-4034-99dc-7e72ef169d7c\">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-66d0e9d3-2092-491b-a77f-bb95756d3164\" href=\"https:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Do_Your_Honey_Do_1897_s_JPP.mid\">Do_Your_Honey_Do &#8211; MIDI<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Do_Your_Honey_Do_1897_s_JPP.mid\" class=\"wp-block-file__button wp-element-button\" download aria-describedby=\"wp-block-file--media-66d0e9d3-2092-491b-a77f-bb95756d3164\">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>What am de use for to tarry and toil<br>And to save up all your dough<br>When you feel in your bones<br>Dat de gal you love<br>Is another big nigger&#8217;s beau<br>And the cheek of dat wench<br>For to come round and say<br>Dis here love you nebber can share<br>I&#8217;ve another big coon<br>He am de star o&#8217; my soul<br>Now do him if you dare<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Chorus<br>And I done him, cause I loved her<br>I carved him long, I carved him deep<br>Yes, I done him, does you believe me<br>And I put that coon to sleep<br>Oh! I done him, done him badly<br>For dat gal to me she was untrue<br>If I hadn&#8217;t, he&#8217;d a done me<br>So its do your honey do<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ol start=\"2\" class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Liza came round when I finished her coon<br>And she said don&#8217;t do me, do<br>You&#8217;se de star ob my soul<br>And I know I&#8217;m alone<br>And I love no man but you<br>And I dare you niggar for to leave me now<br>But I broke her heart in two<br>When I said Miss Liza, you is not my style<br>And I&#8217;ll do my honey do<\/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 comical coon song from 1897Words and music by Theo A. 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