{"id":522,"date":"2018-09-04T12:45:32","date_gmt":"2018-09-04T12:45:32","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/?page_id=522"},"modified":"2023-05-17T10:42:43","modified_gmt":"2023-05-17T10:42:43","slug":"dora-dean","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/dora-dean\/","title":{"rendered":"Dora Dean"},"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\">The sweetest gal you ever seen<br>a 1896 coon song<br>words and music by Bert A. Williams<br>arranged by Geo. W. Hetzel<\/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:<\/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\/Dora-Dean.pdf\" type=\"application\/pdf\" style=\"width:100%;height:600px\" aria-label=\"Embed of Dora Dean - Sheet Music.\"><\/object><a id=\"wp-block-file--media-e4700ef8-f872-41f8-94fe-517f94a6f4fd\" href=\"https:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/Dora-Dean.pdf\">Dora Dean &#8211; Sheet Music<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/Dora-Dean.pdf\" class=\"wp-block-file__button wp-element-button\" download aria-describedby=\"wp-block-file--media-e4700ef8-f872-41f8-94fe-517f94a6f4fd\">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:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-file\"><a id=\"wp-block-file--media-3cb0c95f-20b7-4a3d-9cb9-1ef586ce9792\" href=\"https:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/Dora-Dean.mid\">Dora Dean &#8211; MIDI<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/Dora-Dean.mid\" class=\"wp-block-file__button wp-element-button\" download aria-describedby=\"wp-block-file--media-3cb0c95f-20b7-4a3d-9cb9-1ef586ce9792\">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. &#8216;Way down in Lou&#8217;siana<br>Dat&#8217;s where ole Sister Hannah<br>Bakes the cracklin&#8217; bread upon the coals<br>With her daughter Dora Dean<br>Who is my dearest queen<br>Oh! I tell you, boys, she is a lump of gold<br>She goes to church on Sunday<br>You&#8217;ll find her home on Monday<br>Helping all the folks the house to clean<br>Their home it looks so neat<br>You&#8217;ll find it hard to beat<br>The way its kept by Dora Dean<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Chorus<br>Oh! have you ever seen my Dora Dean<br>She is the sweetest thing you ever seen<br>I&#8217;m gwine to make this gal sweet Dora, queen<br>Next Sunday morn&#8217;<br>I&#8217;m gwine to marry sweet Dora Dean<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">2. While down with Sister Holley<br>We all did feel so jolly<br>Each one tried to cut a pigeon wing<br>When up jump&#8217;d Dora Dean<br>Who said, &#8220;I am the queen<br>I can beat you in a dance for anything&#8221;<br>That just suited ole Aunt Dinah<br>Who sang a tune in minor<br>Thinking that she could the music make<br>So we started in to test<br>To see who was the best<br>And Dora walked off with the cake<\/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\/NKeA6ZkG2v8?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;start=67&#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.] The sweetest gal you ever seena 1896 coon songwords and music by Bert A. Williamsarranged by Geo. W. Hetzel The sheet music: Accompaniment: Lyrics 1. &#8216;Way down in Lou&#8217;sianaDat&#8217;s where ole Sister HannahBakes the cracklin&#8217; bread upon the &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/dora-dean\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Dora Dean&#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-522","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/Pa3ZiQ-8q","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/522","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=522"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/522\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3929,"href":"https:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/522\/revisions\/3929"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=522"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}