{"id":5309,"date":"2024-08-18T14:10:07","date_gmt":"2024-08-18T14:10:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/?page_id=5309"},"modified":"2024-08-18T14:10:07","modified_gmt":"2024-08-18T14:10:07","slug":"excuse-me-but-isnt-your-name-johnson","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/excuse-me-but-isnt-your-name-johnson\/","title":{"rendered":"Excuse Me, But Isn&#8217;t Your Name Johnson?"},"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 popular song from 1907<br>Words by William Hauser<br>Music by Harry J. Lincoln<\/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\/Excuse-Me-But-Isnt-Your-Name-Johnson-1907.pdf\" type=\"application\/pdf\" style=\"width:100%;height:600px\" aria-label=\"Embed of Excuse Me But Isn&apos;t Your Name Johnson - Sheet Music.\"><\/object><a id=\"wp-block-file--media-d63d3408-fff7-420c-bbd2-fa1b159f449d\" href=\"https:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Excuse-Me-But-Isnt-Your-Name-Johnson-1907.pdf\">Excuse Me But Isn&#8217;t Your Name Johnson &#8211; Sheet Music<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Excuse-Me-But-Isnt-Your-Name-Johnson-1907.pdf\" class=\"wp-block-file__button wp-element-button\" download aria-describedby=\"wp-block-file--media-d63d3408-fff7-420c-bbd2-fa1b159f449d\">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-efae958f-149f-439d-a23b-bdf151572010\" href=\"https:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Excuse_Me_But_Isnt_Your_Name_Johnson_1907_s_JPP.mid\">Excuse_Me_But_Isnt_Your_Name_Johnson &#8211; MIDI<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Excuse_Me_But_Isnt_Your_Name_Johnson_1907_s_JPP.mid\" class=\"wp-block-file__button wp-element-button\" download aria-describedby=\"wp-block-file--media-efae958f-149f-439d-a23b-bdf151572010\">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>A colored gal, by the name of Sal<br>Who lived in New Orleans<br>Has often said she&#8217;d like to wed<br>Some coon about her means<br>She then got wise, and advertised<br>For a light brown colored man<br>When a coon light black, said<br>&#8220;I&#8217;ll cinch that,&#8221; and sent her a telegram<br>The words you see, read<br>&#8220;At liberty, I am Johnson, Yours, goodbye<br>I will start for there, and I&#8217;m goin&#8217; to wear<br>A high hat and red tie&#8221;<br>When the train arrived, there a man she spied<br>Who was dressed as he described<br>So, up she went to this colored gent<br>And loudly then she cried<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Chorus<br>Excuse me, but isn&#8217;t your name Johnson<br>Who sent me this yellow telegram?<br>Follow me, I&#8217;m longing to know whether<br>I&#8217;ll live alone, or we&#8217;ll go home together<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ol start=\"2\" class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>They were wed that day<br>And a year they say<br>They lived a happy life<br>&#8217;til a show one day, came along that wasy<br>Jim lost his loving wife<br>Out with the play she starts away<br>As Eva in the show<br>But the troupe, one day, jumped out they say<br>And skipped with all the dough<br>She wired Jim, &#8220;I am broke<br>Her in Milwaukee, this A. M.&#8221;<br>So her better half, by telegraph<br>Sent wifey dear a ten<br>Then she took the train for her home again<br>And when her Jim she spied<br>She grabbed that coon, began to spoon<br>And loudly they she cried<\/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 popular song from 1907Words by William HauserMusic by Harry J. Lincoln The sheet music: Accompaniment by James Pitt-Payne: Lyrics ChorusExcuse me, but isn&#8217;t your name JohnsonWho sent me this yellow telegram?Follow me, I&#8217;m longing to know whetherI&#8217;ll &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/excuse-me-but-isnt-your-name-johnson\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Excuse Me, But Isn&#8217;t Your Name Johnson?&#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-5309","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/Pa3ZiQ-1nD","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/5309","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=5309"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/5309\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5312,"href":"https:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/5309\/revisions\/5312"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5309"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}