{"id":5316,"date":"2024-08-22T21:42:26","date_gmt":"2024-08-22T21:42:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/?page_id=5316"},"modified":"2024-08-22T21:42:26","modified_gmt":"2024-08-22T21:42:26","slug":"the-coontown-billionaire","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/the-coontown-billionaire\/","title":{"rendered":"The Coontown Billionaire"},"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 1903<br>Words and music by Leon Berg<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"799\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/the-coontown-billionaire-cover-799x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-5317\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/the-coontown-billionaire-cover-799x1024.jpg 799w, https:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/the-coontown-billionaire-cover-234x300.jpg 234w, https:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/the-coontown-billionaire-cover-768x985.jpg 768w, https:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/the-coontown-billionaire-cover-1198x1536.jpg 1198w, https:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/the-coontown-billionaire-cover-1598x2048.jpg 1598w, https:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/the-coontown-billionaire-cover-1200x1538.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/the-coontown-billionaire-cover-scaled.jpg 1997w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 799px) 85vw, 799px\" \/><\/figure>\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\/The-Coontown-Billionaire-1903.pdf\" type=\"application\/pdf\" style=\"width:100%;height:600px\" aria-label=\"Embed of The Coontown Billionaire - Sheet Music.\"><\/object><a id=\"wp-block-file--media-d1846724-2d27-4fe2-83ec-c984c4a2b680\" href=\"https:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/The-Coontown-Billionaire-1903.pdf\">The Coontown Billionaire &#8211; Sheet Music<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/The-Coontown-Billionaire-1903.pdf\" class=\"wp-block-file__button wp-element-button\" download aria-describedby=\"wp-block-file--media-d1846724-2d27-4fe2-83ec-c984c4a2b680\">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>When I get up at half past nine<br>I take a bath in sparkling wine<br>For milk baths only are the rage<br>For certain beauties of the stage<br>Use almond paste to clean my face<br>For I\u2019m the swellest of my race<br>In place of towels use shawls of silk<br>For gargling I take lily milk<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Chorus<br>For I\u2019m the Coontown billionaire<br>I own in ev\u2019ry trust a share<br>Have palace cars on ev\u2019ry road<br>A gold keel on my pleasure boat<br>I own the largest hunting ground<br>Where bears with golden teeth are found<br>My bank account is ten miles square<br>For I\u2019m the Coontown billionaire<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">2. My parrots have a boudoir<br>And All my dogs a private car<br>My horses have a billiard room<br>And ev\u2019ry cat a swell dress\u2019d groom<br>The rats get meat three times a day<br>The mice a steinway for their play<br>And all the flies that light on me<br>Get Force for breakfast with their tea<\/p>\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 1903Words and music by Leon Berg The sheet music: Lyrics ChorusFor I\u2019m the Coontown billionaireI own in ev\u2019ry trust a shareHave palace cars on ev\u2019ry roadA gold keel on my pleasure boatI own the &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/the-coontown-billionaire\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;The Coontown Billionaire&#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-5316","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/Pa3ZiQ-1nK","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/5316","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=5316"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/5316\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5319,"href":"https:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/5316\/revisions\/5319"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5316"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}