{"id":5320,"date":"2024-08-22T22:03:59","date_gmt":"2024-08-22T22:03:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/?page_id=5320"},"modified":"2024-08-22T22:05:11","modified_gmt":"2024-08-22T22:05:11","slug":"the-black-mans-kissing-bug","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/the-black-mans-kissing-bug\/","title":{"rendered":"The Black Man\u2019s Kissing Bug"},"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\">An interrupted osculation in Darktown, 1899<br>Words and music by Ben Harney<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"796\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/black-mans-kissing-bug-cover-796x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-5321\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/black-mans-kissing-bug-cover-796x1024.jpg 796w, https:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/black-mans-kissing-bug-cover-233x300.jpg 233w, https:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/black-mans-kissing-bug-cover-768x988.jpg 768w, https:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/black-mans-kissing-bug-cover-1195x1536.jpg 1195w, https:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/black-mans-kissing-bug-cover-scaled.jpg 1991w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 796px) 85vw, 796px\" \/><\/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-Black-Mans-Kissing-Bug-1899.pdf\" type=\"application\/pdf\" style=\"width:100%;height:600px\" aria-label=\"Embed of The Black Man&apos;s Kissing Bug - Sheet Music.\"><\/object><a id=\"wp-block-file--media-726c764a-27b1-40dc-a0e8-4edde87fe371\" href=\"https:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/The-Black-Mans-Kissing-Bug-1899.pdf\">The Black Man&#8217;s Kissing Bug &#8211; Sheet Music<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/The-Black-Mans-Kissing-Bug-1899.pdf\" class=\"wp-block-file__button wp-element-button\" download aria-describedby=\"wp-block-file--media-726c764a-27b1-40dc-a0e8-4edde87fe371\">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>I dreamt a dream the other night<br>From whence came all these coons<br>Their big thick lips and kinky hair<br>Just like big baboons<br>I asked Ham, son of Noah to tell me<br>How a coon was made<br>Just then a bug lit on his jaw<br>And right there he stayed<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Chorus<br>It was a kissing bug<br>Gave him a hug<br>And he stuck like glue<br>Ham\u2019s face commenced to swell<br>And he didn\u2019t know what to do<br>I saw the first coon of the negro race<br>Ham commenced to turn black in the face<br>The original coon was made by the kissing bug<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ol start=\"2\" class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Now two old maids were lying down<br>One turned around and said<br>I think there\u2019s a man in our room<br>Lying right under the bed<br>One of them kept quiet and still<br>And never said a word<br>She heard a little buzzing tone<br>At last her prayers were heard<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Chorus<br>It was the kissing bug<br>That gave her a hug<br>And fastened to her lip<br>It was the first kiss that<br>Came to this Miss<br>All during her earthly trip<br>The old maid was only seventy seven<br>Any kiss was like the seventh heaven<br>\u201cOh my!\u201d she cried<br>\u201cThere is the loving kissing bug\u201d<\/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.] An interrupted osculation in Darktown, 1899Words and music by Ben Harney The sheet music: Lyrics ChorusIt was a kissing bugGave him a hugAnd he stuck like glueHam\u2019s face commenced to swellAnd he didn\u2019t know what to doI saw &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/the-black-mans-kissing-bug\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;The Black Man\u2019s Kissing Bug&#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-5320","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/Pa3ZiQ-1nO","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/5320","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=5320"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/5320\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5324,"href":"https:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/5320\/revisions\/5324"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5320"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}