{"id":537,"date":"2018-09-04T13:03:54","date_gmt":"2018-09-04T13:03:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/?page_id=537"},"modified":"2023-05-17T11:26:52","modified_gmt":"2023-05-17T11:26:52","slug":"down-in-honky-tonky-town","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/down-in-honky-tonky-town\/","title":{"rendered":"Down in Honky Tonky Town"},"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 1916 popular song<br>words and music by Chris Smith and Charles R. McCarron<\/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\/Down-in-Honky-Tonky-Town.pdf\" type=\"application\/pdf\" style=\"width:100%;height:600px\" aria-label=\"Embed of Down in Honky Tonky Town - Sheet Music.\"><\/object><a id=\"wp-block-file--media-01021c81-5ea6-414d-a37f-98a7914cbf80\" href=\"https:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/Down-in-Honky-Tonky-Town.pdf\">Down in Honky Tonky Town &#8211; Sheet Music<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/Down-in-Honky-Tonky-Town.pdf\" class=\"wp-block-file__button wp-element-button\" download aria-describedby=\"wp-block-file--media-01021c81-5ea6-414d-a37f-98a7914cbf80\">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:\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-file\"><a id=\"wp-block-file--media-e66e0d4c-1675-41c4-8a90-dac60b04e3c6\" href=\"https:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/Down-in-Honky-Tonky-Town.mid\">Down in Honky Tonky Town &#8211; MIDI<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/Down-in-Honky-Tonky-Town.mid\" class=\"wp-block-file__button wp-element-button\" download aria-describedby=\"wp-block-file--media-e66e0d4c-1675-41c4-8a90-dac60b04e3c6\">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. Bill Johnson said one day to his Eliza May<br>&#8220;We&#8217;ve been to nearly every place in Town<br>If you suggest to me some other novelty<br>We both will go and do the thing up brown&#8221;<br>His sweetie said, &#8220;My dear, there is a place I hear<br>I got it straight from Mose who brings the clothes<br>It&#8217;s Honky Tonky Town, down where the gals are brown<br>There&#8217;s where music grows<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Chorus<br>Come honey, let&#8217;s go down to Honky Tonky Town<br>It&#8217;s underneath the ground where all the fun is found<br>There&#8217;ll be singing waiters, singing syncopators<br>Dancing to Piano played by Mister Brown<br>He plays Piano queer, he only plays by ear<br>You want to stay a year, the music that you hear<br>Would even start a Monkey dancing with a Donkey<br>Down in Honky Tonky Town<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">2. That Hula Hula dance don&#8217;t even stand a chance<br>You ought to see those little dusky queens<br>They do the &#8220;Bombashay,&#8221; they do it in a way<br>You really think you&#8217;re back in New Orleans<br>It&#8217;s got to be a fad with every gal and lad<br>To go to Honky Tonky Town at night<br>Each girlie cries to go, and when she spies her beau<br>She yells all her might<\/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\/TyTNqdkMQbQ?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;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.] a 1916 popular songwords and music by Chris Smith and Charles R. McCarron The sheet music: Accompaniment:\u00a0 Lyrics 1. 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