{"id":5494,"date":"2025-10-15T17:00:41","date_gmt":"2025-10-15T21:00:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/?page_id=5494"},"modified":"2025-10-15T17:01:43","modified_gmt":"2025-10-15T21:01:43","slug":"hush-my-little-coon","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/hush-my-little-coon\/","title":{"rendered":"Hush My Little Coon"},"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 1893<br>Words and music by Joseph W. Wheeler<\/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\/2025\/10\/Hush-My-Little-Coon-1893.pdf\" type=\"application\/pdf\" style=\"width:100%;height:600px\" aria-label=\"Embed of Hush My Little Coon - Sheet Music.\"><\/object><a id=\"wp-block-file--media-ce6290ee-1c8b-46d6-b069-598b68c20ba7\" href=\"https:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Hush-My-Little-Coon-1893.pdf\">Hush My Little Coon &#8211; Sheet Music<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Hush-My-Little-Coon-1893.pdf\" class=\"wp-block-file__button wp-element-button\" download aria-describedby=\"wp-block-file--media-ce6290ee-1c8b-46d6-b069-598b68c20ba7\">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 Benjamin R. Tubb:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-file\"><a id=\"wp-block-file--media-c5c5557f-da1e-4c88-a6e4-4a2c81d55974\" href=\"https:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Hush-My-Little-Coon-1893.mid\">Hush My Little Coon &#8211; MIDI<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Hush-My-Little-Coon-1893.mid\" class=\"wp-block-file__button wp-element-button\" download aria-describedby=\"wp-block-file--media-c5c5557f-da1e-4c88-a6e4-4a2c81d55974\">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>De silv\u2019ry moon am shining bright<br>Hush my birdie, hush my baby<br>Shut yo\u2019 eyes my heart\u2019s delight<br>Hush my little coon<br>Res\u2019 dem little weary feet<br>Hush my birdie, hush my baby<br>Rag man\u2019s coming down de street<br>Hush my little coon<br>Shut yo\u2019 eyes my curly headed little pickanninny<br>While de nightengale am singing<br>In de orange grove<br>When de robbin twitters<br>In de cornfield at de daybreak<br>Run and wake yo\u2019 mammy<br>My little black faced love<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Chorus:<br>Hush my love, my baby, my honey<br>Hush my love, my baby, my honey<br>Shut yo\u2019 eyes my sweet pickanninny<br>Hush my little coon<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ol start=\"2\" class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Now rest dat little weary brain<br>Hush my birdie, hush my baby<br>Bye bye white man came again<br>Hush my little coon<br>Bramberville aint far away<br>Hush my birdie, hush my baby<br>Brownies live dare so dey say<br>Hush my little coon<br>Close beside her pickanninny\u2019s cradle mammy\u2019s sitting<br>Watching o\u2019er her baby love, her little octoroon<br>Weary from de toiling la de field among de cotton<br>Shut yo\u2019 eyes my baby, oh hush my little coon<\/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 1893Words and music by Joseph W. Wheeler The sheet music: Accompaniment by Benjamin R. 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