{"id":5537,"date":"2026-01-02T19:09:41","date_gmt":"2026-01-02T23:09:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/?page_id=5537"},"modified":"2026-01-02T19:09:41","modified_gmt":"2026-01-02T23:09:41","slug":"look-out-for-the-hoodoo-doo-doo-man","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/look-out-for-the-hoodoo-doo-doo-man\/","title":{"rendered":"Look Out For the Hoodoo-Doo-Doo Man"},"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 1899<br>Words and music by George Evans<\/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\/2026\/01\/Look-Out-For-the-Hoodoo-Doo-Doo-Man-1899.pdf\" type=\"application\/pdf\" style=\"width:100%;height:600px\" aria-label=\"Embed of Look Out For the Hoodoo-Doo-Doo Man - Sheet Music.\"><\/object><a id=\"wp-block-file--media-9b3a3808-60c0-47f4-beb6-302e59abb5f2\" href=\"https:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Look-Out-For-the-Hoodoo-Doo-Doo-Man-1899.pdf\">Look Out For the Hoodoo-Doo-Doo Man &#8211; Sheet Music<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Look-Out-For-the-Hoodoo-Doo-Doo-Man-1899.pdf\" class=\"wp-block-file__button wp-element-button\" download aria-describedby=\"wp-block-file--media-9b3a3808-60c0-47f4-beb6-302e59abb5f2\">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-b5ded4de-d59c-49da-8f7e-ab8993b5d97c\" href=\"https:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Look_Out_For_The_Hoodoo-doo-doo_Man_1899_s_JPP.mid\">Look_Out_For_The_Hoodoo-doo-doo_Man &#8211; MIDI<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Look_Out_For_The_Hoodoo-doo-doo_Man_1899_s_JPP.mid\" class=\"wp-block-file__button wp-element-button\" download aria-describedby=\"wp-block-file--media-b5ded4de-d59c-49da-8f7e-ab8993b5d97c\">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>Behind the hill the sun am gently falling<br>It&#8217;s time dat pickaninies was in bed<br>In the &#8216;simmon trees nightingales am calling<br>It&#8217;s time dat pickaninies prayers was said<br>&#8216;Cause when the evening comes you know my honies<br>And the stars begin to shine all o&#8217;er the lan&#8217;<br>A great big yaller coon comes a walking from the moon<br>And they call him the hoo-doo, doo-doo man<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Chorus:<br>Run home, you little pickaninies<br>Here comes the hoo-doo, doo-doo man<br>Don&#8217;t cry, nor make a noise, ma honies<br>But run as fast as you can, my babies<br>Hush! Hush! don&#8217;t you let him catch you<br>Or he&#8217;ll make you join his ban&#8217;<br>Run, yo&#8217; little kinky heads<br>To yo&#8217; little trundle beds<br>Look out for the hoo-doo, doo-doo man<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ol start=\"2\" class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>His eyes are just as big as watermillyuns<br>Dey shines like two lanterns clear and bright<br>He comes huntin&#8217; &#8217;round for wicked cullud chilluns<br>And he&#8217;ll get you if you stay out late at night<br>He&#8217;ll take you from your daddy and your mammy<br>And to see them any more you never can<br>So, it&#8217;s time dat you&#8217;se had flown<br>Hark! I think I hyar him moan<br>That&#8217;s the cry of the hoo-doo, doo-doo man<\/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 1899Words and music by George Evans The sheet music: Accompaniment by James Pitt-Payne: Lyrics Chorus:Run home, you little pickaniniesHere comes the hoo-doo, doo-doo manDon&#8217;t cry, nor make a noise, ma honiesBut run as fast &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/look-out-for-the-hoodoo-doo-doo-man\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Look Out For the Hoodoo-Doo-Doo Man&#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-5537","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/Pa3ZiQ-1rj","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/5537","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=5537"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/5537\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5540,"href":"https:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/5537\/revisions\/5540"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5537"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}