{"id":5583,"date":"2026-01-31T16:46:38","date_gmt":"2026-01-31T20:46:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/?page_id=5583"},"modified":"2026-01-31T16:47:23","modified_gmt":"2026-01-31T20:47:23","slug":"every-nigger-had-a-lady-but-me","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/every-nigger-had-a-lady-but-me\/","title":{"rendered":"Every Nigger had a Lady, but Me"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>[WARNING: This song contains antiquated racial stereotypes. It is presented here for historical and educational purposes only.]<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<pre class=\"wp-block-verse has-medium-font-size\">A popular song from 1897<br>Words and music by Karl St. Clair<\/pre>\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\/Every-Nigger-Had-a-Lady-But-Me-1897.pdf\" type=\"application\/pdf\" style=\"width:100%;height:600px\" aria-label=\"Embed of Every Nigger Had a Lady But Me - Sheet Music.\"><\/object><a id=\"wp-block-file--media-e300d57d-3e53-4150-98a9-98428e285f43\" href=\"https:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Every-Nigger-Had-a-Lady-But-Me-1897.pdf\">Every Nigger Had a Lady But Me &#8211; Sheet Music<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Every-Nigger-Had-a-Lady-But-Me-1897.pdf\" class=\"wp-block-file__button wp-element-button\" download aria-describedby=\"wp-block-file--media-e300d57d-3e53-4150-98a9-98428e285f43\">Download<\/a><\/div>\n\n\n\n<pre class=\"wp-block-verse has-medium-font-size\">Lyrics<br><br>1. De coons gave a ball de other night<br>De wenches dat attended <br>Dey were dressed way out of sight<br>Every nigger had on his very best<br>Wuz a putting' on a lot of lugs and tryin' to do de rest<br>Sports and gamblers, made a great big bluff<br>Crooked crap shooters dat were lookin' for de stuff<br>Dere wuz many a funny sight to see<br>Every nigger dat was present had a lady, but me<br><br>Chorus:<br>Every nigger had a lady, but me<br>Every nigger had a lady, but me<br>I stood here a glancin' while de others were a dancin'<br>And day all seemed just as happy as could be<br>Every nigger had a lady, but me<br>Every nigger had a lady, but me<br>Not a word to me day spoke<br>And my heart it nearly broke<br>Every nigger had a lady, but me<br><br>2. Dat night I'll always remember well<br>I had my eyes located on a ginger colored belle<br>I wuz captured, completely by her charms<br>I could feel myself a waltzin' <br>With dat \"sweet thing\" in my arms<br>Jes' den someone shouted through de hall<br>\"Everybody grab a gal and promenade all\"<br>For dat lady den I grabbed right away<br>But I nebber knew I missed her<br>'Till de band began to play<br><br>3. Along 'bout twelve, a great big coon<br>Got up, and said dat supper would be ready very soon<br>Every couple, began to fall in line<br>'Cause de niggers got a straight tip <br>Dat de grub was mighty fine<br>Coons and wenches, laughin' nebber ceased<br>'Till de big procession started down to have de feast<br>I wuz ready, but strange it seemed to be<br>Every nigger went to supper with a lady, but me<br><br>Final chorus:<br>Every nigger went to supper, but me<br>Every nigger went to supper, but me<br>I stood here a smilin' 'till my blood began a bilin'<br>Until I got jes as mad as I could be<br>Every nigger was a laughin' at me<br>'Cause every nigger had a lady, but me<br>But when I began to shoot<br>All de coons began to scoot<br>Den nobody had a lady, but me<br><\/pre>\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 1897Words and music by Karl St. Clair The sheet music: Lyrics1. De coons gave a ball de other nightDe wenches dat attended Dey were dressed way out of sightEvery nigger had on his very &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/every-nigger-had-a-lady-but-me\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Every Nigger had a Lady, but Me&#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-5583","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/Pa3ZiQ-1s3","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/5583","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=5583"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/5583\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5586,"href":"https:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/5583\/revisions\/5586"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5583"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}