{"id":5739,"date":"2026-09-27T11:17:29","date_gmt":"2026-09-27T15:17:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/?page_id=5739"},"modified":"2026-09-27T11:17:29","modified_gmt":"2026-09-27T15:17:29","slug":"i-dont-like-that-face-you-wear","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/i-dont-like-that-face-you-wear\/","title":{"rendered":"I Don&#8217;t Like That Face You Wear"},"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<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A coon insult from 1898<br>Words and music by Ernest Hogan<\/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\/09\/I-Dont-Like-That-Face-You-Wear-1898.pdf\" type=\"application\/pdf\" style=\"width:100%;height:600px\" aria-label=\"Embed of I Don&apos;t Like That Face You Wear - Sheet Music.\"><\/object><a id=\"wp-block-file--media-2ee44e6a-a187-4dbd-83f0-5e46be271cbc\" href=\"https:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/I-Dont-Like-That-Face-You-Wear-1898.pdf\">I Don&#8217;t Like That Face You Wear &#8211; Sheet Music<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/I-Dont-Like-That-Face-You-Wear-1898.pdf\" class=\"wp-block-file__button wp-element-button\" download aria-describedby=\"wp-block-file--media-2ee44e6a-a187-4dbd-83f0-5e46be271cbc\">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<br><br>1. I&#8217;ve been stuck on a yaller gal for lo! these many moons<br>She&#8217;s just as handsome as can be<br>In fact, she&#8217;s captivated all the rest the coons<br>I&#8217;d give this world if she would marry me<br>I tried my best to win her hand for many many days<br>I changed my clothes most every day you see<br>But when I tho&#8217;t I had her dead<br>&#8216;Twas then she threw me down<br>These were the words she said to me<br><br>Chorus:<br>&#8220;I don&#8217;t like that face you wear<br>The big, broad nose and kinky hair<br>Your clothes they&#8217;re right may be out of sight<br>But I don&#8217;t think that you&#8217;re there, there, there<br>I like a man with curly hair<br>A railroad porter with his skin so fair<br>So that&#8217;s the reason why you&#8217;ll have to brush by<br>With that face you wear&#8221;<br><br>2. I buys myself some mucilage and I straighten out my hair<br>I kalsomines my dusky face you see<br>I go and calls upon my girl and at me she did stare<br>But &#8216;pon my soul it filled my heart with glee<br>I made myself familiar, soon our lips began to smack<br>Then I made a grave mistake you see<br>For this preparation on my face it did commence to crack<br>With a steady look she then said to me<\/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.] A coon insult from 1898Words and music by Ernest Hogan The sheet music: Lyrics 1. 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