{"id":5770,"date":"2026-10-02T16:23:24","date_gmt":"2026-10-02T20:23:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/?page_id=5770"},"modified":"2026-10-02T16:23:24","modified_gmt":"2026-10-02T20:23:24","slug":"draw-that-color-line","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/draw-that-color-line\/","title":{"rendered":"Draw That Color Line"},"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 decision of color from 1899<br>Words and music by Ben Harney<\/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\/10\/Draw-That-Color-Line-1899.pdf\" type=\"application\/pdf\" style=\"width:100%;height:600px\" aria-label=\"Embed of Draw That Color Line - Sheet Music.\"><\/object><a id=\"wp-block-file--media-e3ecf701-22c7-43bd-a224-c0d8ddacabd1\" href=\"https:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/Draw-That-Color-Line-1899.pdf\">Draw That Color Line &#8211; Sheet Music<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/Draw-That-Color-Line-1899.pdf\" class=\"wp-block-file__button wp-element-button\" download aria-describedby=\"wp-block-file--media-e3ecf701-22c7-43bd-a224-c0d8ddacabd1\">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. A coal black man has caught his baby <br>With a yaller nigger just last week<br>And now he don&#8217;t notice this lady <br>Never more will he ever speak<br>But he went straight and bought a razor<br>&#8216;Bout this gal he went wild<br>And swore he&#8217;d have the life of that jap<br>For he caused the trouble with his gal<br>He net that dinge in a big ballroom<br>The yaller coon that gave the dance<br>The black man backed him up in a corner<br>When he spoke these words he fell in a trance<br><br>Chorus:<br>You&#8217;ve got to draw that color line<br>You big yaller yaps must stand behind<br>Back, back, back, you yeller nig<br>You van&#8217;t pass in with that wig<br>&#8216;Tain&#8217;t no use for to paint your face<br>For your big flat nose shows up your race<br>Between you coons we got to draw that color line<br><br>2. A taller nigger passing fo a Spaniard<br>Met a black man in a crowd<br>He went straight up and called him down<br>And said there wasn&#8217;t no coons allowed<br>This got the black man very indignant<br>Straight to a cop then he went <br>And had the yaller coon arrested<br>Right in jail he had him sent<br>But when they were brought up in the morning<br>The judge looked wise and then he said<br>This place was meant for white folks, that&#8217;s all<br>The yaller coons all nearly fell dead<br><br>Chorus:<br>We&#8217;ve got to draw that color line<br>You big yaller coons must stand behind<br>Back, back, back, you yaller coons <br>In this world ain&#8217;t standing room<br>I know your face is pretty light<br>But there&#8217;s no chance for you to pass for white<br>Between you coons we got to draw that color line<\/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 decision of color from 1899Words and music by Ben Harney The sheet music: Lyrics 1. A coal black man has caught his baby With a yaller nigger just last weekAnd now he don&#8217;t notice this lady Never &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/draw-that-color-line\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Draw That Color Line&#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":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-5770","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/Pa3ZiQ-1v4","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/5770","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=5770"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/5770\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5772,"href":"https:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/5770\/revisions\/5772"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5770"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}