{"id":694,"date":"2018-09-11T00:15:25","date_gmt":"2018-09-11T00:15:25","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/?page_id=694"},"modified":"2023-05-17T21:03:01","modified_gmt":"2023-05-17T21:03:01","slug":"hesitate-mr-nigger-hesitate","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/hesitate-mr-nigger-hesitate\/","title":{"rendered":"Hesitate, Mr. Nigger, Hesitate"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">[WARNING: contains the N-word. Original presented as a part of music history.]<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">an African warning, 1897<br>words and music by Lew Sully<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity is-style-wide\"\/>\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\/2018\/09\/Hesitate-Mr.-Nigger-Hesitate.pdf\" type=\"application\/pdf\" style=\"width:100%;height:600px\" aria-label=\"Embed of Hesitate Mr. Nigger Hesitate - Sheet Music.\"><\/object><a id=\"wp-block-file--media-909c840c-8e7a-4bc8-8b76-0bae77b1d5fc\" href=\"https:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/Hesitate-Mr.-Nigger-Hesitate.pdf\">Hesitate Mr. Nigger Hesitate &#8211; Sheet Music<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/Hesitate-Mr.-Nigger-Hesitate.pdf\" class=\"wp-block-file__button wp-element-button\" download aria-describedby=\"wp-block-file--media-909c840c-8e7a-4bc8-8b76-0bae77b1d5fc\">Download<\/a><\/div>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity is-style-wide\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Accompaniment:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-file\"><a id=\"wp-block-file--media-0b4d55b8-037f-46db-a2b6-89d950f64671\" href=\"https:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/Hesitate-Mr.-Nigger-Hesitate.mid\">Hesitate Mr. Nigger Hesitate &#8211; MIDI<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/Hesitate-Mr.-Nigger-Hesitate.mid\" class=\"wp-block-file__button wp-element-button\" download aria-describedby=\"wp-block-file--media-0b4d55b8-037f-46db-a2b6-89d950f64671\">Download<\/a><\/div>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity is-style-wide\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Lyrics<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">1. There is a coon that-a you all-a know<br>Whose everlasting looking for a row<br>And though he is the bully of the town<br>I think that I can do him any how<br>He tried to kiss my gal the other day<br>But when he saw me coming quickly fled<br>I met that coon the other night<br>And this is what I said<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Chorus<br>Hesitate, Mister Nigger, hesitate<br>They way you carry on will never do<br>Don&#8217;t hang around my baby any more<br>&#8216;Cause I doesn&#8217;t ever interfere with you<br>So if you think you&#8217;ll steal my lady love<br>My fighting powers don&#8217;t you underate<br>Just-a take this-a tip, I&#8217;m givin&#8217; you now<br>Hesitate, Mister Nigger, hesitate<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">2. Down at-a Johnson&#8217;s rollin&#8217; dem-a dice<br>Everybody bettin&#8217; mighty high<br>He tried to do some cheatin&#8217; once or twice<br>I caught him for I had my eagle eye<br>His point was &#8220;Jo&#8221; for me an easy throw<br>He finds it rather difficult instead<br>I see him get his crooked bones<br>So quietly I said<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Chorus<br>Hesitate, Mister Nigger, hesitate<br>I aint a-goin to tell you more than twice<br>Now make your &#8220;Jo&#8221; we&#8217;ve faded all your dough<br>And see you doesn&#8217;t use your loaded dice<br>You&#8217;ve got the name for shooting crooked game<br>You&#8217;re known to ev&#8217;ry nigger in the State<br>Before you roll dem spotted bones<br>Hesitate, Mister Nigger, hesitate<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">3. Old Mister Jackson&#8217;s got a melon patch<br>An acre lot that&#8217;s full of nigger fruit<br>But not a coon would try to steal-a one<br>For Jackson is a terror on the shoot<br>This nigger bet a melon he would get<br>So waited till the owner was in bed<br>He&#8217;d scarcely got inside the gate<br>When Mister Jackson said<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Chorus<br>Hesitate, Mister Nigger, hesitate<br>Don&#8217;t lay your hands upon forbidden fruit<br>Now drop the sack you&#8217;ve got upon your back<br>And skedaddle in a hurry or I&#8217;ll shoot<br>And if you think you&#8217;ll ever try again<br>To rob me of my melons let me state<br>Some good advice will come in nice<br>Hesitate, Mister Nigger, hesitate<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity is-style-wide\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Sung here by Fred Feild:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-audio\"><audio controls src=\"https:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/Hesitate-Mister-Nigger-Hesitate.mp3\"><\/audio><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[WARNING: contains the N-word. Original presented as a part of music history.] an African warning, 1897words and music by Lew Sully The sheet music: Accompaniment: Lyrics 1. There is a coon that-a you all-a knowWhose everlasting looking for a rowAnd though he is the bully of the townI think that I can do him any &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/hesitate-mr-nigger-hesitate\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Hesitate, Mr. Nigger, Hesitate&#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-694","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/Pa3ZiQ-bc","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/694","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=694"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/694\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3963,"href":"https:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/694\/revisions\/3963"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=694"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}