{"id":760,"date":"2018-09-13T20:44:47","date_gmt":"2018-09-13T20:44:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/?page_id=760"},"modified":"2023-05-18T12:41:48","modified_gmt":"2023-05-18T12:41:48","slug":"i-may-be-crazy-but-i-aint-no-fool","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/i-may-be-crazy-but-i-aint-no-fool\/","title":{"rendered":"I May Be Crazy, But I Ain&#8217;t No Fool"},"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\">the song that made the king laugh, 1904<br>words and music by Alex Rogers<\/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:\u00a0<\/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\/I-May-Be-Crazy-But-I-Aint-No-Fool.pdf\" type=\"application\/pdf\" style=\"width:100%;height:600px\" aria-label=\"Embed of I May Be Crazy But I Ain&apos;t No Fool - Sheet Music.\"><\/object><a id=\"wp-block-file--media-e7996bf1-0d8d-453a-aedd-5c6351f88210\" href=\"https:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/I-May-Be-Crazy-But-I-Aint-No-Fool.pdf\">I May Be Crazy But I Ain&#8217;t No Fool &#8211; Sheet Music<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/I-May-Be-Crazy-But-I-Aint-No-Fool.pdf\" class=\"wp-block-file__button wp-element-button\" download aria-describedby=\"wp-block-file--media-e7996bf1-0d8d-453a-aedd-5c6351f88210\">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:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-file\"><a id=\"wp-block-file--media-7d556884-f228-43eb-a75f-ca1096ac2437\" href=\"https:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/I-May-Be-Crazy-But-I-Aint-No-Fool.mid\">I May Be Crazy But I Ain&#8217;t No Fool &#8211; MIDI<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/I-May-Be-Crazy-But-I-Aint-No-Fool.mid\" class=\"wp-block-file__button wp-element-button\" download aria-describedby=\"wp-block-file--media-7d556884-f228-43eb-a75f-ca1096ac2437\">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<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">1. I wonder why dat everybody always chooses me<br>To sell things to and tell things to and give me sympathy<br>You&#8217;ve heard what they hand farmer folks<br>Well that ain&#8217;t one, two, three<br>With the fish-tales and the gold bricks that they try to hand to me<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Chorus<br>Well, I may be crazy, but I ain&#8217;t no fool<br>One and one always makes two is what I learnt in school<br>&#8216;Cause I have known for many a year<br>That you must not b&#8217;lieve all that you hear<br>Well, I may be crazy, but I ain&#8217;t no fool<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">2. Now, me and a man once had a fuss and was to fight a duel<br>They first said &#8220;swords&#8221; but I cried<br>&#8220;No, I&#8217;m too good t&#8217;would be cruel<br>I think that pistols will be best&#8221;<br>His seconds said, &#8220;They will&#8221;<br>Oh, yes, revolvers will just wuit our friend there, &#8220;Buffalo Bill&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Chorus<br>Well, I may be crazy, but I ain&#8217;t no fool<br>I read all &#8217;bout &#8220;Buff&#8217;lo Bill&#8221; when I was goin&#8217; to school<br>There&#8217;s one thing that&#8217;s a certainty<br>He&#8217;ll make no target out of me<br>Well, I may be crazy, but there was no duel<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">3. I fell in love once with a girl, to her my heart was true<br>I had a rival and he swore that he loved Lula, too<br>So, Lu she &#8216;vised us both to jump off Brooklyn Bridge next day<br>And the one that got back to her first, she&#8217;d marry right away<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Chorus<br>Well, I may be crazy, but I ain&#8217;t no fool<br>Three and three always makes six, is what I learnt in school<br>My rival said &#8220;yes&#8221; an&#8217; grabbed his hat<br>But I could never love like that<br>Well, I may be crazy, but I ain&#8217;t no fish<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;-<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Sung here by Fred Feild:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"youtube-player\" width=\"840\" height=\"473\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/2Vs5rylwlE8?version=3&#038;rel=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;showinfo=1&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;fs=1&#038;hl=en-US&#038;autohide=2&#038;wmode=transparent\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" style=\"border:0;\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox\"><\/iframe><\/span>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[WARNING: This song contains antiquated racial stereotypes. It is presented here for historical and educational purposes only.] the song that made the king laugh, 1904words and music by Alex Rogers The sheet music:\u00a0 Accompaniment: Lyrics 1. I wonder why dat everybody always chooses meTo sell things to and tell things to and give me sympathyYou&#8217;ve &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/i-may-be-crazy-but-i-aint-no-fool\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;I May Be Crazy, But I Ain&#8217;t No Fool&#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-760","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/Pa3ZiQ-cg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/760","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=760"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/760\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3978,"href":"https:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/760\/revisions\/3978"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=760"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}