{"id":902,"date":"2018-11-29T18:55:17","date_gmt":"2018-11-29T18:55:17","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/?page_id=902"},"modified":"2024-12-27T08:33:31","modified_gmt":"2024-12-27T12:33:31","slug":"if-the-man-in-the-moon-were-a-coon","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/if-the-man-in-the-moon-were-a-coon\/","title":{"rendered":"If The Man In The Moon Were A Coon"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">[WARNING: contains the N-word and other racial stereotypes. Presented as music history.]<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">a 1905 combination of classical music and comical words<br>words and music by Fred Fischer<\/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\">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\/11\/If-The-Man-In-The-Moon-Were-A-Coon.pdf\" type=\"application\/pdf\" style=\"width:100%;height:600px\" aria-label=\"Embed of If The Man In The Moon Were A Coon - Sheet Music.\"><\/object><a id=\"wp-block-file--media-1c5f8ff3-891c-48a4-b8fe-b99b569a7569\" href=\"https:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/If-The-Man-In-The-Moon-Were-A-Coon.pdf\">If The Man In The Moon Were A Coon &#8211; Sheet Music<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/If-The-Man-In-The-Moon-Were-A-Coon.pdf\" class=\"wp-block-file__button wp-element-button\" download aria-describedby=\"wp-block-file--media-1c5f8ff3-891c-48a4-b8fe-b99b569a7569\">Download<\/a><\/div>\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\">Accompaniment by Fred Feild:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-file\"><a id=\"wp-block-file--media-c72ded35-7b64-44cf-b005-d605f6bfdb9f\" href=\"https:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/If-The-Man-In-The-Moon-Were-A-Coon-MIDI.mid\">If The Man In The Moon Were A Coon &#8211; MIDI<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/If-The-Man-In-The-Moon-Were-A-Coon-MIDI.mid\" class=\"wp-block-file__button wp-element-button\" download aria-describedby=\"wp-block-file--media-c72ded35-7b64-44cf-b005-d605f6bfdb9f\">Download<\/a><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8211;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Accompaniment by Denese Coulbeck:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-file\"><a id=\"wp-block-file--media-ab0b4fb8-ef65-4794-8520-d1ace1ead537\" href=\"https:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/If_the_Man_in_the_Moon_Were_a_Coon_1905_MIDI_DCoulbeck.mid\">If_the_Man_in_the_Moon_Were_a_Coon &#8211; MIDI<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/If_the_Man_in_the_Moon_Were_a_Coon_1905_MIDI_DCoulbeck.mid\" class=\"wp-block-file__button wp-element-button\" download aria-describedby=\"wp-block-file--media-ab0b4fb8-ef65-4794-8520-d1ace1ead537\">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. Say, Jasper, &#8216;taint no use<br>Talking even though you talk from now till noon<br>Don&#8217;t try to tell me, Mr. Know-It-All<br>A coon is up in the moon<br>Why! a nigger, with his brown figure<br>Certainly darkens up the silvery moon<br>Wake up! you&#8217;re dreaming with your eyes aglare<br>You great big foolish coon<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Chorus<br>If the man in the moon<br>Were a coon, coon, coon<br>What would you do?<br>He would fade with his shade<br>The silvery moon, moon, moon<br>Away from you<br>No roaming &#8217;round the park at night<br>No spooning in the bright moonlight<br>If the man in the moon<br>Were a coon, coon, coon<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">2. Most everyone has heard<br>Stories that a chicken is a coon&#8217;s delight<br>Just think the dangers to a hen roost<br>With that good old moon out of sight<br>&#8216;Deed! chicken would be soft<br>Pickin&#8217; if the man up in the moon were black<br>Oh my! the harvest for that darkey with<br>That great big sack on his back<\/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-audio\"><audio controls src=\"https:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/If-the-Man-in-the-Moon-Were-a-Coon.mp3\"><\/audio><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[WARNING: contains the N-word and other racial stereotypes. Presented as music history.] a 1905 combination of classical music and comical wordswords and music by Fred Fischer &#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;- The sheet music: &#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;- Accompaniment by Fred Feild: &#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8211; Accompaniment by Denese Coulbeck: Lyrics 1. 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