Coonology 1911

by James Pitt-Payne, London UK - 11 October 2010
2010

Colored folks now, as a rule,
when they're young,
neglect to go to school,
But to study crapshooting,
Chickenology and the way to act like a fool.
With Liza Lightfoot 'twas a different case,
She was the ideal scholar of her race,
As a singer neither Patti or Melba,
With this coon could hold a light,
Her greatest ambition was to win great fame,
Become invincible as a fort;
Until she married a lazy coon,
Him she had to support.
Instead of becoming a famous singer,
She became a washboard and mop slinger,
with wounded pride she went to this coon,
and in an angry voice she said:

Look here, Mister Coon,
I'm goin' to tell a to you right now,
Washing and ironing
wasn't made for me no how.
You know my constitution's
chuck full of ability,
Washing and ironing's
ruining my utility,
I'm just wasting my talent
fooling with you.

Look here, Mister Coon,
I'm goin' to tell a to you right now,
Washing and ironing
wasn't made for me no how.
You know my constitution's
chuck full of ability,
Washing and ironing's
ruining my utility,
I'm just wasting my talent
fooling with you.

Colored folks now, as a rule,
when they're young,
neglect to go to school,
But to study crapshooting,
Chickenology and the way to act like a fool.
With Liza Lightfoot 'twas a different case,
She was the ideal scholar of her race,
As a singer neither Patti or Melba,
With this coon could hold a light,
Her greatest ambition was to win great fame,
Become invincible as a fort;
Until she married a lazy coon,
Him she had to support.
Instead of becoming a famous singer,
She became a washboard and mop slinger,
with wounded pride she went to this coon,
and in an angry voice she said:

Look here, Mister Coon,
I'm goin' to tell a to you right now,
Washing and ironing
wasn't made for me no how.
You know my constitution's
chuck full of ability,
Washing and ironing's
ruining my utility,
I'm just wasting my talent
fooling with you.

Look here, Mister Coon,
I'm goin' to tell a to you right now,
Washing and ironing
wasn't made for me no how.
You know my constitution's
chuck full of ability,
Washing and ironing's
ruining my utility,
I'm just wasting my talent
fooling with you.

Soft karaoke
Words
piano 1
piano 2
piano 3
piano 4
lyric
pizz str bass
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Coonology 1911
by Blossom Seeley
© 1911 by Ted Snyder Co.Inc. New York
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sequence & karaoke by James Pitt-Payne, London UK
on Monday 11 October 2010 at 10.58
in association with Veda Meyer-Castens
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