What's All This Noise About 1900

James Pitt-Payne, London UK - 19 Nov 2004

Well, a big black coon on the p'lice force got,
talk of yo' niggah bettin' gay!
He, a short time ago,
was a racetrack tout
now he's leader of the day.
All the coons up in Darktown
sidetrack for him,
take to the middle of the street.
"Clear the way!" you can hear them say:
"Mistah Jackson's on his beat!
The other eve, niggah from his sleeve,
wrung in a pair of leaded bones;
"Cop dem dice!" niggah shouted twice
Coons made a rush for Mistah Jones.
Well a razors flew,
the air got blue, mmm things looked bad,
I'm a tellin' you.
When Mistah Jackson hollered out:
"What's all this noise about!"

What's all this noise?
I tho't I heard a coon
straps a razor on his boot;
show me the man that made the remark:
"He'd rather cut than shoot!"
Then a cut around the corner
an' shoot out for home,
you could hear this niggah shout.
I'm a dead game copper
an' I want to know
What's all this noise about?

Well, the coon gave a ball
las' a Sunday night
Darktown man on a jamboree;
ev'ry niggah was there to participate
in the colored jubilee.
But a few with their wenches,
dress'd up to kill,
made all them other coons look cheap.
"Not my sort," said a big black sport,
"damn swell coons got to creep!"
"A forward four." Coons began to roar,
"Swing all dem wenches on your right.
All chase round the other way!"
Coon in the background hollered: "Fight!"
Well a Lordy me!
You never see such cut up coons
at a jamboree.
When Mistah Jackson hollered out:
"What's all this noise about!"

What's all this noise?
I tho't I heard a coon
straps a razor on his boot;
show me the man that made the remark:
"He'd rather cut than shoot!"
Then a cut around the corner
an' shoot out for home,
you could hear this niggah shout.
I'm a dead game copper
an' I want to know
What's all this noise about?

Soft karaoke
Words
piano 1
piano 2
piano 3
piano 4
lyric
pizz str bass
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What's All This Noise About 1900
A Coon Song of the Real Coon Kind
Dedicated to my Brother Ed. F. Branen
Introduced with Great Success by the "Mitchells"
Music By Jeffrey T. Branen
© 1900 by The Albright Music Co., 195 Wabash Ave. Chicago
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sequence and karaoke by James Pitt-Payne, London UK
on Friday 19 November 2004 at 08.53
in association with Doug Grierson
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