For voice and piano. ; Caption title. ; Verses 2-7 printed on p. [3]. ; First line of text: High row, de boatmen row. ; First line of chorus: Den dance de boatmen dance, O dance de boatmen dance. ; Black and white lithograph depicting African American men and women [or minstrels in blackface] near a stream performing with banjos, violins, and tambourines. ; "Bouve & Sharp Lithrs. Boston." ; "Arranged for the piano forte by Rice." ; "On stone by W. Sharp from a sketch by Johnston."
Blackface Songs with piano African Americans--Songs and music Boaters (Persons)--United States--Songs and music Popular music--United States--To 1901 Minstrel music--United States Sea songs Stereotypes (Social psychology)--United States Sheet music. (aat)
Source
Jay T. Last Collection Sheet Music Entertainment Minstrels 1800's V-Z T9 5 The Jay T. Last Collection of Graphic Arts and Social History, Huntington Digital Library
Provenance
This collection forms part of the Jay T. Last collection of graphic arts and social history, which was donated to the Huntington Library by Jay T. Last in 2005 as a gift in progress. The bulk of the sheet music was transferred to the Library between 2010 and 2019.
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