For voice and piano. ; Title from cover. ; Verses 2-4 of Lucy Neal printed as text on p. [3]. ; Verses 2-5 of Lucy Long printed as text on p. [4]. ; Caption illustration: The Ethiopian Serenaders (5 men in blackface) sitting in chairs playing banjos or accordion. ; Advertisements for additional scores printed on the bottom of pages [1-3]. ; "City agents: E. W. Allen, 20 Warwick Lane & F. Pitman, 20, Paternoster Row."
Extent
1 score (4 unnumbered pages) : illustrations ; 36 cm
Blackface Popular music--United States--To 1901 Popular music--England--To 1901 African Americans--Songs and music Songs with piano Love--Songs and music Slavery--United States Minstrel music Stereotypes (Social psychology)--United States African American women Racism in language Plantation life Sheet music. (aat)
Source
Jay T. Last Collection Sheet Music Entertainment Minstrels 1800's D-F T5 21 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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