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Title
Oh, my Caroline : a swell coon song / words by Jas. H. Marshall ; music by Walter Wolff
Creator
Wolff, Walter
Composer
Marshall, James H
Lyricist
Johnson, Carroll, b. 1851
Performer
Date Created and/or Issued
c1897
Publication Information
Zeno Mauvais Music Co
San Francisco (769 Market St.)
Contributing Institution
UC Berkeley, Jean Gray Hargrove Music Library
Collection
California Sheet Music Project
Rights Information
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Description
For voice and piano.
Caption title.
"Respectfully dedicated to Mr. Carroll Johnson"--ill. t.p.
"Written specially for and sung by Carroll Johnson, king of singing comedians"--ill. t.p.
T.p. illustration: portrait photograph of Carroll Johnson in blackface.
First line of text: Walking up Sixth Avenue on Sunday.
First line of chorus: Oh! she's my Caroline.
Publisher's advertisements on p. [2] and [6].
Record created as part of the California Sheet Music Project.
Bound: No
Variant: Yes
Illustrated cover: No
Advertisements: Yes
California State Library.
Type
image
Format
Portrait photographs.
Extent
1 score (5, [1] p.) : ill., port. ; 28 x 36 cm.
Identifier
csm_cubanc_54_1_00166606
Subject
Songs with piano
African Americans in popular culture--Songs and music
Minstrels
Entertainers
Portrait photographs

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