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Description
For voice and piano. Caption title. "The Latest 'Coon Conquest'"--cover. "Sung by Carroll Johnson, king of singing comedians."--cover. Facsimile: "Yours up to date, Carroll Johnson."--cover Illustration: Ill. of Carroll Johnson with black face in costume and port. without black face / [photographed by Marceau, identified through California Sheet Music Project].--cover. Publisher's advertisements on p. [2] and [6]. Damaged copy: p. 3 and 4 missing. Pages replaced from University of California Sheet Music Project. Singer left his girl in Alabama for Honolulu Lou. When they return, the Alabama Black people highly like her dancing the Hawaiian Pas-ma-la. [In Black dialect.] Similar record created as part of the California Sheet Music Project. [Carroll Johnson (1851-1917) was a vaudeville actor and minstrel. He was born in Ireland and performed in the United States during the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. He appeared in black face for Black music. He also did Irish songs. It was not known whether he and the composer Lee Johnson were related.] Bound: No Variant: No Illustrated cover: Yes Advertisements: Yes University of California, Berkeley. Music Library.
Type
image
Extent
1 score ([3], 4-5, [1] p.) : ill. (col.), ports. (col.), facsim. ; 36 cm.
Identifier
csm_cubanc_54_1_00165866
Subject
African Americans--Dancing--Songs and music Dance--United States Women--Hawaii--Songs and music Hawaiians--Songs and music Popular music--United States
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