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Title
Dat Nigger Knocker / words by Ed. Mansfield ; music by G. Falkenstein
Alternative Title
Dat Niggerknocker : latest coon song.
Creator
Falkenstein, G
Composer
Mansfield, Ed
Lyricist
Date Created and/or Issued
c1898
Publication Information
Sherman, Clay & Co
San Francisco (S.W. Corner Kearny and Sutter Sts.)
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.
"Dat Niggerknocker : latest coon song"--ill. t.p.
First line of text: Dere's a coon around dis town, known as Nigger Knocker Brown.
First line of chorus: Nigger is a knocker, de worstest in de land.
Page [6] is blank.
Record created as part of the California Sheet Music Project.
Bound: No
Variant: No
Illustrated cover: Yes
Advertisements: No
California State Library.
Type
image
Format
Portrait photographs.
Extent
1 score ([5], [1] p.) : ill. port. ; 27 x 36 cm.
Identifier
csm_cubanc_54_1_00166506
Subject
Songs with piano
African Americans in popular culture--Songs and music
Minstrels
Portrait photographs

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