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Title
Rosa Lee, or, Don't be foolish Joe!
Alternative Title
Don't be foolish Joe ; Courting down in Tennesse
Contributor
Ethiopian Serenaders, performer
William Hall & Son, publisher
Germon, Francis, active 1844-1847?, lyricist
Stanwood, Moody, active 1847, performer
Harrington, George A., -1859, performer
White, George Warren, 1816-1886, performer
Pell, Gilbert W. (Gilbert Ward), 1824 or 1825-1872, performer
Last, Jay T., collector
Date Created and/or Issued
1847
Contributing Institution
Huntington Library
Collection
Jay T. Last Collection of Graphic Arts and Social History
Rights Information
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Description
For voice and piano. ; Caption title. ; Black and white lithograph of the Ethiopian Serenaders performing in blackface. ; Signatures of the Ethiopian Serenaders stamped on cover. ; Verses printed as text on page 7. ; T. Halliday--Colophon.
Extent
1 score (7 pages) ; 34 cm
Identifier
priJLC_SMUS Box T5
http://hdl.huntington.org/cdm/ref/collection/p16003coll4/id/7139
Language
English
Subject
Blackface
Songs with piano
Choruses, Secular (Men's voices, 4 parts) with piano
Minstrel music
Love--Songs and music
Death
Bereavement
Songs. (lcgft)
Sheet music. (aat)
Minstrel music. (lcgft)
Popular music. (lcgft)
Scores. (lcgft)
Source
Jay T. Last Collection
Sheet Music
Entertainment
Minstrels 1800's D-F
T5
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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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