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Title
Ma Caroline : a great Coon song with Mobile Buck dance / words and music by Lee Johnson
Creator
Johnson, Lee
Composer
Anderson, Al
Performer
Anderson, Mamie
Performer
Date Created and/or Issued
c1892
Publication Information
Sherman, Clay & Co
San Francisco
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.
T.p. illustration: drawing of a minstrel couple printed in red ink.
"Dedicated and sung with great success by Al & Mamie Anderson"--ill. t.p.
First line of text: Ise wona cullud lady she's de belle of Mobile.
First line of chorus: She's my Caroline, my sweetness devine.
Composer's advertisement on p. [6] along with black & white portrait photograph of A. and Mimie Anderson.
Record created as part of the California Sheet Music Project.
Bound: No
Variant: No
Illustrated cover: Yes
Advertisements: Yes
San Francisco Performing Arts Library and Museum.
Type
image
Format
Portrait dwawings.
Portrait photographs.
Lithographs.
Extent
1 score (5, [1] p.) : col. ill., ports. ; 28 x 36 cm.
Identifier
csm_cubanc_54_1_00166947
Subject
Songs with piano
African Americans in popular culture--Songs and music
Couples
Minstrels
Clothing & dress
Entertainers
Portrait dwawings
Portrait photographs
Lithographs

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