Record ID:
222452
Title:
Eleven Ethiopian songs / with the new words, as sung by the Serenaders.
Published:
[S.l. : s.n., 18--]
Contents:
Buffalo gals -- De boatman dance -- Ober de mountain -- Lucy Neal -- Old Joe -- Lucy Long -- Old Dan Tucker -- Dandy Jim from Caroline -- Ole Bull and Old Dan Tucker -- Mary Blane -- Old Tare river.
Notes:
14-page (p. 19-32) extract from unknown source.
Possible first edition of the sheet music.
"Pianista no. 77"--p. 19.
With lyrics written in stage minstrel dialect.
The text of Old Joe includes the refrain beginning "Dere's some one in de house wid Dinah."
According to a footnote on p. 24, the tune of Old Joe is "From an air in Rossini's 'Coradino,'" although no such work exists.
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