Down Kentucky Way : A Darkey Lullaby

Composer

James W. Casey

Files

Preferred Citation

[Physical ID#]: [Title], Charles H. Templeton, Sr. sheet music collection. Special Collections, Mississippi State University Libraries.

Cover Illustration

Illustration of crops being harvested and trees and cabin

First Line of Song

Down Kentucky way, a little picaninny's cryin', Somethings happen'd in his play

First Line of Chorus

Rest yoh head on mammy's arm Yo' broken hearted coon

Subjects

Minstrel Music. ; Songs with piano. ; Popular music United States.

Publication Date

1919

Publisher

Seattle : Echo Music Pub. Co.

Performance Medium

Piano; voice

Music Genre

Minstrel

Object Type

text

Format (Original)

1 score (4 p.) ; 31 cm.

Format (Digital)

PDF

Physical ID#

32278009347240

Digital ID#

009347240-1919

Location of Original

Box 5, Folder 3, Piece 18

Repository

Manuscripts Division, Special Collections Department, Mississippi State University Libraries.

Digital Publisher

Mississippi State University Libraries (electronic version)

Contact Information

For more information about the contents of this collection, e-mail sp_coll@library.msstate.edu.