Sheet Music Collection

Composer

Harry De Costa

Files

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Cover Illustration

An African American mother sends her son to World War I / K [set in an inverted triangle].

First Line of Song

Dear old colored mammy

First Line of Chorus

Your granddad did his duty in the Civil War

Subjects

Bobcat Songs and music. ; Minstrel music. ; Ragtime music. ; Memphis (Tenn.) Songs and music.

Publication Date

1918

Publisher

New York : M. Witmark & Sons,
M. Witmark & Sons.

Performance Medium

Piano; voice

Music Genre

Minstrel

Object Type

text

Format (Original)

1 score (3 p.) ; 35 cm.

Format (Digital)

PDF

Physical ID#

32278009353362

Digital ID#

009353362-1918

Location of Original

Box 9, Folder 4, 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.

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