The Laughing Little Red-Head Coon

Composer

Ellis G. Berg

Files

Preferred Citation

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

Cover Illustration

A picture of a little boy in in the top center of the page; the title is written in big letters in the center of the page.

First Line of Song

Far away down South right near the Swanee

First Line of Chorus

Close your eyes in sleep you laughing little, red-hed coon

Subjects

Turkeys Songs and music. ; African Americans Songs and music. ; Minstrel music. ; Piano music (Ragtime) ; Ragtime music.

Publication Date

1899

Publisher

New York : Harry Tillmann & Co.

Performance Medium

Piano; voice

Music Genre

Minstrel

Object Type

text

Format (Original)

1 score (4 p.) ; 34cm.

Format (Digital)

PDF

Physical ID#

32278009353628

Digital ID#

009353628-1899

Location of Original

Box 8, Folder 1, Piece 10

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.