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Cover Illustration

African American man in a tuxedo dancing with an African American woman in a maid's dress ; photo inset of Ethel Robinson.

First Line of Song

Last night the coons were out a serenading

First Line of Chorus

Gray coons, stray coons, the funniest little coons you've seen

Subjects

Ragtime music. ; Popular music. ; Minstrel music. local ; African American composers

Publication Date

1902

Publisher

[Chicago] : Hearst's Chicago American ; ; New York : by permission of the American Advance Music Co., ; American Advance Music Co.

Performance Medium

Piano; voice

Music Genre

Minstrel

Object Type

text

Format (Original)

1 score ([3] p.) ; 31 cm.

Format (Digital)

PDF

Physical ID#

32278009353396

Digital ID#

009353396-1902

Location of Original

Box 9, Folder 4, Piece 21

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.

While o'le Mammie Jinnie's cap'rin' on the green

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