The Moon, the Coon, and the Little Octoroon

Composer

Maude Nugent

Files

Preferred Citation

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

Cover Illustration

Black and white a man standing and playing a banjo and a woman sitting beside a brook / Starmer ; photograph inset of Christine MacDonald.

First Line of Song

A yaller moon, a dusky coon, it ain't no good combination

First Line of Chorus

And it seem'd to amuse the moon, For he winks right at the coon

Subjects

Minstrel Music.

Publication Date

1903

Publisher

New York : Shapiro, Bernstein, & Co.

Performance Medium

Piano; voice

Music Genre

Minstrel

Object Type

text

Format (Original)

1 score (6 p.) ; 31 cm.

Format (Digital)

PDF

Physical ID#

32278009354048

Digital ID#

009354048-1903

Location of Original

Box 8, Folder 4, Piece 1

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.