Title

That's what the niggers then will do: answer to ""Young Eph's Lament"" words by Tom Russell; sung with immense success by Johny Allen of Arlington, Kelly and Leon's Minstrels; music by Geo. H. Barton

Creator

Files

Composer

Barton, George H.

Lyricist

Russell, Tom

Description

No abstract

Cover Illustration

The front cover of this piece of sheet music contains offensive words and a decorative border.

First Line of Song

What will we do when the war breaks up the country And scatters the [explicit] all a

Contributor

Justice Frank J. and Virginia Williams

Lithographer/Printer

Boston: Greene Engraver.

Approximate Creation Date

1865

Measurement

2 1/8"X10 5/8"

Performance Medium

Piano ; Voice.

Work Type

Sheet music

Class

Sheet Music

Preferred Citation

[Physical ID#]: [Title], Frank and Virginia Williams Collection of Lincolniana, Mississippi State University Libraries.

Rights

Copyright protected by Mississippi State University Libraries. Use of materials from this collection beyond the exceptions provided for in the Fair Use and Educational Use clauses of the U.S. Copyright Law may violate federal law. Permission to publish or reproduce is required.

ID

6445

Digital ID

FVW_06445

Current Location

Frank and Virginia Williams Collection of Lincolniana (Mississippi State, Mississippi, United States)

Repository

Mississippi State University Libraries.

Publisher

Boston: Oliver Ditson & Co. ; Cincinnati: J. Church Jr. ; New York: Lyon & Healy ; Boston: J. C. Haynes & Co. ; Philadelphia: C. W. A. Trumpler.; Plate/Publisher number: 22737.

Digital Publisher

Mississippi State University Libraries (electronic version).

Contact Information

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