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            <mods:title>I'se a-picking my company now</mods:title>
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            <mods:title>I guess you all know on New Year's Day</mods:title>
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            <mods:title>I'se a-pickin' my comp'ny now</mods:title>
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            <mods:namePart>Starmer</mods:namePart>
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            <mods:dateIssued>1899</mods:dateIssued>
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          <mods:note type="statement of responsibility">words &amp; music by Nathan Bivins</mods:note>
          <mods:note>Ragtime song for voice and piano</mods:note>
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          <mods:note>Advertisements for other music: p. [2, 7-8]</mods:note>
          <mods:note>Cover illustration: Afro-American man in rags pleading with Afro-American woman in doorway / Starmer</mods:note>
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            <mods:topic>African American composers</mods:topic>
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