Description
- Notes:
- words and music by Bryan and Edwards
- For voice and piano
- Cover title
- At head of title: A little coon philosophy
- Sung by: Lew Hawkins
- Advertisement for "The tale of a monkey" and other songs: p. [2]
- Advertisement for "G.O.P.": p. [6]
- Cover illustration: photograph of Lew Hawkins in blackface; cover design with hammers and question marks / Frew
- Sung by: cop. 2, Harry G. Shunk
- Advertisement for "We parted by the river, Grace and I": cop. 2, p. [2]
- Advertisement for "When the mocking birds are singing in the wildwood": cop. 2, p. [6]
- Cover photograph: cop. 2, Harry G. Shunk
- Library's copy 1 has stamp on p. 3: Sheet Music, H.A. Brueggemann, 727 Clinton St., Fort Wayne, Ind.
Access Conditions
- Rights
- No Copyright - United States
- Restrictions on Use
- Collection is open for research.
Citation
Bryan, Vincent,
"What's the use of knockin' when a man is down"
(1906).
Representations of Blackness in Music of the United States (1830s-1920s).
Brown Digital Repository. Brown University Library.
https://repository.library.brown.edu/studio/item/bdr:17439/
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Collection:
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Representations of Blackness in Music of the United States (1830s-1920s)
...This collection is a grouping of over 1,400 items dating from the 1830s to the 1920s. The contents of the collection depict representations of Black diasporic people and cultures through close to a century of illustrations and musical and lyrical …