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The luckiest coon in town

Description

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by Bob Cole and Billy Johnson
For voice and piano
Caption title
Sung by Cole & Johnson in their comic skit "Coontown society"
Advertisement for "The wedding of the Chinee and the coon" and other songs: p. [2]
Advertisement for "Thoughts of love" and other songs: p. [6]
Cover illustration: photograph of Cole & Johnson; drawing of Afro-American man gambling
Advertisement for "At a rag time reception" and other songs: cop. 2, p. [2]
Advertisement for "The wedding of the Chinee and the Coon": cop. 2, p. [6]
Library's copy 1 inscribed: Mathilda A. Powells 99'/
Library's copy 2 inscribed: Sarah E. Muilwright; compliments of J.B. Arnold

Access Conditions

Rights
No Copyright - United States
Restrictions on Use
Collection is open for research.

Citation

Cole, Bob, "The luckiest coon in town" (1909). Representations of Blackness in Music of the United States (1830-1920). Brown Digital Repository. Brown University Library. https://repository.library.brown.edu/studio/item/bdr:18755/

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