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When Mister Shakespeare comes to town, or, I don't like them minstrel folks

Description

Notes:
words by Wm. Jerome; music by Eugene Black [i.e. Jean Schwartz]
"Coon Song & Chorus"--Cover
For voice and piano
Caption title
Pages 1-4 are unnumbered
"Introduced with Great Success by Chief Harry Bulger, in 'The King's Carnival' at the New York Theatre"
Advertisements for other songs: p. [2]-5, [7-8]
Extra verses: p. [6]
Cover illustration: drawing of Afro-American couple in front of theatre and border design with masks / H.C.; photograph of unidentified man

Access Conditions

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

Citation

Schwartz, Jean, "When Mister Shakespeare comes to town, or, I don't like them minstrel folks" (1901). 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:22178/

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