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            <mods:title>Jes' when I needs you most, you throws me down:</mods:title>
            <mods:subTitle>a darktown grievance</mods:subTitle>
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            <mods:title>Mah man's a mos' uncertain man</mods:title>
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            <mods:title>Jes when I needs you most</mods:title>
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            <mods:namePart>Sloane, A. Baldwin (Alfred Baldwin)</mods:namePart>
            <mods:namePart type="date">1872-1925</mods:namePart>
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            <mods:namePart>Saumenig, H. M.</mods:namePart>
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            <mods:namePart>Robb, A. L.</mods:namePart>
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            <mods:namePart>M. Witmark &amp; Sons</mods:namePart>
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            <mods:publisher>M. Witmark &amp; Sons</mods:publisher>
            <mods:dateIssued>1899</mods:dateIssued>
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          <mods:note type="statement of responsibility">words by H.M. Saumenig and A.L. Robb; music by A.B. Sloane</mods:note>
          <mods:note>For voice and piano</mods:note>
          <mods:note>Cover title</mods:note>
          <mods:note>Dedicated to: Thornton Smith</mods:note>
          <mods:note>Additional verses: p. [5]</mods:note>
          <mods:note>Advertisements for other songs: p. [2-6]</mods:note>
          <mods:note>Cover illustration: caricature of Afro-American men; photograph of [Maude Raymond]</mods:note>
          <mods:note>Also published for: band, orchestra, banjo, mandolin, and guitar</mods:note>
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              <mods:namePart>Raymond, Maude</mods:namePart>
              <mods:namePart type="date">1871-1961</mods:namePart>         
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            <mods:topic>African Americans</mods:topic>
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          <mods:identifier type="music plate">M. Witmark &amp; Sons (New York, N.Y.) 2224</mods:identifier>
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