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Abraham Lincoln Jones, or, The christening

Description:
  • For voice and piano
  • "Sung with great success by Bert Williams"
Year:
1909
Contributor:
Mack, Cecil, 1883-1944 (creator)
Williams, Bert, 1874-1922 (performer)
Smith, Chris, 1879-1949 (creator)
Gotham-Attucks Music Co. (publisher)
Genre:
sheet music
Subject:
Songs with music
Names, Personal > Songs and music
Popular music > 1901-1910
Local ID:
LMu 1
Collection:
Brown University Library
Lincoln Sheet Music
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Come right in, sit right down, make yourself at home

Description:
  • words by Bob White & Alfred Anderson; music by Will. H. Dixon
  • For voice and piano
  • Caption title
  • Sung by: Bert A. Williams
  • Advertisement for …
Year:
1909
Contributor:
Dixon, Will H. (William Henry) (composer)
White, Bob (lyricist)
Anderson, Alfred, 1942- (lyricist)
Williams, Bert, 1874-1922 (performer)
Modern Music Publishing Co. (Chicago, Ill.) (publisher)
Subject:
Williams, Bert > 1874-1922
African Americans > Songs and music
Popular music > United States
Collection:
Brown University Library
Representations of Blackness in Music of the United States (1830-1920)
Full Record

The coon's trade-mark:: a watermelon, a razor, a chicken and a coon

Description:
  • words and music by Tom Logan
  • For voice and piano
  • Caption title
  • Introduced by: Williams and Walker
  • Dedicated to: Ernest Hogan
  • Advertisements for other songs: …
Year:
1898
Contributor:
Logan, Tom (composer)
Williams, Bert, 1874-1922 (performer)
Walker, George, 1873-1911 (performer)
Jos. W. Stern & Co. (publisher)
Subject:
Williams, Bert > 1874-1922
Walker, George > 1873-1911
African Americans > Social life and customs > Songs and music
African American men > Songs and music
Popular music > United States
Collection:
Brown University Library
Representations of Blackness in Music of the United States (1830-1920)
Full Record

Enjoy yourselves:: (eccentric coon song)

Description:
  • words by Dave Reed; music by Chas. B. Ward
  • For voice and piano
  • Caption title
  • Sung by: Williams & Walker
  • Cover illustration: drawing of Williams …
Year:
1897
Contributor:
Ward, Charles B., 1865-1917 (creator)
Reed, Dave, 1872-1946 (lyricist)
Williams, Bert, 1874-1922 (performer)
Walker, George, 1873-1911 (performer)
T.B. Harms & Co. (New York, N.Y.) (publisher)
Subject:
Williams, Bert > 1874-1922
Walker, George > 1873-1911
African Americans > Songs and music
African Americans > Social life and customs
African Americans > Recreation
Popular music > United States
Collection:
Brown University Library
Representations of Blackness in Music of the United States (1830-1920)
Full Record

Ev'rybody's crazy 'bout the doggone blues:: but I'm happy

Description:
  • by Creamer and Layton
  • For voice and piano
  • Caption title
  • Sung by: Bert Williams, Ziegfield [sic] Follies 1917-1918
  • Advertisement for other songs: p. [4]
  • Cover …
Year:
1908
Contributor:
Creamer, Henry, 1879-1930 (composer)
Layton, Turner (lyricist)
Walton, E. E. (illustrator)
Williams, Bert, 1874-1922 (performer)
Broadway Music Corp. (New York, N.Y.) (publisher)
Subject:
African Americans > Songs and music
Blues (Music) > Songs and music
Popular music > United States
African American composers
African American poets
Collection:
Brown University Library
Representations of Blackness in Music of the United States (1830-1920)
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Evah dahkey is a king

Description:
  • words by E.P. Moran & Paul Laurence Dunbar; music by John H. Cook
  • For voice and piano
  • Caption title
  • Sung by Williams & Walker in …
Year:
1902
Contributor:
Cook, John H. (composer)
Williams, Bert, 1874-1922 (performer)
Walker, George, 1873-1911 (performer)
Dunbar, Paul Laurence, 1872-1906 (lyricist)
Moran, Eddie, 1871-1956 (lyricist)
Harry Von Tilzer Music Pub. Co. (New York, N.Y.) (publisher)
Subject:
Williams, Bert > 1874-1922 > Portraits
African Americans > Songs and music
Musicals > Excerpts > Vocal scores with piano
Collection:
Brown University Library
Representations of Blackness in Music of the United States (1830-1920)
Full Record

Good morning Carrie!

Description:
  • words by R.C. McPherson; music by Smith & Bowman
  • For voice and piano
  • "Sung with great success by the Brownings"--Cover
  • Title page illustration: Afro-American woman …
Year:
1901
Contributor:
Smith, Chris, 1879-1949 (composer)
Bowman, Euday L. (Euday Louis), 1887-1949 (composer)
Mack, Cecil, 1883-1944 (lyricist)
Williams, Bert, 1874-1922 (performer)
Walker, George, 1873-1911 (performer)
Windsor Music Co. (Chicago, Ill.) (publisher)
Subject:
Williams, Bert > 1874-1922
Walker, George > 1873-1911
African Americans > Songs and music
Popular music > United States > 1901-1910
Collection:
Brown University Library
Representations of Blackness in Music of the United States (1830-1920)
Full Record

He's up against the real thing now

Description:
  • words by Edward Furber; music by Bert A. Williams
  • For voice and piano
  • Cover title
  • At head of title: Williams and Walker's latest comic coon …
Year:
1898
Contributor:
Williams, Bert, 1874-1922 (creator)
G. E. (illustrator)
Furber, Edward (lyricist)
Williams, Bert, 1874-1922 (performer)
Walker, George, 1873-1911 (performer)
Jos. W. Stern & Co. (publisher)
Subject:
Williams, Bert > 1874-1922
Walker, George > 1873-1911
African Americans > Songs and music
Popular music > United States
African American composers
African American singers
Collection:
Brown University Library
Representations of Blackness in Music of the United States (1830-1920)
Full Record

I don't care if yo' nebber comes back:: song and chorus

Description:
  • words by Raymond A. Browne; music by Monroe H. Rosenfeld
  • For voice and piano
  • Caption title
  • Sung by: Williams and Walker, and also Josephine Sabel, …
Year:
1897
Contributor:
Rosenfeld, Monroe H., 1861-1918 (composer)
Williams, Bert, 1874-1922 (performer)
Walker, George, 1873-1911 (performer)
Sabel, Josephine, 1865 or 6-1945 (performer)
Espy, Ed (performer)
Browne, R. A. (Raymond A.), 1879-1922 (lyricist)
Jos. W. Stern & Co. (publisher)
Subject:
African Americans > Songs and music
Popular music > United States
Collection:
Brown University Library
Representations of Blackness in Music of the United States (1830-1920)
Full Record

I don't like no cheap man

Description:
  • arr. by W.H. Tyers; words & music by Williams & Walker
  • For voice and piano
  • Caption title
  • Introduced and sung by: Williams & Walker
  • Dedicated …
Year:
1897
Contributor:
Williams, Bert, 1874-1922 (composer)
Williams, Bert, 1874-1922 (performer)
Walker, George, 1873-1911 (performer)
Walker, George, 1873-1911 (lyricist)
Tyers, Williams H., 1876-1924 (arranger)
G. E (illustrator)
Jos. W. Stern & Co. (publisher)
Subject:
Heath, Thomas K. (Thomas Kurton) > 1852 or 3-1938
McIntyre, James > 1857-1937
African Americans > Songs and music
African American women
Money > Songs and music
Popular music > United States
African American composers
African American singers
Collection:
Brown University Library
Representations of Blackness in Music of the United States (1830-1920)
Full Record

I'm a Jonah man

Description:
  • words and music by Alex. Rogers
  • For voice and piano
  • "Williams and Walker's crowning success"
  • "Sung at every performance of their latest musical production 'In …
Year:
1903
Contributor:
Rogers, Alex (composer)
Williams, Bert, 1874-1922 (performer)
Walker, George, 1873-1911 (performer)
M. Witmark & Sons (publisher)
Subject:
Williams, Bert > 1874-1922
Walker, George > 1873-1911
Popular music > United States > 1901-1910
African Americans > Songs and music
Collection:
Brown University Library
Representations of Blackness in Music of the United States (1830-1920)
Full Record

Just an old friend of the family

Description:
  • words by R.C. McPherson (Cecil Mack); music by Chris. Smith
  • For voice and piano.
  • "Williams & Walker's latest song hit"
  • Title page illustration: 3 interlocked …
Year:
1907
Contributor:
Smith, Chris, 1879-1949 (composer)
Mack, Cecil, 1883-1944 (lyricist)
Jenkins (illustrator)
Williams, Bert, 1874-1922 (performer)
Walker, George, 1873-1911 (performer)
Gotham-Attucks Music Co. (Publisher)
Subject:
Williams, Bert > 1874-1922
Walker, George > 1873-1911
Popular music > United States > 1901-1910
African Americans > Songs and music
Domestic relations > Songs and music
Collection:
Brown University Library
Representations of Blackness in Music of the United States (1830-1920)
Full Record

The medicine man:: a coon song

Description:
  • arr. by W.H. Tyers; by Williams & Walker
  • For voice and piano
  • Caption title
  • At head of title on cover: Williams & Walker's latest laughing …
Year:
1899
Contributor:
Williams, Bert, 1874-1922 (creator)
Walker, George, 1873-1911 (lyricist)
Williams, Bert, 1874-1922 (performer)
Walker, George, 1873-1911 (performer)
Tyers, Wm. H. (William H.), 1876-1924 (arranger)
Jos. W. Stern & Co. (publisher)
Subject:
Williams, Bert > 1874-1922
Walker, George > 1873-1911
African American physicians > Songs and music
Popular music > United States
African American composers
African American singers
Collection:
Brown University Library
Representations of Blackness in Music of the United States (1830-1920)
Full Record

Molly Green

Description:
  • For voice and piano
  • Words, Paul Laurence Dunbar; music, Will Marion Cook
  • Cover features portraits of Bert Williams, and Geo. Walker.
Year:
1902
Contributor:
Cook, Will Marion (composer)
Dunbar, Paul Laurence, 1872-1906 (lyricist)
Williams, Bert, 1874-1922 (performer)
Williams, Geo. (performer)
Genre:
sheet music
Subject:
Musicals > Excerpts
Popular music
Songs with piano
Local ID:
HSM45813
Collection:
Brown University Library
Representations of Blackness in Music of the United States (1830-1920)
Full Record

My little Zulu babe

Description:
  • words by W.S. Estren; music by Jas. T. Brymn
  • For voice and piano
  • Caption title
  • Introduced by: Williams and Walker
  • Cover illustration: photograph of Williams …
Year:
1900
Contributor:
Brymn, James Timothy, 1881-1946 (composer)
Estren, W. S. (lyricist)
Walker, George, 1873-1911 (performer)
Williams, Bert, 1874-1922 (performer)
Windsor Music Co. (Chicago, Ill.) (publisher)
Subject:
Walker, George > 1873-1911
Williams, Bert > 1874-1922
African Americans > Relations with Africans > Songs and music
African Americans > Marriage > Songs and music
Zulu (African people) > Songs and music
Popular music > United States
Collection:
Brown University Library
Representations of Blackness in Music of the United States (1830-1920)
Full Record

Oh! I don't know, you're not so warm:: comic song and refrain with coon parody

Description:
  • written, composed and sung by Bert A. Williams
  • For voice and piano
  • Cover title
  • At head of title: The Great New York Success
  • Additional verses: …
Year:
1896
Contributor:
Williams, Bert, 1874-1922 (creator)
Williams, Bert, 1874-1922 (performer)
Charles Sheard & Co. (London, England) (publisher)
Subject:
Williams, Bert > 1874-1922
African American women > Songs and music
Love songs
Popular music > United States
African American composers
African American singers
Collection:
Brown University Library
Representations of Blackness in Music of the United States (1830-1920)
Full Record

The phrenologist coon

Description:
  • words by Ernest Hogan; music by Will Accooe
  • For voice and piano
  • Cover title
  • At head of title: New song hits introduced by Williams & …
Year:
1901
Contributor:
Accooe, Will, d. 1904 (creator)
Hogan, Ernest, 1865-1909 (lyricist)
Williams, Bert, 1874-1922 (performer)
Williams & Walker's Own Big Co. (publisher)
Jos. W. Stern & Co. (publisher)
Subject:
African Americans > Songs and music
Phrenology > Songs and music
African Americans > Craniology
African American composers
Collection:
Brown University Library
Representations of Blackness in Music of the United States (1830-1920)
Full Record

The right church but the wrong pew

Description:
  • lyrics by Cecil Mack; music by Chris Smith
  • For voice and piano
  • Caption title
  • "Featured by Bert A. Williams in 'Bandana Land'"--Cover
  • Cover illustration by …
Year:
1908
Contributor:
Smith, Chris, 1879-1949 (composer)
Mack, Cecil, 1883-1944 (lyricist)
Williams, Bert, 1874-1922 (performer)
Pfeiffer, E. H (illustrator)
Gotham-Attucks Music Co. (Publisher)
Subject:
Williams, Bert > 1874-1922
Popular music > United States > 1901-1910
African Americans > Songs and music
Songs with piano
Minstrel shows > Excerpts
Musicals > Excerpts
Collection:
Brown University Library
Representations of Blackness in Music of the United States (1830-1920)
Full Record

The voo-doo man

Description:
  • [words & music by Williams & Walker]
  • For voice and piano.
  • "Williams & Walker's great success"
  • "Music supplement of the New York Journal and Advertiser, …
Year:
1901
Contributor:
Williams, Bert, 1874-1922 (composer)
Williams, Bert, 1874-1922 (performer)
Walker, George, 1873-1911 (performer)
Kerr (illustrator)
Subject:
Williams, Bert > 1874-1922
Walker, George > 1873-1911
Popular music > United States > To 1901
African Americans > Songs and music
Camp meetings > South Carolina > Songs and music
Voodooism > South Carolina > Songs and music
Collection:
Brown University Library
Representations of Blackness in Music of the United States (1830-1920)
Full Record

When the parson makes Miss Mandy Johnson mine

Description:
  • words by Dan Packard; music by Robt. Cone
  • For voice and piano
  • Caption title
  • "Sung at Proctors New York by Williams and Walker"--Cover
  • "Musical supplement …
Year:
1898
Contributor:
Cone, Robert (composer)
Williams, Bert, 1874-1922 (performer)
Walker, George, 1873-1911 (performer)
Packard, Dan (lyricist)
Myll Bros. (New York, N.Y.) (publisher)
Subject:
Williams, Bert > 1874-1922
Walker, George > 1873-1911
African Americans > Songs and music
Marriage > Songs and music
Collection:
Brown University Library
Representations of Blackness in Music of the United States (1830-1920)
Full Record

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