Composer/Artist
Words by Samuel N. Mitchell. Music by Charlie Baker.
Publisher
F.W. Helmick, No. 50 West Fourth Street
Publisher Location
Cincinnati, O.
Publication Date
1876
Form of Composition
strophic with chorus
Instrumentation
piano and voice
Dedicatee/Title of Larger Work
Dedicated to Henry Newman of the New Orleans Troubadours
Subjects
Native dress
Pessimism
Ethnic stereotypes
Aged persons
Freed persons
Minstrel shows
Enslaved persons
War casualties
Dancing
Dialects
Couples
Freedmen
Slave quarters
Poor persons
Free African Americans
Portraits
Caricatures
People
Samuel N. Mitchell (lyricist)
Charlie Baker (composer)
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