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“Four Little Curly Headed Coons” 1891 sheet music
$500
Item Details
Boston, S. W. Blair, 1891, Sheet music
Good
Six-page music sheet from 1891, with lyrics, of “Four Little Curly Headed Coons,” by J. W. Wheeler and published by S.W. Blair of Boston. Written by Wheeler @ 1889, in versions for voice, piano and banjo/guitar/mandolin, it was performed at minstrels. Measures @ 10.75 x 14 inches. Cover has sun-fading and slightly rough edges. Google’s artificial intelligence describes the piece thusly: “The song belongs to a genre of popular entertainment designed to mock African Americans through derogatory lyrics, dialect and visual caricatures.”
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