Walking for dat cake

Item Information

• Description
  Plate no.: 9298-3.

• Item ID
  b0156
• Instrumentation
  voice; piano
• Performer
  Harrigan & Hart
• DCMI Type
  Still Image
• Is Part Of
  1870-1879
• Publisher
  Wm. A. Pond
• Subject
  Songs with piano
  Songs
  Society and Culture
  Food and Eating
  Fashion and Costume
  Dancing
  Afro-Americans
  Human Activities of Ordinary People
  Legacies of Racism and Discrimination
  fireplaces and fireplace components
  celebrations
  children (people by age group)
  Dance--Cakewalks
  Children dancing
  dancers
  African Americans
• State of Publication
  New York
• Lyricist
  Harrigan, Edward, 1844-1911
• Genre
  sheet music
• City of Publication
  New York
• Title
  Walking for dat cake
• Refrain
  So gently on de toe we darkies step out so
• Composer
  Braham, David, 1838-1905
• Date
  1877
• First Line
  'Twas down at Aunty Jackson's

• Copyright & Usage
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