We'll raise de roof tonight; New and original plantation melody

Item Information

• Description
  Plate no.: 59-4.

• Item ID
  b0167
• Instrumentation
  voice; piano
• Performer
  Mr. Milt G. Barlow of Barlow & Wilson's Minstrels
• Illustrator
  Cinthy Johnson
• DCMI Type
  Still Image
• Is Part Of
  1880-1889
• Title
  We'll raise de roof tonight; New and original plantation melody
• Subject
  Transportation
  Songs with piano
  Songs
  Animals
  landscapes (environments)
  Entertainment
  Musical Instruments
  Architecture, Buildings, Furniture, etc.
  Afro-Americans
  Frogs
  Legacies of Racism and Discrimination
  Rowboats
  Musical instruments
  Banjos
  musicians
  cabins (houses)
  Moon
  Log cabins
  African Americans
  Society and Culture--Afro-Americans--Groups
• State of Publication
  Massachusetts
• Lyricist
  Wheeler, Hawthorne G.
• Genre
  sheet music
• Publisher
  Blair & Lydon
• City of Publication
  Boston
• Dedicatee
  Milt G. Barlow
• Refrain
  Come along, oh! chillun come along
• Composer
  Wheeler, J. W.
• Date
  1884
• First Line
  Come niggers grease yo ankles and wenches bang yo wool

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