I'm going back to Alabam' to die; Plantation melody

Item Info

Title:
I'm going back to Alabam' to die; Plantation melody
Date:
1878
Creator:
Rutledge, John T., composer
Contributor:
W. J. Morgan & Co., lithographer
Description:

  • Dedicatee: Isaac N. Hahn, Memphis, Tenn.

  • Refrain: O do e darkies know that I'm a coming?

  • First line: I want to see the dear old home again

Subject:
Format:
sheet music
Publisher:
W.L. Thompson, East Liverpool
Instrumentation:
Digital Collection:
Historic American Sheet Music
Rights:
Free Re-Use
No Copyright - United States
Identifier:
  • Music B-629
  • 005411403
  • duke:640520
  • b0629
  • ark:/87924/r4v40q83x
  • 82dad9a0-c4fc-40d4-9a5a-1121238d4e09
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https://idn.duke.edu/ark:/87924/r4v40q83x
Sponsor:
Tim McGeary in honor of Kenneth McGeary