My ole home in Alabama 'fo' de war

Item Information

• Item ID
  b0658
• Publisher
  G.D. Russell
• City of Publication
  Boston
• Illustrator
  J.E. Baker
• DCMI Type
  Still Image
• Is Part Of
  1870-1879
• Instrumentation
  voice; piano; chorus (SATB)
• State of Publication
  Massachusetts
• Lyricist
  Rutledge, John T.
• Genre
  sheet music
• Title
  My ole home in Alabama 'fo' de war
• Refrain
  Dar's but little consolation for a darkey ole as me
• Composer
  Danks, H. P. (Hart Pease), 1834-1903
• First Line
  I's a gettin old an feeble, an my har is turning gray
• Date
  1875
• Dedicatee
  Mr. Milt G. Barlow
• Subject
  Children
  men
  Songs with piano
  Animals
  Legacies of Racism and Discrimination--Afro-Americans
  Music
  Choruses, Secular (Mixed voices, 4 parts) with piano
  Couples
  Afro-Americans
  Men
  Legacies of Racism and Discrimination--Stereotypes--Afro-Americans--Men
  Dogs
  Society and Culture--State songs--Alabama
  Piers & wharves
  Barrels
  piers (marine landings)

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