Mississippi Jim

Item Information

• Item ID
  b0690
• Instrumentation
  voice; piano; chorus (SATB)
• City of Publication
  [Philadelphia?]
• DCMI Type
  Still Image
• Is Part Of
  1880-1889
• Publisher
  W.F. Shaw
• State of Publication
  Pennsylvania
• Lyricist
  Vickers, George M.
• Genre
  sheet music
• Title
  Mississippi Jim
• Refrain
  Now he shovels coal on a lighter
• Composer
  Westendorf, Thomas P.
• Date
  1883
• First Line
  When the flatboats used to drift upon the river
• Subject
  Songs with piano
  Legacies of Racism and Discrimination--Afro-Americans
  Legacies of Racism and Discrimination--American Indian
  Choruses, Secular (Mixed voices, 4 parts) with piano
  Legacies of Racism and Discrimination--Irish

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