Slaves consolation; I'll neber hoe de cotton any more

Item Information

• Item ID
  b2045
• Instrumentation
  voice; piano; chorus (SATB)
• City of Publication
  Chicago
• DCMI Type
  Still Image
• Is Part Of
  1860-1869
• Publisher
  H.M. Higgins
• State of Publication
  Illinois
• Lyricist
  Gilmore, James R. (James Roberts), 1822-1903
• Genre
  sheet music
• Title
  Slaves consolation; I'll neber hoe de cotton any more
• Refrain
  When I neber hab forgotten how I used to hoe de cotton
• Composer
  Towne, T. Martin (Thomas Martin), 1835-1911 or 12
• First Line
  Come listen, all you darkies, come listen to my song
• Date
  1862
• Dedicatee
  H. Olcott
• Engraver
  Pearson
• Subject
  Songs with piano
  Legacies of Racism and Discrimination--Afro-Americans
  Choruses, Secular (Mixed voices, 4 parts) with piano
  United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Songs and music
  Slaves--Songs and music

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