Sassy Sam

Item Information

• Description
  Edition: Song. Plate no.: G. 50.

• Item ID
  b2050
• Instrumentation
  voice; piano; chorus (STB)
• City of Publication
  New Orleans
• Is Part Of
  1860-1869
• Publisher
  Louis Grunewald
• Subject
  men
  Songs with piano
  Legacies of Racism and Discrimination--Afro-Americans
  Music
  Afro-Americans
  Men
  Pianos and Organs
  Choruses, Secular (Mixed voices, 3 parts) with piano
  Legacies of Racism and Discrimination--Afro-Americans--Men
  Slaves--Songs and music
  New Orleans (La.)--Songs and music
  St. Charles Hotel (New Orleans (La.))--Songs and music
• State of Publication
  Louisiana
• Title
  Sassy Sam
• Genre
  sheet music
• Alternative Title
  Happy contraband; 5
• Composer
  Emerson, Billy
• Date
  1865
• First Line
  Oh I'm sassy Sam, a Southern nig' as you can plainly see
• Refrain
  Oh if you listen white folks I'll please you if I can
• Engraver
  Wehrmann
• DCMI Type
  Still Image

• Copyright & Usage
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