Memphis blues

Item Information

• Description
  Plate no.: B. 3.

• Item ID
  n0725
• Instrumentation
  voice; piano
• City of Publication
  New York
• DCMI Type
  Still Image
• Is Part Of
  1910-1920
• Title
  Memphis blues
• Subject
  Songs with piano
  Songs
  Legacies of Racism and Discrimination--Afro-Americans
  Entertainment
  Musical Instruments
  Bands
  bands (ensembles)
  Performers--Groups--Honey Boy Minstrels
  Performers--Men--Cupero, Ed. V.
  Geo. Evans' Honey Boy Minstrels
  Ed. V. Cupero
• State of Publication
  New York
• Lyricist
  Norton, George A.
• Genre
  sheet music
• Publisher
  Theron C. Bennett
• Performer
  Geo. Evans' Honey Boy Minstrels; Ed. V. Cupero
• Refrain
  They got a fiddler there that always slickens his hair
• Composer
  Handy, W. C. (William Christopher), 1873-1958
• Date
  1913
• First Line
  Folks I've just been down, down to Memphis town

• Copyright & Usage
  See the policy for this collection.