Mammy's song
- Title
- Mammy's song
- LC Subject
- Music by women composers Songs with piano Popular music--United States--1901-1910 Songs (Low voice) with piano Minstrel music
- Item Locator
- 24551
- Composer
- Ware, Harriet
- Illustrator
- Peck, Clara Elsene, 1883-
- Lyricist
- Portor, Laura Spencer
- Dedicatee
- Fanning, Cecil, 1883-1931
- Description
- Vocal range indicated as 'low voice' on front cover; full text of poem by Laura Spencer Portor printed on inside fromt cover; 'Verses and Cover Drawing reproduced by courtesy of Woman's Home Companion'--bottom of inside front cover; 'Dedicated to and sung by Cecil Fanning'--top of page 3; advertisement for more songs from publisher on back cover; lyrics written in an exaggerated imitation of African-American dialect; plate number 16249-5; vocal range is C4-E5
- First Line
- I had an old black Mammy who used to sing to me,
- First Line Chorus
- Hi!' said de possum,
- Instrumentation
- Song for voice and piano
- Cover
- Illustrated image of an African-American woman holding a Caucasian child; illustrated images of rabbit heads above main illustration; title in black between rabbit heads
- Work Type
- lithographs sheet music
- Issued
- 1910
- Identifier
- mammys_song_24551
- Rights
- No Copyright - United States
- Copyright Claimant
- The John Church Company
- Publisher
- John Church Company
- Type
- Text
- Format
- application/pdf
- Physical Extent
- 8 p; 35 cm.
- Set
- Historic Sheet Music Collection
- Primary Set
- Historic Sheet Music Collection
- Institution
- University of Oregon
- Exhibit
- Women Composers
- Location Copy Sublocation
- University of Oregon Knight Library, Music Services Section
