Piano/Vocal Piano; Voice
SKU: HL.148619
Composed by Bob Cole,
James Weldon Johnson, and
John Rosamond Johnson.
E.B. Marks. Vaudeville.
Softcover. 180 pages.
Edward B. Marks Music
#EBM148619. Published by
Edward B. Marks Music
(HL.148619).
ISBN
9781495029684. UPC:
888680078515.
9.0x12.0x0.492 inches.
With a Foreword by Thomas
Riis.
Late in his
life, composer J.
Rosamond Johnson (Lift
Ev'ry Voice and Sing)
submitted to his longtime
publisher, E.B. Marks, a
list of songs that would
comprise a volume of his
best early popular songs
written with his pre-1910
partner Bob Cole and his
brother, James Weldon
Johnson (Autobiography of
an Ex-Colored Man). That
list was never put into
print...until now.
Featuring an
introductionby Dr. Thomas
Riis (Just Before Jazz)
and several rare photos,
this new compilation is
the latest legacy
offering from the Marks
archive, which contains a
rich heritage of
turn-of-the-century
African-American, and
thus distinctly American,
pre-jazz-era popular
song. Includes: Ain't Dat
Scan'lous * Big Indian
Chief * The Big Red Shawl
* The Bleeding Moon *
Congo Love Song * The
Countess of Alagazam *
Fishing * I Don't Want to
Be No Actor Man No Mo' *
I'll Always Love Old
Dixie * I'll Keep a Warm
Spot in My Heart for You
* I've Got Troubles of My
Own * The Katy-Did, the
Cricket and the Frog *
Lazy Moon * Lit'l Gal *
Louisiana Lize * Lovely
Daughter of Allah * Ma
Mississippi Belle * The
Maiden with the Dreamy
Eyes * Mudder Knows * My
Heart's Desiah is Miss
Mariah * My Castle on the
Nile * Nobody's Lookin'
but de Owl an' de Moon *
Oh, Didn't He Ramble *
The Old Flag Never
Touched the Ground * On
the Road to Monterey *
The Pathway of Love *
Roll Them Cotton Bales *
Save It for Me! * The
Spirit of the Banjo! *
Sugar Babe * Two Eyes *
Under the Bamboo Tree *
When de Jack O'Lantern
Starts to Walk About *
When It's All Goin' Out,
and Nothin' Comin' In *
Who Do You Love?
John Ward
