Lubly Rose oh! Coal black Rose Tank you Sambo yes I cum, Dont you hear the Banjo tum, tum, Oh! Rose the coal black Rose. [graphic]

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Title: Lubly Rose oh! Coal black Rose Tank you Sambo yes I cum, Dont you hear the Banjo tum, tum, Oh! Rose the coal black Rose. [graphic]
Published / Created: [not before 1829]
Publication Place: United States or England?
Publisher: publisher not identified
Abstract: A visualization of the racist folk song, "Coal Black Rose", one of the earliest songs to be sung by a man in blackface, popularized in July 1829. The lyrics of "Coal Black Rose" tells of a fight between two black men, Sambo and Cuffee, rivals for the same woman
Description: Title from text below image, which are lyrics from the song sung by the depicted figures: Lubly Rose Oh! Coal Black Rose. Tank you Sambo yes I cum. Dont you hear the banjo tum, tum. Oh! Rose the Coal Black Rose.
Date from subject matter, the date when the song was popularized.
Provenance: Grosvenor Prints; September 2023.
Extent: 1 print : sheet 19 x 21 cm
Extent of Digitization: This object has been completely digitized.
Language: English