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"Old Black Joe" is a parlor song by Stephen Foster (1826–1864). It was published by Firth, Pond & Co. of New York in 1860. [1] Ken Emerson, author of the book Doo-Dah! (1998), indicates that Foster's fictional Joe was inspired by a servant in the home of Foster's father-in-law, Dr. McDowell of Pittsburgh. The song is not written in dialect.
This is a list of songs that either originated in blackface minstrelsy or are otherwise closely associated with that tradition. Songwriters and publication dates are given where known. Songwriters and publication dates are given where known.
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The Black Dog variant even included a lyric on the back, which read, “Old habits die screaming,” which connected back to Swift’s depression playlist that she created ahead of TTPD’s ...
Taylor Swift wrote a song called “The Black Dog” for The Tortured Poets Department, which fans think has a deep-seated meaning. “I just had a plan for Night 2. I kinda felt you’d be ...
"That Old Black Magic" is a 1942 popular song written by Harold Arlen (music), with the lyrics by Johnny Mercer. [1] They wrote it for the 1942 film Star Spangled Rhythm, when it was first sung by Johnny Johnston and danced by Vera Zorina. [2] The song was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Original Song in 1943 but lost out to "You'll ...
Ring, Ring de Banjo is a minstrel song written in 1851. The song's words and music are from Stephen Foster.. The song, written to mimic the dialect of Black people in the Southern United States, is about a newly-freed slave who wishes to come back to his master's plantation.
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