Musical Bouquet. Negro Songs. My Skiff on the Shore, Popular Negro Melody. Sung by the Ethiopian Serenaders.
London: Musical Bouquet Office, 192, High Holborn; & J. Allen, 20 Warwick Lane, Paternoster Row.
Illustrated songsheet. Sheet: 250 x 340mm (9¾ x 13¼").
A songsheet in which a man urges a woman to hurry to his boat in order to sale to the 'Norden Country.' The Ethiopian Serenaders were an American troupe of blackface minstrels who performed for President John Tyler at the White House in 1844. When they toured England 1846-7 they were mistaken for real black men and had to publish portraits of themselves without make-up.
[Ref: 42648] £120.00
Illustrated songsheet. Sheet: 250 x 340mm (9¾ x 13¼").
A songsheet in which a man urges a woman to hurry to his boat in order to sale to the 'Norden Country.' The Ethiopian Serenaders were an American troupe of blackface minstrels who performed for President John Tyler at the White House in 1844. When they toured England 1846-7 they were mistaken for real black men and had to publish portraits of themselves without make-up.
[Ref: 42648] £120.00