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Topsy's in town

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Crosby, Warner Trahern, Al Parker, Frank

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Summary: Using stereotyped language and terms, the narrator describes Topsy, a well-bred African American woman.Cover design by Frank Parker includes drawing of a woman with a hat.Published as the Sunday Wolrd Music Album; supplement to the New York World. Sunday, Dec. 17, 1899.Song begins with 16 measures of piano music labeled Cake-walk.Pages 5-6 also contains voice-only music and text for the songs "The Tottenham toreador" by Edward Kent (p. 5) and "The village wedding" by A.E. Lawrence and Geo. Lester.
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Scores
Created Date:
1899
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American popular songs

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Music Division. The New York Public Library

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