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Wade, T. Addison Dietz, Carl P

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On cover: Sung with great success by T. Addison Wade, character song impersonator. Cover includes photograph of T. Addison Wade.On cover: The first and only original song published in "scrap iron time." Chorus includes alternative text whose scansion is continuous eighth notes.Summary: Using stereotyped language, An African American encourages attendance at the night's festival; he warns against violence for people to stay away from Ophelia Noonin' for she is his girlfriend; the chorus describes the frenzy during dancing.
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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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The New York Public Library