Record ID:
70670
Accession number:
PMC 346.27
Creator:
Pierpont, James, 1822-1893.
Title:
Kitty crow : ballad / written, composed, and respectfully dedicated to W.W. McKim Esq. by Jas. Pierpont.
Published:
Boston : O. Ditson, c1853.
Inscription/Markings:
Inscription: Miss Sarah Morgan from Her Uncle the Author.
Notes:
For voice and piano.
Engraved.
A minstrel ballad with lyrics written in stereotypical "black minstrel" dialect and incorporating racial slurs.
Provenance:
Sarah S. Morgan.
Associated names:
Morgan, Sarah Spencer, 1839-1896, former owner.
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