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Hot Tamale Alley

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American popular songs

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Sheet music, 1896

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Title
Hot Tamale Alley
Additional title: Down in Hot Tamale Alley, lives a yaller gal named Sally. [first line]
Additional title: There's no nigger, cutting any figure, when I go out for a promenade with Sally! [first line of chorus]
Names
Irwin, May, 1862-1938 (Lyricist)
Irwin, May, 1862-1938 (Singer)
Cohan, George M. (George Michael), 1878-1942 (Composer)
Collection

American popular songs

Sheet music, 1896

Dates / Origin
Date Issued: 1896
Place: New York
Publisher: Spaulding & Gray
Library locations
Music Division
Topics
Songs
Poor African Americans
Sexual attraction
Genres
Scores
Notes
Content: Cover includes caricature of an African American couple walking together.
Content: On cover: May Irwin's new "coon" song...sung by May Irwin. Cover includes photograph of May Irwin in profile.
Content: Summary: The narrator admires and describes his girlfriend Sally who lives in Hot Tamale Alley.
Statement of responsibility: words by May Irwin ; music by Geo. M. Cohan.
Physical Description
Extent: 1 score (6 p.) ; 34 cm.
Type of Resource
Notated music
Languages
English
Identifiers
NYPL catalog ID (B-number): b10826013
NYPL catalog ID (B-number): b21757455
Universal Unique Identifier (UUID): 207052d0-c591-012f-98cc-58d385a7bc34
Rights Statement
The New York Public Library believes that this item is in the public domain under the laws of the United States, but did not make a determination as to its copyright status under the copyright laws of other countries. This item may not be in the public domain under the laws of other countries. Though not required, if you want to credit us as the source, please use the following statement, "From The New York Public Library," and provide a link back to the item on our Digital Collections site. Doing so helps us track how our collection is used and helps justify freely releasing even more content in the future.

Item timeline of events

  • 1862: Creator Born
  • 1896: Issued
  • 1938: Creator Died
  • 2016: Digitized
  • 2024: Found by you!
  • 2025

MLA Format

Music Division, The New York Public Library. "Hot Tamale Alley" The New York Public Library Digital Collections. 1896. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/6e5e8858-6581-8bb9-e040-e00a18066b2b

Chicago/Turabian Format

Music Division, The New York Public Library. "Hot Tamale Alley" New York Public Library Digital Collections. Accessed April 19, 2024. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/6e5e8858-6581-8bb9-e040-e00a18066b2b

APA Format

Music Division, The New York Public Library. (1896). Hot Tamale Alley Retrieved from https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/6e5e8858-6581-8bb9-e040-e00a18066b2b

Wikipedia Citation

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Hot Tamale Alley