Content: Summary: A lullaby using stereotypes of African American language.
Content: Published as a supplement to the Sunday World, Sunday, March 4, 1898.
Content: Cover includes a drawing of a ethnic stereotype images of an African American woman holding a child.
Statement Of Responsibility: by Jos. W. Wheeler.

Physical Description

Extent: 1 score (6 p.) ; 35 cm.

Languages

English

Identifiers

NYPL Catalog ID (bnumber): b10826013
NYPL Catalog ID (bnumber): b21757455
Universal Unique Identifier (UUID): 23889a70-c591-012f-d4e6-58d385a7bc34

Rights

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Type Of Resource

Notated Music

Date Issued

1896

Cite this item

MLA format

Music Division, The New York Public Library. "Hush my little coon" The New York Public Library Digital Collections. 1896. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/23889a70-c591-012f-d4e6-58d385a7bc34

APA format

Music Division, The New York Public Library. (1896). Hush my little coon Retrieved from https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/23889a70-c591-012f-d4e6-58d385a7bc34

Chicago/Turabian Format

Music Division, The New York Public Library. "Hush my little coon" New York Public Library Digital Collections. Accessed December 10, 2025. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/23889a70-c591-012f-d4e6-58d385a7bc34

Wikipedia citation

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