Kentucky babe
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Item data
Title
Kentucky babe
Collection
American popular songs
Sheet music, 1896
Names
Buck, Richard Henry, 1870-1956 (Lyricist)
Geibel, Adam, 1855-1933 (Composer)
Davis, Bessie (Singer)
Date / Origin
Date Issued: 1896
Place: Boston ; New York ; Chicago
Publisher: White-Smith Music Pub. Co.
Library Location
Subjects
Songs
Poor African Americans
Kentucky
Banjos
Lullabies
Schottisches
Genres
Notes
Content: On cover: picture of Bessie Davis.
Content: Descriptive subtitle: Plantation lullaby.
Statement Of Responsibility: words by Richard Henry Buck ; music by Adam Geibel.
Physical Description
Extent: 1 score (6 p.) ; 35 cm.
Languages
Identifiers
NYPL Catalog ID (bnumber): b10826013
NYPL Catalog ID (bnumber): b21757455
Universal Unique Identifier (UUID): 4def6630-c591-012f-98b7-58d385a7bc34
Rights
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Type Of Resource
Date Issued
1896
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Music Division, The New York Public Library. "Kentucky babe" The New York Public Library Digital Collections. 1896. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/4def6630-c591-012f-98b7-58d385a7bc34
APA format
Music Division, The New York Public Library. (1896). Kentucky babe Retrieved from https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/4def6630-c591-012f-98b7-58d385a7bc34
Chicago/Turabian Format
Music Division, The New York Public Library. "Kentucky babe" New York Public Library Digital Collections. Accessed November 19, 2025. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/4def6630-c591-012f-98b7-58d385a7bc34
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