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Title
Kinky
Names
Pfeiffer, E. H. (Illustrator)
Green, J. Ed. (Lyricist)
Allen, Mord (Lyricist)
Cook, Will Marion (Composer)
Collection

American popular songs

Sheet music, 1908

Dates / Origin
Date Created: 1908
Place: New York
Publisher: Gotham Attucks Music
Library locations
Music Division
Shelf locator: Music (Sheet) 00-310
Topics
Songs
Genres
Scores
Notes
Content: "Introduced with great success by Aida Overton Walker. Cover illustrated by E.H. Pfeiffer, N.Y.: drawing of young African-American woman, probably Aida Overton Walker. Digitized by The New York Public Library. Library's copy has handwriting on cover. Covers separated; edges frayed and torn; cover corner missing. Music
Content: Caption title.
Content: Cover photograph of William Jennings Bryan, lower right quadrant.
Content: First line of chorus: Kinky, Kinky, your skin is kind o' inky.
Content: First line of text: When just a pickininny, way down in old Virginny..
Content: For voice and piano.
Funding: National Endowment for the Arts Millennium Project.
Funding: Treasures of the American Performing Arts, 1875-1923
Statement of responsibility: words by Mord Allen & Ed. Green ; music by Will Marion Cook.
Physical Description
Extent: 1 score (4 p.) : ill. ; 36 cm.
Center seam torn and repaired with tape; edges worn.
Type of Resource
Notated music
Languages
English
Identifiers
NYPL catalog ID (B-number): b10826013
RLIN/OCLC: NYPG00-C38
NYPL catalog ID (B-number): b14693523
Universal Unique Identifier (UUID): 34462b10-c642-012f-3fd3-58d385a7bc34
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

  • 1908: Created
  • 2016: Digitized
  • 2024: Found by you!
  • 2025

MLA Format

Music Division, The New York Public Library. "Kinky" The New York Public Library Digital Collections. 1908. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/510d47da-5365-a3d9-e040-e00a18064a99

Chicago/Turabian Format

Music Division, The New York Public Library. "Kinky" New York Public Library Digital Collections. Accessed April 25, 2024. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/510d47da-5365-a3d9-e040-e00a18064a99

APA Format

Music Division, The New York Public Library. (1908). Kinky Retrieved from https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/510d47da-5365-a3d9-e040-e00a18064a99

Wikipedia Citation

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