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Larry Dooley's famous Mississippi boat song

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American popular songs

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Sheet music, 1891

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Title
Larry Dooley's famous Mississippi boat song
Additional title: Mississippi boat song. [alternative title]
Additional title: Sing dat song of ribber's floating down de streams. [first line of chorus]
Additional title: Steamboat a whistling for a landing wake up de nigger's a sleeping. [first line]
Names
Dumont, Frank (Lyricist)
Walsh, J. (Owner)
Dooley, Larry (Singer)
Collection

American popular songs

Sheet music, 1891

Dates / Origin
Date Issued: 1891
Place: New York ; San Francisco
Publisher: M. Witmark & Sons ; Zeno Mauvais Music Co.
Library locations
Music Division
Topics
Songs
Steamboats
African Americans -- Mississippi
Genres
Scores
Notes
Content: Cover has handwritten inscription of J. Walsh.
Content: No composer attribution.
Content: On cover: An oiriginal river song and chorus as sung by Larry Dooley.
Content: Under caption title: New Orleans.
Statement of responsibility: words by Frank Dumont.
Physical Description
Extent: 1 score (6 p.) ; 34 cm.
Type of Resource
Notated music
Languages
English
Identifiers
NYPL catalog ID (B-number): b10826013
Universal Unique Identifier (UUID): 9f00c8c0-c58d-012f-9651-58d385a7bc34
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

  • 1891: Issued
  • 2016: Digitized
  • 2024: Found by you!
  • 2025

MLA Format

Music Division, The New York Public Library. "Larry Dooley's famous Mississippi boat song" The New York Public Library Digital Collections. 1891. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/5e66b3e8-8e0e-d471-e040-e00a180654d7

Chicago/Turabian Format

Music Division, The New York Public Library. "Larry Dooley's famous Mississippi boat song" New York Public Library Digital Collections. Accessed April 16, 2024. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/5e66b3e8-8e0e-d471-e040-e00a180654d7

APA Format

Music Division, The New York Public Library. (1891). Larry Dooley's famous Mississippi boat song Retrieved from https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/5e66b3e8-8e0e-d471-e040-e00a180654d7

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Larry Dooley's famous Mississippi boat song