Go way back and sit down
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Item data
Title
Go way back and sit down
Collection
American popular songs
Sheet music, 1901
Names
Bowman, Elmer (Lyricist)
Johns, Al., 1878 or 1879-1928 (Composer)
Atchison-Ely, Edgar (Singer)
Date / Origin
Date Issued: 1901
Place: New York ; Chicago
Publisher: F.A. Mills
Library Location
Subjects
Songs
African American businesspeople
African Americans
Money -- United States
Interpersonal conflict
Genres
Notes
Content: On cover: African Americans in a restaurant. [caricature]
Content: On cover: Photograph of Edgar Atchison Ely.
Statement Of Responsibility: words by Elmer Bowman ; music by Al Johns.
Date: Copyright date: 1901
Physical Description
Extent: 1 score (6 p.) ; 35 cm.
Languages
Identifiers
NYPL Catalog ID (bnumber): b10826013
NYPL Catalog ID (bnumber): b21695015
NYPL Catalog ID (bnumber): b21695100
Universal Unique Identifier (UUID): f62b5ac0-c597-012f-9ba0-58d385a7bc34
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Type Of Resource
Date Issued
1901
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Music Division, The New York Public Library. "Go way back and sit down" The New York Public Library Digital Collections. 1901. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/f62b5ac0-c597-012f-9ba0-58d385a7bc34
APA format
Music Division, The New York Public Library. (1901). Go way back and sit down Retrieved from https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/f62b5ac0-c597-012f-9ba0-58d385a7bc34
Chicago/Turabian Format
Music Division, The New York Public Library. "Go way back and sit down" New York Public Library Digital Collections. Accessed December 16, 2025. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/f62b5ac0-c597-012f-9ba0-58d385a7bc34
Wikipedia citation
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