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10/17/2017WILLMARIONCOOK(1869-1944):SHOWSLISTandSONGSandINSTRUMENTALNUMBERSPeterM.LeffertsUniversityofNebraska-LincolnThepresentmaterialsupplementsmyon-linedocument“ChronologyandItineraryoftheCareerofWillMarionCook.”Thatputintosomekindoforderanumberofbiographicalresearchnotes,principallydrawinguponnewspaperandgenealogydatabases.Itisoneinaseries---“ChronologyandItineraryoftheCareerof”---devotedtoasmallnumberofAfricanAmericanmusiciansactiveca.1900-1950.Inthoseotherdocuments,compositionswereinterleavedwithotherkindsofreferencesfollowingachronologicalsequence.InsteadofdoingthesameforCook,hisshowsandsongsandinstrumentalnumbers,spanningacreativecareerofalmostahalfcenturyhavebeenlistedhereinchronologicalorderasaseparatedocument.Thereaderiscautionedthatthisisnotfinished,polishedwork;itrepresentsworkinprogress,completewithinconsistencies,repetitions,missingdata,andtheoccasionaltypographicalerror.Iinvitequeries,amplifications,andcorrections,whichmaybedirectedtoplefferts1@unl.edu.ThisisafirstdraftofOctober2017.--------WillMarionCook(1869-1944)wasaconsummatemanofthetheatre---acomposer,conductor,arranger,orchestrator,producer,director,librettistandlyricist.Crucialtounderstandinghiscreativemusicalstagecareeristhathemostlyfashionedcompilationscores,consistingofsongsbyothers,togetherwithoriginalensemblenumbersbyCook,allofwhichhethendevelopedatlength,arranged,andorchestrated.Insomecases,hecontributedafewsolosongsofhisowncomposition,butinonlyafewinstances(e.g.,Clorindy(1898),TheSoutherners(1904),Darkeydom(1915)andprobablyafewothermini-musicals)didhewriteallofthesongsforamusicalshow.Grantingthisoverallpicture,whenasongtitleremainsunidentifiedbelowinthelistofsongsassociatedwithagivenshow,itmaywellbetheworkofCook.Inoneofthegreatironiesofmusicaltheatrestudiesingeneral,andtheappreciationofCookasacomposerforthestageinparticular,however,itishisensembleandchoralnumbersthatsooftenattractedthepraiseofcommentatorsinhisday,andthesebig,elaborate,extendednumbers,withlyricsspecifictoagivenshowandthusmostlylackinganexternalmarket,wereneverpublishedassheetmusicandarenowlosttous.

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1893:CARNEGIEHALLmainstageconcertAconcerttoshowtheprogressofthecoloredraceinmusic,acharacteristic

Cookthemeofwhichthismaybethefirstinstance.Theprogramwastobeginwith"wildplantationmelodies"andendwithGounod's"AveMaria."

1893:UNCLETOM'SCABINThereismentionofoneitemfromthisoperathatwassungattheChicago

World’sFair,aduetsungbyHarryBurleighandSidneyWoodward.Snyder,Burleigh(p.99andChapter6,n.44),reportsthattwosongs,“HeShallBurn”(SimonLegree’ssong)and“ThouArtGoneforever,”arenamedonanadvanceprogram.

1895SONGS

"NegroLoveSong,"lyricsandmusicWillM.Cook(Washington,D.C.:E.F.Droop&Sons,1895)Firstline:"Thenightshadesfastarefalling"

1896:CANNIBALKING(A)Wemightexpectuptoahalfdozenorsomusicalnumbersforthisminimusical,butonlyonecanbeidentified:

"Loveisthetend’restofthemes:FromtheNegrooperaTheCannibalKing,"lyricsandmusicWillM.Cook(NY:Howley,Haviland,1896);songandchorus;thissongismentionedinalistofworksbyNegrosongwritersofAmericaintheLosAngelesTimes,August29,1897Firstline:ThedreamofthemaidenswholiveonthislandChorus:Loveisthetend'restofthemes

seehttp://memory.loc.gov/diglib/ihas-natlib/loc.award.rpbaasm.1207/default.html

and

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http://memory.loc.gov/cgi-bin/ampage?collId=rpbaasm&fileName=1200/1207/rpbaasm1207page.db&recNum=0

MattieWilkesissingingCook's"CannibalKing"songinlateOctober

(WashingtonBee,October31);isthispossiblyidenticaltothesongabove?

1896SONGS

"That'llBeAllRightBaby:thefunnyNegrosonghit,"lyricsandmusicWillMarionCook(NY:Spaulding&Gray,1896);forwhitecoonsingerMaudHuth;NYPLDigitalGalleryhasanimageofit,andnomentionofCannibalKing

1.Latelastnight,abouteleveno'clock,WenttoseemyLulagal,thedoorwaslocked,Ipeepedinthewindow,a-meaningnoharm,AndyondersatmyLulainanothernigger'sarm;Mymindwasagitatedandmyheartwassore,GotmyselftogetherandIbustedinthedoor,MyLulagal'sablackgal,butIgavehersuchafright,IhopeI'llneverleavehereifshedidn'tturnwhite.Chorus.That'llbealla-right,baby!That'llbealla-right,baby!That'llbealla-right,baby,butyou'vedonemeawrong.2.Suchqueerfoolin',nowInevercouldstand,Didn'twantmyLulalovingnoniggerman,Ithengrabbedthatwoman,justtoscareherabit;Thewaythatwenchdidholler,wellyou'dthoughtshehadafit;UpjumpedtheotherniggerandIgrabbedathisarm;WhenhedrewhissteelIknewhemeanttodomeharm;Ifeltmyselfa-goingandIdidn'tknownomore,

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'TillIfoundmyselfa-bleedingjustoutsidemyLula'sdoor.-Chorus."We'reMarchingOn:AColoredAmericanHymn,"lyricsandmusicWill

MarionCook(W.Bedford,Mass.:GeorgeBroome,1896);dedicatedtoFrederickDouglass,whodiedinFebruary1895,sothismightbeinfactan1895song;NB:entrepreneurGeorgeWellingtonBroome(1867/1870/1871/1872–1941)ofMedford,Mass.,asignificantfigureinhisownright,wasclosetoCookatthetimeandbecamethemanagerforthe1898-99Clorindytour;inlaterlife,heworkedinrecordingsandfilms

1897SONGS:apparentlyCookhadnothingpublishedthisyear1898:CLORINDYNorton(2002),I:629-30(1898.41)OriginallycontractedwithWitmarkin1895.Nosurvivinglibretto:lost

originallibrettoforW&WbyDunbar;lostlibrettoforErnestHogan;lostlibrettoforvaudevilleandcircuitChautauquatourin1898-1899.

Sixnumbers,allWitmark,1898andattrib.W.Marion.TheWitmarkcovers

say"Gemsfrom"Clorindy":aNegromusicalfarce."Originalshowordernotknown.Alphabetically:

1."CreoleDance"[orDanceCreole],orchestral,butpublishedasarr.for

piano,WillMarionCook(NY:Witmark,1898)2."DarktownisOutTo-night:cakewalksongandchorus"(Darktown's),

lyricsandmusic"W.Marion"(NY:Witmark,1898);a.k.a."Der'llbewahmcoonsaprancin':thegreatfinalefrom"Clorindy"assungattheOrpheum,"aspublishedin1900bytheSanFranciscoExaminer,andviewableathttp://digitalassets.lib.berkeley.edu/sheetmusic/ucb/images/sfpl0006570010_ii.jpgAlsoreleasedinamarchandquick-step,"Clorindy:marchand

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two-step:introducing"Darktownisoutto-night"and"HottestCooninDixie;”;seebelow;anarrangementforsolopianopublishedin1899hasthesubtitle“aSenegambianreview:marchtwo-step”(NY:Witmark,1899)Selectionfor"SongsofOldenDays,"Thursdayevening,Oct.1,attheAutumnExpositionofSept.-Oct.1914inCooksongslistinASCAPBio.Dict.(1948)

3."HottestCooninDixie,"lyricsDunbar,musicWillMarionCook(NY:Witmark,1898);also,releasedinamarchandquick-step,"Clorindy:marchandtwo-step:introducing"Darktownisoutto-night"and"HottestCooninDixie"";thesongnamebecomesthenameofaspin-offshow;Selectionfor"SongsofOldenDays,"Thursdayevening,Oct.1,attheAutumnExposition,Sept.-Oct.1914inCooksongslistinASCAPBio.Dict.(1948)

4."JumpBack:Negrolovesong"(Jumpback,honey,jumpback!),lyricsDunbar,musicWillMarionCook(NY:Witmark,1898);lyricfirstpublishedas“NegroLoveSong”byDunbarinCenturyMagazine49(April1895),p.960;inCooksongslistinASCAPBio.Dict.(1948)

5."LoveinaCottageisBest,"lyricsandmusicWillMarionCook(NY:Witmark,1898)

6."WhoDatSayChickeninDisCrowd?"lyricsDunbar,musicWillMarionCook(NY:Witmark,1898)

Revivalsaddmore/differentnumbers.Thereisaghostsongassociatedwiththeoriginalroofgardenproduction,"EveryCoonHadaLadyFriendButMe,"thatturnsupinsomerecentsecondaryaccounts(Hischak,RichardNorton)butisnotpartofanycontemporaryaccountorpublicationthatIhaveseen.CouldithavebeenanErnestHoganinterpolation?Peterson,ACenturyofMusicals,p.85,mentions“OnEmancipationDay”and“That’sHowtheCake-Walk’sDone.”

“Clorindy:Marchandtwo-step:introducing“Darktownisoutto-night”and“HottestcooninDixie,”arr.forpiano,WillMarionCook(NY:Witmark,1898);copyrightMarch4,1899byDunbarandCook

1898:CANNIBALKING(B)(JamesWhitcombRiley,Dunbar,Cook)

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1898:SENEGAMBIANCARNIVALMiscellaneouspopularsongsofthemoment,plusthebestsongsofClorindy,byarrangementwithRice.Newspapersmention:

Asongwithrefrain"InDahomey"(NYDramaticMirror,November19,1898,p.18);probably"InDahomey:topicalsong"fromATriptoCoontown,beginning"InSouthAfricathereliesacolonycalledDahomey,"lyricsBobCole,musicBillyJohnson(NY:Howley,Haviland&Co.,1898)

"MyAuntEliza"(MyAnnElizer,theragtimegirl),lyricsandmusicWilliamMalcolm(NY:MyllBros.,1898);sungbyAliceAthertoninRice'sSummerNights,thusonthesamebillasClorindy

“JumpBack”[fromClorindy]“[WhyDon'tYou]GetaLadyofYourOwn:theswellcoonlaughing

success,”Williams&Walker(NY:Stern,1898)“IDon'tLikeThatFaceYouWear:acooninsult,”lyricsandmusicErnest

Hogan(NY:Howley,Haviland,&Co.,1898)1898-1899:ALUCKYCOONItsmusicincludes"someofthemostpopularcoonsongsoftheday"/"anumberofnewcoonsongswereintroducedyesterday"/andsomeClorindyhitsandsomeSenegambianCarnivalnumbers.Newspapersmention:

"IamLiving(living')Easy,"IrvingJones(NYandChicago:F.A.Mills,1899);abignumberhereforBertWilliams

"AllIWantsisMyChicken"(AllIwantsismachickens),DeasandWilson(NY:Stern,1898and1899);fromATriptoCoontown,whereitwassungbyBobCole

“InDahomey”(alsoinSenegambianCarnival)“GetaLadyofYourOwn”(alsoinSenegambianCarnival)“HottestCooninDixie”(fromClorindy)“DarktownisOutTonight”(fromClorindy)

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1899:THECANNIBALKING(1899)(CookandMorton)(VERSIONC)

"PartheniaJohnsing,"lyricsHughMorton,musicWillMarionCook(firstpublishedbypermissionofWillMarionCook,1902,inHearstnewspapersupplementsin1902,incl.NewYorkAmericanandJournal,ChicagoAmerican,andSanFranciscoExaminer;saidtobeassungbyAbbieMitchell,withphotographicinsertofpictureofAbbie);Firstline:"Inmeyouseetheproductofthelatestfemalefad..."Chorus:"Ev'ryonelovesaPartheniaJohnsing,kasesheissofair!"Althoughfirstpublishedin1902,thissurelymustbefromtheearlieraborted1899Mortonproject.Thedaughter'snameisPartheniahere,MandyinJesLak,andPartheniaagaininUncleEph.Laterre-usedinTheSoutherners,withnewlyricsbyJ.W.Johnson(NY:JohnH.CookPub.Co.,1904);seebelow.

1899:THEPOLICYPLAYERSNorton(2002),I:659(1899.33)Norton(2002)offersafullprogram.AnynewCooksongs??Apparently,no.MostlystandardWilliamsandWalkerrepertoire,e.g.,"IDon'tWantNoCheapMan,"Williams&Walker(NY:Stern,1899).Cookwouldhavedonetheensemblenumbersinanyevent.Thereisasongbook:Williams&Walker'salbumofgems:fromtheiroriginalfarcecomedyThePolicyPlayers(NY:HurtigandSeamon,1899).Thesongbookhasthirteensongs:

WhosegwinetogetthemoneyDreaminterpreter,Williams&Walker(alsoChicago:WillRossiter,

1902)Icertn'lywasaverybusyman(alsoadvertisedinNYJournaland

Advertiserin1901andinotherHearstpapersin1900/1901)GwinetocatchagigtodayGhostofacoon,Williams&Walker(alsoNY:Stern,1900)Thecoloredband("TheBand")TheBroadwayCoon

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HonolulubellesThemaninthemoonmighttell,lyricsandmusicJesseShipp(alsoNY:

Stern,1899)Themedicineman:acoonsong,Williams&Walker(alsoNY:Stern,

1899)Gladys(alsoadvertisedinNYJournalandAdvertiserin1901andin

otherHearstpapersin1900/1901)TakemeasIamPolicyplayers.

AndinsheetmusicthatadvertisestwosongsfromThePolicyPlayersonthe

cover,"Gladys"and"Icertn'lywasaverybusyman,"HurtigandSeamonpublishthefollowingsong,whichforthisreasonalonemighthavebeeninterpolatedintotheshow:

"Thevoo-dooman:acoonchant,"WilliamsandWalker(NY:Hurtigand

Seamon,1900;Hearstnewspapersin1900/1901)TopekaPlaindealer(January12,1900,p.2)mentionsthesefive(alsointhe

songbook):

TheMedicineManTheGhostofaCoonTheBandTheManintheMoonMightTellABroadwayCoon

Sampson,BlacksinBlackface,makesmentionofthesefour(alsointhe

songbook):

TheBroadwayCoonTheMedicineManTheManintheMoonMightTellHonoluluBells(sic)

Andthewebsitehttp://www.igranick.com/archives/african_theatre/musicaltheatrehistory.html

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liststhefollowingoldersongs,whichdonotcorrespondtothelistabovebutmaywellhavebeeninterpolated:

“He'supagainsttherealthingnow,”lyricsEdwardFerber,musicBertWilliam(NY:Jos.W.Stern,1898)

“Idon'tlikenocheapman,”WilliamsandWalker(NY:Jos.W.Stern,1897;alsoaref.inNorton(2002)asinterpolation

“Whydon'tyougetaladyofyourown,”WilliamsandWalker(NY:Jos.W.Stern,1898)

1899:ANOTHERNEWWORK(Cook,DeKoven)1900:THECASINOGIRLNorton(2002),I:670-71(1900.20&1901.08)Nortonoffersafullprogramwithninenumbersineachact.Cookhas4songs;aGeorgeLedererproduction;HarryB.Smith,bookandlyrics;publishedvocalscoreof140/145pp.survives,attr.EngländerandSmith;alsopianoscoreof83pp.;alsolibrettoof24pp.;alsoVocalGemsof26pp.(1900);LudwigEngländerwrotetheensemblenumbers;songsmainlybyHarryB.SmithandHarryT.MacConnell;additionalsongsandinterpolatedsongsbyLudwigEngländer,WillM.Cook,ArthurNevin,ArthurWeld,DeKoven,Lecocq,WilliamDevin,etc.Cook’ssongsinclude:GemsFromCasinoGirl,WillMarionCookandHarryB.Smith(NY:FrankDean

&Co;London:WillM.Cook,1900);notseen;noindicationofcontentsinWorldCat;probablythefourimmediatelybelow;thereareother"Gemsfrom"thisshowfeaturingsongsbyothercomposers.

[4]SongsFromtheCasinoGirl[byWillMarionCook];foursongspublished

singlybyStern,withsamecoverlistingthemall(asseeninJohnsHopkinsscan).Allarenewhere:

1."By-GoneDaysareBest,"(or“Bygone”)lyricsLouiseLamprey,music

WillMarionCook(NY:Jos.Stern1900;NY:Witmark,1900)

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2."DowndeLover'sLane:plantationcroon,"lyricsDunbar,musicWillMarionCook(NY:Stern,1900;Boston:Schirmer,1900);innewspapersheetmusicadvertisementsinApril1900as"(from"TheCasinoGirl")";inthisshow"Lover'sLane"wassungbyVirginiaEarl;inmsinTanms-WitmarkCollectionas“Lover’sLane”lateralsopublishedas"TwoNegroSongs,no.1"inTwoNegroSongs(NY:Schirmer,1902),thesecondsongofthissetis"Brown-SkinBabyMine"fromInDahomey(1902)withlyricsCecilMackandCook,musicWillMarionCook

3."Romance,"lyricsHarryB.Smith,musicWillMarionCook(NY:Jos.Stern,1900);firstline:“Ah!romance,forthatIlive!”

4."WhatevertheHueofYourEyes,"lyricsHarryB.Smith,musicWillMarionCook(NY:Jos.Stern,1900)

Othersongsinclude:

"It'sthechink,chink,chink,"lyricsHarryB.Smith,musicHarryT.MacConnell(NY:Schuberth,1900);FinaleofActII

"TheCasinoGirl,"lyricsHarryB.Smith,musicHarryT.MacConnell(NY:Schuberth,1900)

etc.

Andinterpolations(asnotedbyWorldCat,etc.)include:

"SweetAnnieMoore(anymore):waltzsong,"lyricsandmusicJohnH.Flynn(NY:Howland,Haviland,&Dresser,1901);interpolation(WorldCat)

"LoveHasClaimedItsOwn,"lyricsS.B.Cassin,musicWillAccooe,(NY:Shapiro,Bernstein&vonTilzer,1901);interpolation(WorldCat)

"Just'causeIlubyou,"lyricsKateThysonMarr,musicCharlesF.Gall(NY:Harms,1900)

1900:JESLAKWHITEFOLKSCouldbecalledVersionDoftheCannibalKingproject.

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LibrettocopyrightJune15,1900byWillMarionCook,"withadditionallyricsP.L.Dunbar";copyinMoorland-Spingarn;moderned.inDunbarbk.includingalllyrics;musicalitemsarealmostallensemblepiecesforsoloandchorus,whichwouldlimittheirappealasindividualitemsofsheetmusic;thereseemtobeonlyoneortwosongswithDunbarlyrics;BernardPeterson,CenturyofMusicals,saysthisshow'ssongswerepublishedca.1900byVonTilzerinNY,andwhatismeantisprobably1902,whenthesongsareinInDahomeyandpublishedinHearst'spapers,etc.

1."We'sacomin,Ol'Egypt'speople,"chorus(ref.Carter),lyricsandmusicWillMarionCook(NY:WillMarionCook,1904)firstline:"DayamnearwhenZion"verse:"We'sacomin’OleEgypt'speople"Dayamnear,whenZionGwinetolefherhand;IndebookitamwrittenObol'Zion'sban';What'sdous'obtryingFu'todonoharm;Lord'sgwineterraiseHispeople,HighupinHisarms.chorus—We'sacommin';Ol'Egypt'speopleAmacoming;Comin'uponhigh.F'umdevalley—ValleyandshadderObdedarknessAn'dedayamnigh,Whenhe'llcallusF'umoutdiswildernessObtrouble,Upintothesky.

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2."SpreaddeNews,MistahJohnsing'sfounddegold,"soloandchorus(ref.Carter),lyricsandmusicWillMarionCook(Brooklyn:WillMarionCook,1904)

3."ColoredGirlfromVassar"(ref.Carter),lyricsandmusicWillMarionCook(NY:Jos.Stern,1901);librettomakesclearthathisnumberisforsoloandchorus;sungbyMandyJohnsing,daughterofPompousJohnsing"TheVassarGirl"(NY:WillM.Cook,1927)-ref.Carter

4."[Downde]Lover'sLane:plantationcroon,"CookandDunbar(NY:Jos.Stern,1900(NY:Schirmer,1900);librettoindicatesitasaninterpolation;itisfromCasinoGirl(1900)

5."EvahNiggahisaKing,"soloandchorus;publ.in1902as"EvahDahkeyisaKing,"lyricsEdwardP.MoranandDunbar,musicJohnCook(NY:JohnH.Cook,1902;NY:vonTilzer,1902;Hearst'sNYAmericanandJournal,1902,bypermissionofTilzer);probablethat1900Dunbarlyricsaremodifiedin1902forInDahomey

6.“Society:LoveLooksNotatEstate,”soloandchorus,lyricsandmusicWillMarionCook(Brooklyn:WillMarionCook,1904);(ref.Carter)

7.“CakeWalk”chorus,"Whitefolksandblackfolksalljoininthecraze"

8."SpreaddeNews"(reprise)1900:SONSOFHAMNorton(2002),I:681-82(1900.46)TheredonotseemtobeanynewCooksongs.LemonierandMackareresponsibleforthegreatestnumberofsongs.XXXmarks8songsadvertisedonSternsheetmusicYYYmarksthehitsthatWilliamsrecordedinOctoberandNovember1901ZZZmarksitemsmentionedinIndianapolisFreeman,October12,1901,p.5(insecondseason)IBDBmarksotheritemsmentionedthere

BeyondtheGatesofParadise:sacredsong,musicRobertA.King,lyricsHenryV.Neal(NY:Feist&Frankenthaler,1900;Sydney:Albert'sMusicStores,1900)

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BlackvilleStrutters(TheBlackvilleStruttersBall),WilliamsandWalker(NY:Hurtig&Seamon,1900)

Calisthenics(IBDB)DowndeLover'sLane,lyricsandmusicWillMarionCook(NY:Jos.

Stern,1900)DownWheretheCottonBlossomsGrow,musicvonTilzer,lyrics

Sterling(NY:Shapiro,Bernstein&vonTilzer,1901)ElegantDarkyDan(IBDB)Fortune-TellingCoon

[surelythisis“Thefortunetellingman,”WilliamsandWalker(NY:Stern,1901)]

XXXZZZ“GoodAfternoon,Mr.Jenkins,”musicTomLemonier,lyricsCecilMack(NY:Stern,1901)

Iwantstobetheleadinglady,musicvonTilzer,lyricsGeorgeSmith(NY:Shapiro,Bernstein,andvonTilzer,1901)

IfYouLoveYourBabyMakeGoo-GooEyes,Williams&Walker(NY:Hurtig&Seamon,1900)[ref.inOmahapaper]

XXXI'sePromoteroftheCoonSociety(NY:Stern,1901)JosephinemyJoe,BrymnandMack(Chicago:Shapiro,Bernsteinand

vonTilzer,1901)XXXZZZTheLeaderoftheBall,musicTomLemonier,lyricsCecilMack

(NY:Stern,1901)LeadinLady(IBDB);couldbe“Iwantstobetheleadin’lady,”wordsand

musicHarryvonTilzer(NY:Shapiro,Bernstein&vonTilzer,1901)

Maria(IBDB)XXXZZZMissHannahFromSavannah,musicTomLemonier,lyricsCecil

Mack(NY:Stern,1901)XXXYYYZZZ“MyCastleontheNile“(“InMyCastleontheRiverNile”),

musicJ.R.Johnson,lyricsBobColeandJ.W.Johnson(NY:Stern,1901)

YYYMyLittleZuluBabe,musicBrymn,lyricsEstren(Chicago:WindsorMusic1900)

XXXMySouthCar'linaGal,or"DoesYouLoveYourBaby,"lyricsandmusicWilliamsandWalker,arr.Wm.Tyers(NY:Stern,1898)

OldMan'sSongandDance(IBDB)XXXYYYZZZ“ThePhrenologistCoon,”musicWillAccooe,lyricsErnest

Hogan(NY:Stern,1901)ThePromoters/RagtimeSchottische(IBDB)

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She'sGettingMoreLiketheWhiteFolksEveryDay,Williams&Walker(NY:Shapiro,Bernstein&vonTilzer,1901);Williamshasdroppedit;Sampson,GhostWalks,p.237)

TheSonsofHam:atalefromtheGardenofEden,musicTomMayoGeery,lyricsHarryJ.Breen(NY:Howley,Haviland&Co.;Howley,Haviland&Dresser,1901)

XXXWhenCupidHuntingGoes(NY:Stern,1901)ZZZ"WhenIt'sAllGoin'OutandNuthin'Comin'In,"Williamsand

Walker,lyrics.rev.J.W.Johnson(NY:Stern,1902)ZZZ“WhenZachariasLeadstheBand,”Williams&Walker(NY:Stern,

1901)--Cairo(NortonsaysthisisaensemblenumberbyCookinsunginthe

show’sSpring1901NYCreturn)Dinah[=songofBandanaLand?]MariaOldMan'sSongandDanceThePromoters(?=I'sePromoteroftheCoonSociety)[LoveLooksNotat]Society(Cook,older)WhentheCornisWavin'[=CornSongofBandanaLand?;oristhisthe

oldsentimentalballad"WhentheCornisWaving,AnnieDear"?]WhentheHeartisYoung[DudleyBuck??]

1900:UNCLEEPH'SCHRISTMASLibrettosurvivesinLoCandhasmoderned.;drawssignificantlyonmusicalnumbersfromJesLak;songlistinBostonHerald,December30,1900,p.14,inlargeadvertisementforthetheatre’sholidayofferings.***heremeansnew,andtheseareallchoruses(orsoloandchorus,ratherthansolosongs)withDunbarlyrics:

1.“We'sacomin',”chorus(NY:WillMarionCook,1904)2.***ChristmasFunisIntheAir,chorus[“ChristmasCarol”inHerald

ad.]3.“ColoredGirlfromVassar”(NY:Jos.Stern,1901)4.[Downde]Lover'sLane(NY:Jos.Stern,1900),sungbyAbbieMitchell5a.Eithermusicof***DarkyDanor,ifthenextitemisactuallydifferent,

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5b.***CzarofDixieLand,solobyDarkyDan,withchorus(ref.Carter;CookandDunbar(NY:Jos.Stern,1901)Withslightlymodifiedwords:TheCzar,musicJohnCookandwordsAlexRogers(NY:JohnCook,1902(cit.inWorldCat)or(NY:vonTilzer,1902(cit.inRiisDahomeyed.,p.xxxiii);withmusicJohnCookandWillMarionCook,inwhichthefirstsongisthesecondhalf;wordsAlexRogers;London:Keith,Prowse,1902);RiisexplainsthatWillMarionCookexpandshisbrother'ssongforInDahomey

6.***HotFootDance,chorus("Nowcomeaprancin'downdeflo'")7.***PossumamDeBestMeatAfterAll,soloandchorus,Cookand

Dunbar(NY:Jos.Stern,1901,acc.Carter);avehicleforHogan8.CakeWalksonganddancemusic

TheBostonSundayHerald,December30,1900,p.14,nameseightnumbers,

mostlytheaboveplustwosongsthatwerenewin1900,withmusicbyColeandHogan:

“We’sA-Coming”“ChristmasCarol”“ColoredGirlFromVassar”“MaLittleJungleQueen,”lyricsJamesO’Dea,musicErnestHoganand

TheoNorthrup(NY:Stern,1900)[“Mylittlejunglequeen:acongolovesong”]

“IfDat’sSociety,ExcuseMe,”lyricsBobCole,musicJ.R.Johnson(NY:Howley,Haviland,&Dresser,1900)

“Lover’sLane”“PossumAmDeBes’MeatAfterAll”“HotFoot”

AndOtherVocalSurprises.

1901:THECANNIBALKING(VersionE,Dunbarbook)

Theearly1901version.1901:CANNIBALKING(VersionF,HarryB.Smithbook)

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Thesummer1901ghostproject.

1901:CANNIBALKING(DunbarandJ.W.Johnson)Thelater1901version(VersionG).TheDunbarbookgetsmodifiedbyCole&

Johnson,yieldinganAugust1901typescriptlibrettothatsurvivesatLoCforActI(nomoderned.);itidentifies17musicalnumbersjustforthisAct;drawspartlyonJesLak/Ephforplotandmusicalnumbers,ignoringscenarioanddialogueofUncleEph;somesongslaterusedinInDahomeyandpublishedbyVonTilzerinconjunctionwiththatshow.ApparentlylaterinthefallDunbarandJohnsonfinishatwo-actscriptthatdoesnotsurvive,thoughitgotclosetoaproduction;ascenariosurvivesJohnGraziano1984bookchaptermakesreferenceforhisTable11toa"c.1901"scriptbutdoesnotsaywherehesawit.ItmustbetheoneatLoC.Hispointis,thesongstieittoJesLakandInDahomey.ArethecommonitemsactuallysongstoDunbarlyrics??TheyareSwingAlong,*SpreadDeNews,*ColoredGirlfromVassar,*LeaderoftheColoredAristocracy,*Florida.Carter,p.154,n.4isalittleunclear,butappearstosaythatfouritemsfromthelibretto(theonesthatIhaveasterisked)arere-usedinInDahomey.Grazianoputstwomoreitemsonhislistwithaquestionmark,indicating(Ibelieve)thatthescriptsuggeststheirusebutisnotexplicit.Theseare"LoveLooksNotatEstate"andthe"Caboceer'sEntrance."InSt.Augustine,husbandPompousJohnson(makesgoodmoneyatthehotelandlives"jeslakwhitefolks"),wifeSisterDoubtfulJohnson,daughterParthenia(cominghomefromVaselineCollege),acomicservantgirlDixie,PartheniaservantTruscalinaShaughterplustwomaids,twocharactersA.ConstantStillandRastusHotbones,oldboyfriendJerryJenkins.

Somenumbersformalargercomplex,as1&2,6&7,etc.;esp.thebigfinal"Allegory"on"Florida."

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***meansnewhere

----1and2:1.***"TellParthenia"2.***"SwingAlong"(Swingalongchildren),lyricsandmusicWMC(NY:

Schirmer,1912)inCooksongslistinASCAPBio.Dict.(1948)

----3.***"I'maRagTimeGal--Dat'sAll"4.***"LeaderoftheColoredAristocracy",musicWillMarionCook,lyrics

J.W.Johnson;Chicago:WillMarionCook,1902(WorldCat);ref.Riis:musicWillMarionCook,lyricsJamesWeldonJohnson(NY:VonTilzer,1902;London:Keith,Prowse,1902)

5.***"TheSongtheSingerSings"----6and7:6.***"LookingforaBigHandout"7.***DanceTrio----8."ColoredGirlFromVassar"(NY:Jos.Stern,1901)9.***"Lit'leGal"(WillMarionCook;"Lil'Gal"=Dunbarpoemfirstpubl.

separatelyintheSaturdayEveningPostin1899;firstcollectedinaDunbarvolumeofpoetryin1904)

10.***"ConjureMan'sSong"andchorus(ErnestHogan,NewYork:Stern,1900?orBobColeandJ.W.Johnson,NewYork:Stern,1905?)

----11and12:11."SpreaddeNews"(Carterref.topubl.WillM.Cook,Brooklyn,1904);

fromJesLakWhiteFo'ks12.***"CaptainKidd"(a.k.a."HurrahforCaptainKidd"),lyricsDunbar,

musicWillMarionCook(NY:VonTilzer,1902);publishedwithmusicforInDahomey

----13through16="Allegory":13.***"Florida"(=ForFlorida)appearsonaVonTilzersheetmusiclist

for1902butsofar,nocopyisreportedtosurvive14.***"Nobody'sLookin'ButdeOwlanddeMoon,"lyricsBobCole,

musicJ.RosamondJohnson(NewYork:Stern,1901);bigCole&Johnsonshit

15.***?FrolicofthePickaninies16.HotFootDance[fromUncleEph]

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----17.ActIFinale(chorus)

19021902SONGS

"OnEmancipationDay,"lyricsDunbar,musicWillMarionCook(NY:HarryVonTilzer,1902)Thissoon-to-be-famousandpopularsongisnewinthespringof1902,priortoInDahomey,andissungbyAbbieatatestimonialinNYCforSamLucas(IndianapolisFreeman,April5,1902,p.5);possiblyitwaswritteninanticipationofthecelebrationofEmancipationDayonApril16;Featuredinahugetop-of-pageadforVonTilzersheetmusicintheClipper,whereitsays"PaulLawrenceDunbarandWillMarionCook'sgreatmarchsongthatsomecriticshavecalled‘TheDarkies4thofJulysong.’Ofcourse,thatisn'tliterallytrue,butitgivessomeideaofthefire,brilliancy,dash,vimandvigorofthispulse-quickeningbitofwriting"(NYClipper,November15,1902,p.855);inCooksongslistinASCAPBio.Dict.(1948)

1902:THEWILDROSENorton(2002),I:712(1902.16)Ledererproduction;bookandlyricsHarryB.SmithVonTilzersheetmusiccoveridentifiesthreesongsfromTheWildRosewith

musicbyCook:

1."TheLittleGypsyMaid"(MyLittleGypsyMaid),lyricsHarryB.SmithandCecilMack,musicWillMarionCook(NY:HarryVonTilzer,1902;NY:WillM.Cook,1902);thebiggesthitintheshow;writtenforIreneBentleyandsungbyherinthisshow;seeFranchescinabioofSmith,pp.146-147;ithasthesametuneas"Brown-SkinBabyMine"offall1902(as

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notedbyCarterbio.andRiis)Featuredinahugetop-of-pageadforVonTilzersheetmusicintheClipper,whereitsays"WillMarionCook'ssong,thatwasinterpolatedin"TheWildRose,"andsungbyIreneBentley,stillintheshow,bytheway,andgoingbiggerthanever.Sincetherestrictionshavebeentakenoff,alotofgoodpeopleareusingit,andit'sgrowingfast.Dainty,winsome,andabigencoreearner"(NYClipper,November15,1902,p.855)

2."WhatWouldYouBeA'Doing,"lyricsHarryB.SmithandCecilMack[IBDB],orlyricsEstren[WorldCatandCarter],musicWillMarionCook(Chicago:WillM.Cook,1902);CarterandWorldCatalsonameEugeneParke(probablytheactorwhosangit);lyricsEstren,musicWillMarionCook(NY:vonTilzer,1902)

3."SheDidItAllHerself,"lyricsHarryB.SmithandCecilMack,musicWillMarionCook(NY:vonTilzer,1902);nosurvivingcopyinWorldCat

1902:MYFRIENDFROMGEORGIA1902:INDAHOMEYNorton(2002),I:735-36;772(1903.08,1904.26)ThisisthefinaliterationoftheCannibalKingproject(VersionH).Alibretto

survivesandhasamoderned.;importanteditionofallsurvivingmaterialsinRiisedn.;threetheatricalseasonsofversionsforWilliams&Walker,plusversionsforothers(e.g.,Avery&Hart);contentsof1903and1904showsarelistedin"TheGuidetoMusicalTheatre"(http://guidetomusicaltheatre.com).Alphabeticalorderbelow(showordertoovariable).

***marksnewCook/DunbarXXXmarksplaceinvonTilzersheetmusiclistof15YYYmarksLondonscore

--Overture,musicfrom"OnEmancipationDay,""CaboceersEntrance,"

"Brown-SkinBabyMine,""TheCzar,""Society")

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--AmbulanceAnnieLaurie,traditionalTheAttuck'sMarch(Overture)YYY[On]BroadwayinDahomeyByeandBye(BroadwayintheJungle,

musicAlJohnslyricsAlexRogers(London:Keith,Prowse,1902)YYY"Brown-SkinBabyMine,"lyricsWillMarionCookandCecilMack,

musicWillMarionCook(NY:Schirmer,1902;London:Keith,Prowse,1902);inmsatHoward;sametuneas"LittleGypsyMaid"ofspring1902;also,publishedasNo.2inTwoNegroSongs(NY:Schirmer,1902)

***XXXYYYCabbiseer'sEntrance/Caboceers'Entrance/Caboceer'sChoral,lyricsDunbar,musicWillMarionCook(NY:vonTilzer,1902;London:Keith,Prowse,1902)

“My[A]CastleontheNile,”RosamondJohnson,lyricsJ.W.JohnsonandBobCole,musicJ.RosamondJohnson(NY:Jos.Stern,1901);previouslyinSonsofHam

ChinChin“ChocolateDrops:aDarktownimprobability,atwo-stepandcakewalk”

(instr.),musicHarryvonTilzer(perhapsaspseud.)(NY:vonTilzer,1902;London:Keith,Prowse,1903)

XXXYYYTheCzar(ofDixie)(ofDixieLand),musicJohnCookandWillMarionCook,lyricsAlexRogers(NY:vonTilzer,1902;London:Keith,Prowse,1902);from1900UncleEph

YYY[My]]The]DahomianQueen,musicJ.LeubrieHill,lyricsFrankB.Williams(London:Keith,Prowse,1902;NY:Witmark,1903)[lyricsFrankShylock?]

DatGalofMine,lyricsandmusicBenjaminL.Shook[A]DreamofthePhilippines,specialtyforAdaandGeorgeWalkerin

1904-1905version,introducing[My]DearLuzon,musicTomLemonier,lyricsJesseShipp(NY:F.A.Mills,1904)

XXXEvahDahkeyisaKing,musicJohnCook,lyricsEdwardP.MoranandDunbar;(NY:JohnH.CookandvonTilzer,1902);from1900JesLak

XXXForFlorida,musicWillMarionCook,lyricsDunbar??lyricsJWJ??(NY:vonTilzer,1902);firstappearsin1901CannibalKingscript;musicnotfoundsonotinRiisedn.ofmusicfromInDahomey

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***XXX“GoodEvenin':arealnativesouthernnegromelody,”lyricsDunbar,musicWillMarionCook(NY&Chicago:WillM.Cook,1902;NY:VonTilzer,1902;alsoassupplementinHearstpapers)

"HappyJim"(instrumental),musicJamesVaughn(London:Keith,Prowse,1902/1903)NOTE:insongslistforWMCinASCAPBio.Dict.(1948)

XXXHurrahforCaptainKidd(CaptainKidd),lyricsDunbar,musicWillMarionCook(NY:VonTilzer,1902);“sungbyWilliams&Walker”

"IMayBeCrazy,ButIAin'tNoFool,"lyricsandmusicAlexRogers(NY:Attucks,1904)NOTE:insongslistforWMCinASCAPBio.Dict.(1948)

YYYIWantstoBeanActorLady,musicvonTilzer,lyricsVincentBryan(NY:vonTilzer,1902;London:Keith,Prowse,1902)

I'dliketobeareallady,musicTomLemonier,lyricsAlexRogers(Chicago:Shapiro,Bernstein,1902);notinRiisbutinLoCandWorldCat,sungbyAdaOvertonWalkerinInDahomeyaccordingtothesheetmusic[Iwanttobeareallady?]

I'llTakeaKitchenMechanicforMine,lyricsandmusicTomLogan(Chicago:Shapiro,Bernstein,1902)

YYY[I'ma][The]JonahMan,lyricsandmusicAlexRogers(London:Keith,Prowse,1902;NY:Witmark,1903)

XXXYYY[Leaderofthe]ColoredAristocracy,musicWillMarionCook,lyricsJamesWeldonJohnson(NY:vonTilzer,1902;London:Keith,Prowse,1902);1901CannibalKingscript

XXX[The]LittleGypsyMaid,musicWillMarionCook,lyricsHarryB.SmithandCecilMack(NY:vonTilzer,1902);fromTheWildRose;sametuneasBrown-SkinBabyMine;BSBMreferencesinlibrettos,butLGMisthetitlegivenintheVonTilzeredn.ofsonghitsfromInDahomey

MarchingThroughGeorgia(withrev.lyrics)Mean'deMinstrelBan',musicJamesVaughn,lyricsAlexRogers(NY:

Attucks,1904)***XXXYYYMollyGreen,musicWillMarionCook,lyricsCecilMack(NY:

vonTilzer,1902;London:Keith,Prowse,1902);Selectionfor"SongsofOldenDays,"Thursdayevening,Oct.1,attheAutumnExposition,Sept.-Oct.1914,withDunbaridentifiedastheauthoroftheoriginalinaNYAgeExpositionSupplement

***XXXMyLadyFrog,lyricsandmusicWillMarionCookandWillAccooe(Chicago:W.M.Cook,1902;NY:VonTilzer,1902)

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***XXXYYYOnEmancipationDay,songandmarch,musicWillMarionCook,lyricsDunbar;Chicago:WillM.Cook,1902(NY:vonTilzer,1902;London:Keith,Prowse,1902)

OrganQuartet(lyricsDunbar)Rag-timeDrummer:march,two-stepandcakewalk(instr.),J.Leubrie

Hill(London:Keith,Prowse,1902/1903)***XXXReturned:ANegroballad,musicWillMarionCook,lyrics

Dunbar(Chicago:W.M.Cook,1902;NY:VonTilzer,1902;publishedinHearst'sNYAmerican&Journal,Sunday,September21,1902)Firstline:"Ihearhimmurm'ringsoftly."Chorus:"Emptyandsosilentnowtheoldcabinstands"VonTilzersheetmusicadsays"TheNewSuwaneeRiver.Ahighclassnegrodescriptiveballad."Hearstpaperssay“anegroballadassungbyMissAbbieMitchellatMrs.CorneliusVanderbilt’sNewportTheatreParty”

ARichCoon'sBabe,lyricsandmusicClareKummer(NY:Howley,Haviland,andDresser,1902)[orbyAlexRogers?]

***XXXShe'sDancingSue,musicWillMarionCookandWillAccooe,lyricsCharlesS.Sager(NY:vonTilzer,1902)

XXXYYYSociety:LoveLooksNotatEstate,musicWillMarionCookandWm.Accooe,lyricsDunbar(NY:vonTilzer,1902;London:Keith,Prowse,1902);"LoveLooksNot"previouslyin1900JesLakandin1901CannibalKingscript

SongoftheColonizationSocietySpreaddeNews,musicWillMarionCook,lyricsDunbar);in1900Jes

Lak1900andin1901CannibalKingscript(Carterref.topubl.WillM.Cook,Brooklyn,1904);nomusicfoundsonoted.inRiss

[Inthe]SweetByeandByeYYYSwingAlong,lyricsandmusicWillMarionCook(London:Keith,

Prowse,1902);previouslyin1901CannibalKing"That'sHowtheCakeWalk'sDone,"lyricsandmusicJ.LeubrieHill

(London:Keith,Prowse,1902/1903)NB:insongslistforWMCinASCAPBio.Dict.(1948)

XXXVassarGirl(ColoredGirlFromVassar)(WillMarionCook,lyricsDunbar(NY:vonTilzer,1902);previouslyin1900JesLakand1901CannibalKing;nomusicfoundsonoted.inRiis

Whenit'sallgoin'out,andnothin'comin'in(WilliamsandWalker,lyricsrev.J.W.Johnson(NY:Stern,1902);[EverythingGoingOut

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andNothinCominIn,aWilliamsvehicle;ref.inRaggedButRight,p.61]

WhenSousaComestoCoontown,musicVaughnandLemonier,lyricsAlexRogers(NY:Shapiro,Bernstein,1902)

WhentheMoonShines,music,Vaughn,lyricsAlexRogers(NY:Gotham-Attucks,1904)

WhyAdamSinned,lyricsandmusicAlexRogers(NY:Gotham-Attucks,1904)

1902:LUCILLE1903:AGIRLFROMDIXIENorton(2002),I:756(1903.41)A.k.a.TheGirlFromDixie;aplaywithmusicintwoacts;HarryB.Smithis

producer,librettistandlyricist,withaslewofcomposerssettingthelyricsforoneortwosongs;NB:Peterson,CenturyofMusicals,saysthatCole&Johnsoncontributesix(6)songs.ThePhiladelphiaInquirer,August16,1903,p.11saysitscomposersincludeColeandJohnson,A.BaldwinSloane,LudwigEngländer,GeorgeRosey,MaxWittandBenGerome,plusWillMarionCook,whohas"twocharmingnumbersinthismusicalplay";

Besides“Sunflower,”whatistheother“charmingnumber”byCook?Itisprobablyoneofthenumbersattr.toGrantthatareinthelistimmediatelybelowforTheSoutherners.

Thebighit:

"AstheSunflowerTurnstotheSun"(TheSunflowerandtheSun;WhentheSunflowerTurnstotheSun),lyricsHarryB.SmithusingSmith'salias,RichardGrant,musicWillMarionCook(NY:JohnH.CookPub.Co.,1904;NY:GothamMusic1905);itgetsencorednightly;stillahitinsheetmusicinFebruary1905"Whenthesummerdayisending"

Amongthisshow'sothersonghitsare:

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Bubbles,Witt&HarrySmith(NY:Stern,1903)TheAlphabetofLove(TheLovers'A.B.C.),Witt&Rourke(NY:Stern,1903)AmericanHeiress(VictorHerbert,1905?)TheDissipatedKitten,Sloane&HarrySmith(NY:Stern,1903)Itcertainlywas’ntmeantforme,Gillespie&Turner(NY:Witmark,1903)JohnnyStrongLoveinanorchard,Jerome&Woodward(NY:SolBloom,1903)MaryFromMaryland,GeorgeNortonandIreneBentley(NY:Witmark,1903)”WhenILookintothoseloveydoveyeyes,Klein&Young(NY:Witmark,1903)WhentheMoonComesO'ertheHill(WhentheMoonComesaPeepingO'ertheHill),byCole&J.R.Johnson(NY:Stern,1902)

1904SONGS

"Dreamin'town,"originalversionof1905’s“MandyLou"(seebelow),lyricsDunbar,musicWillMarionCook(NY:JohnH.CookPub.Co.,1904)

1904:THESOUTHERNERSNorton(2002),I:767(1904.21)Ledererproduction;HarryB.Smith,bookandlyricsOverhisentirecareer,oneofthebigshowsforwhichCookdoestheverymostoriginalmusic.ThealphabetizedlistbelowalsodrawsonIBDB,and??indicatesasonginIBDBthatseemsnottobepublished.

Apinafored,pig-tailedgirlandaknickerbockeredboy,lyricsWillMarionCookand"RichardGrant,"??musicWillMarionCook;duet

Agitatethecymbals,lyricsWillMarionCookand"RichardGrant,"musicWillMarionCook;chorus,finale?

AstheSunflowerTurnstotheSun,lyricsSmith,musicWillMarionCook(NY:JohnH.CookPub.Co.,1904,etc.)fromGirlfromDixie

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Clancyhadafancy,lyricsWillMarionCookand"RichardGrant,"??musicWillMarionCook

DaisyDeane,lyricsRichardWilkinsandWillMarionCook,musicWillMarionCook(NY:JohnH.CookPub.Co.,1904)

DandyDan(old,traditional??);??musicWillMarionCook,??lyricsWillMarionCookand"RichardGrant";WorldCathaslyricsandmusicWillMarionCook(NY:JohnH.CoolPub.Co.,1904);also,advertisedonsheetmusiccoveras(NY:JohnH.Cook,1904)

DarktownBarbacue[orBarbecue],lyricsandmusicWillMarionCook(NY:JohnH.CookPub.Co.,1904;NY:Gotham,1904;Chicago,AmericanMusicSupplement,Chicago,1905);sungbyAbbieMitchellFirstline:“Downatdebarbecuelas’Chuesdaynight” Chorus:”Youknowdatdarktownwasoutatdatbarbecue”

GoodEvenin',lyricsDunbar,musicWillMarionCook(NY:WillM.Cook,1902;NY:vonTilzer,1902,andprintedagain1903);fromInDahomey

ILovetheSouthland,lyricsWillMarionCookand"RichardGrant,"musicWillMarionCook;openingchorus

ILoveYou,lyricsWillMarionCookand"RichardGrant,"??musicWillMarionCook,"Inev'ryland,inev'ryclime"

InOrientalnations,inharemsoftheEast,lyricsWillMarionCookand"RichardGrant,"musicWillMarionCook;choralopeningofActII

It'sAllusdeSameinDixie,lyrics"RichardGrant,"musicWillMarionCook(NY:JohnH.CookPub.Co.,1904;NY:Gotham,1904;NY:Remick,1904)

JulepSong(Theoldgoodmintjulepforme),lyrics"RichardGrant,"musicWillMarionCook(NY:JohnH.CookPub.Co.,1904)

[Lulu:tellme,Lulu,do,McPhersonandWillMarionCook(NY:GothamMusic1905)]

[MaggieMagee,lyricsAlSmith,musicWillMarionCook(NY:JohnH.Cook,1905)]

"MandyLou,"lyricsMcPherson,musicWillMarionCook(NY:Gotham,1905;transferredtoRemick,1905);CecilMackwritesnewlyricstotheversificationschemeoftheDunbarlyricsforthe1904settingbyCook;IndianapolisFreeman,October22,1904,p.2says“MandyLou”

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hadbeenspeciallywrittenforAbbieMitchellCookbyWillMarionCookandshehadalreadymadeahitwithitinEurope;itisabighitinthisshow.inCooksongslistinASCAPBio.Dict.(1948)

Firstline:"Ihavefoundawonderland,MandyLou"Chorus:"MandyLou,MandyLou,upindreamin'town"

"Ihavefoundawonderland,MandyLou,MandyLou,Justamilefromslumberstrand,MandyLou,MandyLouWheretheskiesarealwaysclearWheretherosebloomsalltheyear,Andsweetloveruleseverywhere,MandyLou,MandyLou."Etc.

“MylittleIrishcanary:MaryAnn”(TheIrishcanary),lyricsAndrewB.

Sterling,musicWillMarionCook(NY:Howley,Dresser,1904;London:CharlesSheard,1904)

PartheniaJohnsing,lyricsJ.W.Johnson,musicWillMarionCook(NY:JohnH.CookPub.Co.,1904)JWJrevisionofearlierMortonlyrics:Inmeyouseetheproductofthelatestfemalefad...Ch:Ev'ryonelovesaPartheniaJohnsing,kasesheissofair!

SarahJane,lyricsM.E.Rourke,musicGeorgeBennett(NY:Jos.Stern,1904)

ASouthernGentleman,lyricsWillMarionCookand"RichardGrant,"??musicWillMarionCook

SlumberSong:sweetdreams,dearone,ofme,lyricsMcPherson,musicWillMarionCook(NY:JohnH.CookPub.Co.,1904)

SquirrelSong(Wayupyonderinanoldoaktree),lyrics"RichardGrant,"musicWillMarionCook(NY:JohnH.CookPub.Co.,1904)

TheSquirrelandtheChipmunk,lyricsBilleeTaylor,musicWm.H.Penn(NY&Chicago:SolBloom,1904);"assungbyElfieFayinGeo.W.Lederer'smagnificentproductionofTheSoutherners"Firstline:"Onceasquirrelsatupinabigoaktree"Chorus:“Ifyoulovemeonly,happywewillbe”

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TheSunnySouth,lyricsWillMarionCookand"RichardGrant,"??musicWillMarionCook

SwingAlongChildren(presumably"SwingAlong"),lyricsandmusicWillMarionCook(London:Keith,Prowse,1902);orig.in1901CannibalKing,andtheninInDahomey

[There'sAPlaceintheOldVacantChair,lyricsandmusicWillMarionCook(NY:JohnH.CookPub.Co.,1905;NY:GothamMusic1905);"SungwithgreatsuccessbyJ.AldrichLibby,theeminentbaritone."[JamesAldrichLibbywasactiveonstagefromthe1890stothe1920s;hesangintheHoytcompanyandmade"AftertheBall"famousforHarris.]

Tippecanoe:acomicIndiansong,lyricsHarryWilliams,musicEgbertVanAlstyne(NY:Shapiro,Remick,1904)

WhenIFirstWenttoTurkey,lyricsWillMarionCookand"RichardGrant,"??musicWillMarionCook

WheretheLotusBlossomsGrow,lyricsJosephC.Farrell,musicWillMarionCook(NY:JohnH.CookPub.Co.,1904);actually,WillMarionCookandSmith?[=LotusBlossoms:characteristic,forpiano,musicWillMarionCookandA.BernhardNierman(NY:JohnH.CookPub.Co.,1904);thisissurelythesameas"LotusBlossoms:Characteristique"advertisedbyJohnH.CookPublishing

NB:JeromeH.RemickandCo.boughttherightsto"MandyLou,""Allusthe

SameinDixie,"and"AstheSunflowerTurnstotheSun";abigtop-of-pageRemickadintheNYClippersays"ThreeSongsbyWillMarionCook.WeconsideredthemsogoodthatwepurchasedthemfromtheGotham-AttucksPublishingCo.atabigfigure"(NYClipper,December2,1905,p.1054).

1905:THEMEMPHISSTUDENTSin“SongsoftheBlackFolk”Summer,1905(NYDramaticMirror,June24,1905,p.16):

(1)TheSuwaneeRiver,sungbyAbbieMitchell(2)severalsongsbythestudents(3)IfPeterHadBeenaColoredMan,sungbyHogan

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(4)alivelysonganddancefinaleforHogan,Abbie,andanotherwoman

andNYAge,May14,1908,p.6,says"MandyLou"(i.e.,fromTheSoutherners)wasoneofthehitsforAbbiewhenHoganstarredwiththeMemphisStudentsatHammerstein's

1905:THETENNESEESTUDENTS

Abbieissinging"MandyLou"and"Melinda"(NYMorningTelegraph,November20,1905,p.10)Attheendof1905,inNovember,whenCookreturnsbrieflytoNYC,hehasjustfinishedasong,"WhenMelindaSings"(NYMorningTelegraph,November20,1905,p.10);presumablythisis"WhenMalindySings,"totheversesbyDunbar;whereonefindsvariantsMelindaandMalindaalmostequally;"Malindy"from1895,inhispoetrycollectionMajorsandminors;"Malinda"fromatleast1899;"Melinda"fromatleast1901;andaspublishedposthumouslyin1913,thepoemreads"Malindy."

1906:ABYSSINIANorton(2002),I:827(1906.14)OpensinFebruary1906,butshouldberegardedasa1905-1906showinthe

rhythmofCook’sworkforWilliamsandWalker,andwasinrehearsalforashortwhileinthefall.Librettoand20pp.vocalscore,authorsidentifiedasCook,Williams,Vaughn,Shipp,Rogers,Jones,Walker(NY:Gotham-Attucks,1906)

Apparently,nonewCooksongs,sohepresumablyjustcomposestheensemblenumbers.

XXXmarkssongbook,whichmentions36numbers(WorldCat)YYYmarksoneofthesixsongsadvertisedonthebackof"BuildaNestfor

Birdie"sheetmusic;QQQmarksthosesongsnamedinIndianapolisFreeman,June16,1906,p.5

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XXXAllindownandout(SorryIaintgotit,youcouldgetit,ifIhadit),lyricsMcPherson,musicChrisSmithandBillyJohnson(NY:Gotham-Attucks,1906)

AnswersThatYouDon'tExpecttoGet,forLottieandBertWilliams[popularnumberatpremiere,acc.NYTimesandNYDramaticMirror]

XXXBuildanestforbirdie,lyricsMcPherson,musicBrymn(NY:Gotham-Attucks,1906);forAbbieMitchellandAdaOvertonWalker

XXXDellafromDelaware(NY:Attucks,1904/5);announcedasreleasedinaNYClipper1904-1905advertisement

XXX“DownattheHippodrome,Wow!Chow!Dat'sAll,”RundbackandQuirk(NY:Attucks,1905);announcedasreleasedinaNYClipper1904-1905advertisement;(NY:Gotham-Attucks,1906)

XXXFarthee!onma'way!Jes'gone!,lyricsandmusicJesseA.Shipp(NY:Attucks,1904)

XXXFrenziedfinance(NY:Gotham-Attucks,1906)XXXGood-byebabymine,lyricsandmusicBrymn(NY:Gotham-Attucks,

1905)XXXYYYQQQHereitcomesagain,musicWilliams,lyricsAlexRogers

andEarleC.Jones(NY:Gotham-Attucks,1906);popularnumberatpremiere,acc.NYT

XXXImaybecrazy,butIain'tnofool(NY:Attucks,1904/5);abigvehicleforWilliams;alsoadvertisedon"Nobody"sheetmusic;alsoatwo-stepfororchestra;alsoannouncedasreleasedinaNYClipper1904-1905advertisement;

IThoughtMyTroublesWereOver,butthey'dscarcebegun,JonesandGray(NY:Haviland,1906)

XXXIwonderifyoucallitlove(NY:Gotham-Attucks,1906)QQQI'llKeepaWarmSpotinMyHeartforYou,musicJ.R.Johnson,

lyricsJ.W.Johnson(NY:Jos.Stern,1906)sheetmusicidentifiesasanadditionalsongforAbyssinia(WorldCat)

XXXTheIslandofByandBy,musicWilliams,lyricsAlexRogers(NY:Gotham-Attucks,1906)forAdaOvertonWalker

XXXYYYIt'shardtofindakinglikeme,musicWilliams;?VaughnandlyricsAlexRogers(NY:Gotham-Attucks,1906)[popularnumberatpremiere:NYT]

XXXItain'twhatyouusedtohave(NY:Gotham-Attucks,1906)

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XXXYYYTheJollyJungleBoys,musicWilliams,lyricsEarleC.Jones(NY:Gotham-Attucks,1906),firstscenechorus

XXXLetitalone,musicWilliams,lyricsRogers(NY:Gotham-Attucks,1906)

XXXLet'splayagameofsoldiers(TomLemonierandJamesQuirk(NY:GothamMusic1905)

QQQTheLionandtheMonk(DieTrying),forAdaOvertonWalker[popularnumberatpremiere:NYTandDramaticMirror];Peterson,Centuryofmusicals,saysithasalternativetitle"DieTrying",andsodoesSampson,BlacksinBlackface,(andtheserefs.mayberelated)whichIhaveseenassociatedinsteadwith"TheTaleoftheMonkeyMaid"

XXXLittleMoses,musicWilliams,lyricsEarleC.Jones(NY:Gotham-Attucks,1905)

XXXLorraine,musicWilliams,lyricsEarleC.Jones(NY:Gotham-Attucks,1905)

XXXMalinda(comedowntome);probablyaversionbyW&Wof"ComedownMissMalina:ASerenade",musicJosephM.Hollander,lyricsT.J.Farron,jr.(Chicago:NewtonPublishing,1903),oristhisCook's"WhenMelindasings"?

XXXThemanwiththepickandtheshovel(NY:Gotham-Attucks,1906)XXXMandy,youandme!SmithandBurris(NY:AttucksMusic1905,or

1904?);announcedasreleasedinaNYClipper1904-1905advertisement

XXXMean'deMinstrelBan',musicJamesVaughn,lyricsAlexRogers(NY:Attucks,1904);announcedasreleasedinaNYClipper1904-1905advertisement(NY:Attucks,1904/5,whereitisdescribedasamedleyovertureandidentifiedwithWilliamsandWalker)

XXXMygirlieofalltheyear(NY:Gotham-Attucks,1906)XXXMyLadyAnnabelle(NY:Gotham-Attucks,1906)XXXNelliedarling(announcedasreleasedinaNYClipper1904-1905

advertisement(NY:Attucks,1904/5)XXXNever(announcedasreleasedinaNYClipper1904-1905

advertisement(NY:Attucks,1904/5)XXXQQQNobody,musicWilliams,lyricsAlexRogers(NY:AttucksMusic

1905)hisgianthitXXXObadiah(youtookadvantageofme),JamesReeseEurope(NY:

GothamMusic1905)

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XXXPrettyDesdamone,lyricsandmusicF.CollisWildman(NY:Gotham-Attucks,1905)

XXXYYYQQQRastusJohnson,U.S.A,musicWilliams,lyricsAlexRogers(NY:Gotham-Attucks,1906)

XXXSomeo'desedays(announcedasreleasedinaNYClipper1904-1905advertisement(NY:Attucks,1904/5);(NY:Gotham-Attucks,1906)

XXXYYYThetaleofthemonkeymaid(or,DieTrying),musicWilliams,lyricsAlexRogers(NY:Gotham-Attucks,1906)

TwilightatHome,SweetHome(acc.IBDB)XXXUnedda[nameofabiscuitandbiscuitcompany];(NY:Gotham-

Attucks,1906)XXXWhenthemoonshines(announcedasreleasedinaNYClipper

1904-1905advertisement(NY:Attucks,1904/5)XXXYYYQQQWheremyforefathersdied,musicWilliams,lyricsAlex

Rogers(NY:Gotham-Attucks,1906)[popularnumberatpremiere:NYT]

XXXWhyAdamsinned(lyricsandmusicAlexRogers(NY:Gotham-Attucks,1905);advertisedon"Nobody"sheetmusic;announcedasreleasedinaNYClipper1904-1905advertisement(NY:Attucks,1904/5

--------Janhoi[NB:easilyfoundAbyssinianexpressionfor"king"]OdetoMenelik,openingchorusofscene1[openingnumberat

premiere:NYTandDramaticMirror]QQQ"KingMenelink",sameasabove?OdetotheSun,chorus(songofreverencetotherisingsun),alternative

openingchorusofscene1HolidayintheMarket[Thisisourholiday],openingchorusofscene2TheCaptureofYaraboo,forW&Wandchorus,finaleofscene2GoodBye,Ethiopia,finale=concludingchorus[NYDramaticMirror],

musicVaughnacc.IBDB)Sampson,BlacksinBlackface,reports:

Scene1OdetotheSunJolyJungleBoys

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OdetoMenelikTheLionandtheMonk(DieTrying)WheremyForefathersDied

Scene2

HolidayintheMarketRastusJohnson,U.S.A.AnswersThatYouDon'tExpectToGetI'llKeepaWarmSpotinMyHeartforYouIt'sHardtoFindaKingLikeMeTheCaptureofYaraboo

Scene3

HereItComeAgainScene4

Menelik'sTributetoQueenTaiTuDanceoftheFalashaMaidsDanceoftheAmharaMaids

1906SONG

"ASummahNight,"lyricsDunbar,musicCook(NY:HarryVonTilzer,1906);lyricsfirstpublished1898orbefore;DunbardiedFebruary9,1906,sothissongwasprobablycomposedbyCook(oratleastpublishedbyCook)afterhisfriend’sdeath,possiblyasamemorial

1906:TENNESSEESTUDENTS

Lateintheyear,atotallyrefreshedTennesseeStudentsasavehicleforAbbie

THEPEKINYEARS,1906-1907

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1906:MYFRIENDFROMGEORGIA

“SweetieDear,”musicJoeJordan,lyricsWillMarionCook(Chicago:JordanandCook,Nov./Dec.1906);acc.Baumanitwasusedasaninstrumentalentr'actefortheFeb.1907revivalofTheManFrom'Bam;in1910JordanandCookcollaboratesimilarlyon"LovieJoe"forFannieBrycewithZiegfeld

1906:DIXIEANN1907:INZULULAND

""WiddeMoon,Moon,Moon:Negrolovesong"lyricsWilliamMoore,musicWillMarionCook(Chicago:W.M.Cook,1907;NY:Schirmer,1907);reissuedinananthologyofSchirmerpublicationscalledAmericanSongs(NY:G.Schirmer,1913)firstline:IwonderismahloveindeskywiddemooninCooksongslistinASCAPBio.Dict.(1948)

[“Dar'sMahMandy,"lyricsWilliamMoore,musicWillMarionCook,(Chicago:WillMarionCook,1907)probablyalsobelongshere]

andothersongsinthisshow(GhostWalks,p.390)include:

"GeeWhiz,Ain'titToughtobePoor""RecipeforLove""Likin'Ain'tLikeLoving""JungleLand"

IndianapolisFreeman,January27,1907,p.6(andSampson,BlacksinBlackface,2nded.,p.695)mentionsthesesongs:"GeeWhiz,Ain'titToughtobePoor""WiddeMoon""RecipeforLove""Likin'Ain'tLikeLovin'"

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"Moon,Moon,Moon"[mustbesameas"WiddeMoon"!]"Jungleland""OfftoZululand"[concerted2ndActfinale]"TheCoronationHymn"

1907:THEMANFROMBAMItssongs(acc.GhostWalks,p.391)include:

"Josie""InMemoryofYou,Sweetheart,"BlakeandGillespie(Detroit:Remick,

1908)"ANight,aGirl,aMoon,"Blake,Davis,Gillespie(NY:Remick,1907)"TakeYourTime,"JoeJordan(NY:Gotham-Attucks,1907)"I'dLiketoKnowYourAddressandYourName,”TerrySherman(NY:

Harris,1907)And“SweetieDear”issunginthisrevival.

1907:MYFRIENDFROMGEORGIA

"TheGhostShip"1907:INZULULAND

songspublishedin1907fromInZululand,asabove(?)EndofCook’sAssociationwiththePekin.1907:BANDANNALANDNorton(2002),I:885-886(1908.08)Librettoand16pp.vocalscore(WilliamsandCook/ShippandRogers;publ.

Gotham-Attucks,1907)atUniversityofIllinoisandMoorland-Spingarn;

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thespellinghereisBandanna;“Bandana”turnsupasafrequentalternative,andyieldsaslightlydifferentsetofitemsinWorldCat

ZZZmarksthesongbookitemsXXXThesamesheetmusiccoverisusedbyGotham-Attucksforseveral

differentsongs,andonitsfront,12songsareidentified,whicharemarkedherewithXXX

YYYmarkssevensongsinanadvertisementonthebackofBonBonBuddysheetmusic

QQQmarkssongsnamedinGotham-Attucksadsinearly1909RRRmarksninesongsinaW&WadintheIndianapolisFreeman,February

20,1909(AbbottandSeroff,p.67)BBBmarkseightnumbersnamedinSampson,BlacksinBlackface***marksbrandnewCooksongs

***ZZZQQQRRRAnyOldPlaceinYankeeLandisGoodEnoughforMe,CookandChrisSmithandAlexRogers(NY:Gotham-Attucks,1908)

AtPeaceWid(with)theWorld(BloomandPetersonrefs.)***ZZZXXXYYYRRRBBB"Bon-BonBuddy:thechocolatedrop"(or:

BuddieorBuddies),lyricsAlexRogers,musicWillMarionCook,(NY:Gotham-Attucks,1907);Walkervehicle;thebiggesthitoftheshow,acc.Variety,Feb.22,1908review;bigWilliams&Walkersuccess,andaselectionfor"SongsofOldenDays,"Thursdayevening,Oct.1,attheAutumnExposition,Sept.-Oct.1914.

XXXCornSong(advertisedonfrontcoverofpiecesfromBandanaLand)(NY:Gotham-Attucks,1907

***ZZZXXXYYYDinah:BemylittleDinahtrue(CookandRogers(NY:Gotham-Attucks,1907)

RRRDrinkin'(alsoFreemanreview;aWilliamsvehicle)QQQRRRDownAmongtheSugarCane,musicCecilMackandChris

Smith,lyricsAveryandHart(NY:Gotham-Attucks,1908);alsoFreemanrev.mentionsithere

Ethiopia(IBDB),?musicAlJohns(1903)***"Exhortation,"lyricsAlexRogers,musicWillMarionCook(NY:

Schirmer,1912);akindofNegrosermonwithmusicalsetting;bigWilliamsandWalkerhit;aselectionfor"SongsofOldenDays,"Thursdayevening,Oct.1,at

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theAutumnExposition,Sept.-Oct.1914;inCooksongslistinASCAPBio.Dict.(1948)

ZZZXXXYYYFas',fas'world,musicWilliams,lyricsRogers(NY:Gotham-Attucks,1907)

***ZZZXXXBBBI'dratherhavenothin'allofthetime,thansomethin'foralittlewhile,musicWillMarionCook,lyricsJohnB.Lowitz,withinterpolationsbyBertWilliams(NY:Gotham-Attucks,1908)

RRRI'mJustCrazy'BoutYou,musicJamesBrachman,lyricsMauriceStonehill(NY:Harms,1904)forAdaOvertonWalker,called"ThehitofBandanaLand"onitssheetmusic

RRRI'mtiredofeatingintherestaurants[Tiredo'eatin'inderestaurants](alsoaref.inFreemanreview);aWilliamsvehicle;1906?;rec.byWilliamspreviouslyoncylinderca.1906

XXXI'mveryfondofJokes(NY:Gotham-Attucks,1907);advertisedonfrontcoverofpiecesfromBandanaLand

***ZZZXXXYYYInBandanaLan’(beginning"InBandanaLand..."),musicWillMarionCook,lyricsMordAllen(NY:Gotham-Attucks,1907);Verse:“Sleepyerfillengitupeatin’atyerease”Chorus:“InBandannaLan’‘tistherewe’lltakeourstan’”

RRRInmyoldhome(inDixieLand)(TomLemonierandMordAllen(NY:Gotham-Attucks,1908);WorldCatsheetmusiccoverandFreemanreview

XXXYYYRRRBBB[It's]HardtoLoveSomebody(who'slovingsomebodyelse)(When[your]somebodydon'tloveyou)(ChrisSmithandCecilMack(NY:Gotham-Attucks,1907)

***XXXYYYBBBJusttheSame,musicWillMarionCook,lyricsRogers(NY:Gotham-Attucks,1907)

***Kinky[KinkyDoo],musicWillMarionCook,lyricsMordAllenandJ.Ed.Green(NY:Gotham-Attucks,1908);BaumansayssunginMyFriendFromGeorgiaatPekininMay1907;here,sungbyAdaOvertonWalkerandAbbieMitchell;Variety,Feb.22,1908review)

***ZZZYYYBBBLatehours,musicWillMarionCook,lyricsDavidKempner,withinterpolationsbyBertWilliams(NY:Gotham-Attucks,1907);mentionin1908NYTreview

Letitalone,musicWilliams,lyricsAlexRogers(NY:Gotham-Attucks,1906/1908)

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MetoMeisMe(acc.IBDBassongofMoseBlackstone);mentioninVariety,Feb.22,1908review)

Minuet(acc.IDBDassongofMosesBlackstone)Oh,YouDevil(danceforAdaOvertonWalker)***ZZZBBB"RainSong"(Rain,Rain)(Ain'tgwinetobenorain)(The

RainSong),lyricsAlexRogers,musicWillMarionCook(inthesongbook,NY:GothamAttucks,1907;separately,NY:Schirmer,1912)Refr.:No,MasterSimmons,WecansafelysayTain'tgwineterbenorainto-dayoneofthehitsofBandannaLand,acc.NYAge,May9,1912,n.p.;abigWilliamsandWalkerhit;Selectionfor"SongsofOldenDays,"Thursdayevening,Oct.1,attheAutumnExposition,Sept.-Oct.1914;inCooksongslistinASCAPBio.Dict.(1948)

***ZZZXXXQQQBBBRed,RedRose,musicWillMarionCook,lyricsRogers(NY:Gotham-Attucks,1907/1908)

QQQRRR[You'rein]Therightchurchbutthewrongpew,musicChrisSmith,lyricsCecilMack(NY:Gotham-Attucks,1908;Chicago:SundayExaminer,1909)featuredbyBertWilliamsinBandanaLand;sheetmusicsaysfeaturedinBandanaland(WorldCat)

SalomeDance(Petersonref.,etc.;Adadanceinalaterseason?Checkdate)

XXXSaucyLittleSadie(advertisedonfrontcoverofpiecesfromBandanaLand)(NY:Gotham-Attucks,1907

SomebodyLied,lyricsandmusicJeffBranenandEvanLloyd,adaptedbyWilliams(Chicago:Rossiter,1907);featuredbyBertWilliamsinBandanaLand

TheSheathGowninDarktown,musicTomLemonier,lyricsMordAllen(NY:Gotham-Attucks,1908)WorldCattitleref.

Somewhere(IBDB,lyricsandmusicFrankWilliamsandJoeJordan)***XXXUntilThen,musicWillMarionCook,lyricsAlexRogers(NY:

Gotham-Attucks,1908)WhenIwasSweetSixteen,musicJ.LeubrieHill,lyricsMordAllen;IBDB

andBloomrefs.BBBYouisyouisyou[YoutoYouisyou](Sampson/Petersonref.;Bert

Williamsvehicle;dotheymean"MetoMeisMe"??)***TheSlaveShip

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***TheConjureMan:newin1908atendofYear1run,beginningwithGrandGalaforW&Wfortheir16Yearstogether(seeabove);aheavydramaticnumber

Newinyear2??:

***[TheJeweloftheBigBlueNile,lyricsMordAllen,musicWillMarionCook(NY:JohnH.Cook,1908)]

***[Oo!Oo!!Oo!!!It'sVeryStrange,lyricsMordAllen,musicWillMarionCook(NY:JohnH.Cook,1908)]

AJanuary1909adforBandannaLand,thusmidwaythroughyear2,

highlightsthefollowingsongs(ChicagoBroadAxe,January30,1909,p.2):

BurtWilliams'snewsong"I'mTiredo'Eatin'inDe'Restaurants"GeorgeWalker'snewsong"DownAmongtheSugarCane,"lyricsAvery

&Hart,musicMack&Smith(NY:Gotham-Attucks,1908)AdaOvertonWalker'snewsong"I'mJustCrazyAboutYou"andhernew

dance,"OYouDevil"

andalsohighlightsthefollowing(notnecessarilynew,butpopular):

PeaceWidtheWorldNobodyDrinkingHardtoLoveSomebodySueSimmonsWhenthePaleMoonShines

1909:HAWAIANROMANCE1909:ROSELAND1909:THELIME-KILNCLUB

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MaterialmostlytakenfromActIofBandanaLand1909SONGS:

"Dainty,"lyricsMordAllen,musicWillMarionCook(NY:A.Payne,1909);LoCCatalogueofCopyrightEntries,November11,1909

"Mammy's'LassesCandyChile,"lyricsCecilMack,musicWillMarionCook(NY:MauriceShapiro,1909);introducedbyAlexanderandScottinCohan&Harris'sMinstrels

19101910-1911istheyearCookisworkingoutofVonTilzerofficesandendsupinabrouhaha;lasttimeheworkedwithVonTilzerwasin1902,Ithink;itseemshereturnedtoVonTilzeraftertheendofGotham-Attucks.1910SONGS:

ThePensacolaMooch,lyricsWillMarionCook,musicFordT.Dabney(NY:HarryVonTilzer,1910);LoCCopyrightWillMarionCookFebruary18,1910InZiegfeldFolliesof1910.

"LoveMeWithaTigerLove,"lyricsAddisonBurkhard,whoisanactivelibrettist/lyricist,musicWillMarionCook(NY:HarryVonTilzer,1910;rerissued,NY:WillM.Cook,1912)

"Whoopherup!(WithaWhoopLa-La),”lyricsAndrewB.Sterling,musicWillMarionCook(NY:HarryVonTilzer,1910;NY:W.M.Cook,1910);LoChasscoreonline;awaltz;forMarieCahillinJudyForgotFirstLine:“MarygotonatNewHaven” Chorus:“Whoopherup,withawhoopla,la!”

"LovieJoe"[Lovey],lyricsWillMarionCooklyrics,musicJoeJordan(NY:HarryVonTilzer,1910);in1906,theycollaboratedon“SweetieDear”;now,in1910,theycollaboratesimilarlyon"LovieJoe"forFannieBrycewithZiegfeld

"IndeEvenin',"lyricsAlexRogers,musicWillMarionCook(NY:HarryVonTilzer,1910)

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"MyLady,Nicotine(Smoke!Smoke!),"lyricsF.CliffordHarris,musicWillMarionCook(NY:HarryVonTilzer,1910);LoChasscoreon-line;alsoarr.byEugenePlatzmannforpiano,publishedas“MyLadyNicotine:waltzes”(NY:HarryVonTilzer,1910);sungin1911Darkydomandin1915DarkydomFirstline:“Sheisthequeenoftheworldtoday” Chorus:“Smoke!smoke!thevaporycloakofmyLadyNicotine”

1911:INTHEJUNGLES

FirstofthreeCookannualshowsforSissierettaJones(BlackPatti)andhercompany.

"TheJeweloftheBigBlueNile,"CookandMordAllen(NY:JohnH.Cook,

1908);notnew,butdescribedasnewin1911inthisshow(NYAge,August10,1911,p.6;songsingledoutalsoinNYAge,August31,1911,p.6)

***WhenLoveisKing/LoveisKing.BlackPattisingsit;describedasnewWillMarionCookhitinthisshow(NYAge,August10,1911,p.6;NYAge,August31,1911,p.6);amongothers,thereisasongentitledWhenLoveIsKing,lyricsL.A.Mackenzie,musicSpencerAdams(NY:GlobeMusicCo.,1912),butthisisrepresentedasaCookcomposition

BabyRose,musicGeorgeChristie,lyricsLouisWeslyn(NY:Witmark,1911);aninterpolation,BlackPattisingsitintheshow(NYAge,August31,1911,p.6)

Sampson,BlacksinBlackface,nameselevennumbers:

BabyRoseHomeSweetHome[aPattistandard]LettheJuiceOozeThrough[=PlantaWatermelon]LoveisKingMyDreamlandMyJeweloftheNileNeverLettheSameBeeStingYouTwiceO,SayWouldn'tthatBeaDreamPlantaWatermelonByMyGrave

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RagtimeLoveRollaLittlePillForMe[NormaGray,Witmark,1911]

NYAge,August31,1911,p.6referstoninesongs:

AlamoRag[WenrichandDeely,1910]BabyRose[ChristieandWeslyn,1910]DreamlandRose[severalpossibilities]GreatIam[When]LoveisKing[??Cook;orAdamsandMackenzie,1912]MyJeweloftheBigBlueNile[CookandAllen,1908]Neverletthesamebeestingyoutwice[CecilMackandChristSmith,1916]Plantawatermelon[DumontandLilly,1910]RagtimeLove[SchwartzandAtteridge,1911]

IndianapolisFreeman,August26,1911,p.5,referstoeight:

BabyRoseLoveisKingMyDreamlandRose,duetforBougiaandSeguinMyJeweloftheRiverNile[sic]PlantawatermelononmygraveRagtimeLoveRoleaPillForMe

OklahomaCityDailyOklahoman,December25,1911,p.7giveseight:

AlamoRagBabyRoseDrearyMoon(alsoconfirmedbyaLexington,KYhit)LoveisKingMyJeweloftheRiverNileNeverletthesamebeestingyoutwicePlantawatermelononmygraveRagtimeLove

andsaysthatoneofthesingersismakingahitwith"MonkeyRag"

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1911:DARKEYDOM(I)ThefirstoftwoCookshowsusingthistitle(seealsobelowfor1915).A

typescriptlibrettoexistsatLoC.Itconsistsoftwoplaylets,SongsofSunnyLandsandBlackBohemia:

“SONGSOFSUNNYLANDS”or“DARKYDOM”Afortyminuite[sic]sketchofNegrosongsanddancesbyWillMarionCookandAlexRogersAnActdepicting(mostly)“TheBrighterSideofDark(y)ness”Scene:-AnAfricansetwithasemi-jungleatmosphere–asortofgrottowithvari-coloredandmuchbrightfoliage,setfarenoughdownstagetoallowforawater-melonpatchsetinbehind.Theactiontobeginunderanextremelyblurredandpeculiarmoonlighteffect,changingasthemusicandstagingmaysuggest.Dress:-Notofthetoosavagetype,butsomethingthatwillallowagreatvarietyofcolorforthewomen,withmuchbeads,bracelets,bangles,anklets,flowersetc.Menaswarriorswithshields,spearsetc.Prefatory:-AnAfricanPrincess(Sabooah)“DaughteroftheNight”whoissupposedlypossessedofpowertodriveoffevilspirits,hasbeensentforbyoneofhertribes,theyhavingnoticedformanynightsadarkcloudringaroundthemoon,andeachnightthisringhasgrownblackerandmoreblack,andthemoonmoreintensly[sic]crimson–thisisanextremelybadomen.Sabooah,DaughteroftheNightcomes,andsings,beggingthemoontopityandforgive

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herpeople,andasshesingsthemoonisseentoclearandslowlygetbrighterandbrighteruntilthesceneisafloodofstrangly[sic]luminous,phosphorescentmoonlight.Singingwithtremendouschoraleffectswillprecedeherentranceandleadintohersong:-Start:-Introductorymusicinterruptedbythesoundingofgongs,manydifferenttonedsmallgongsandonehugeweirdsoundinggongwhichissoundedatregularintervals–thewhilecurtainisdown–slowcurtain–allsing:

“Whenthemoon’sonfireandbeginstoriseLikeaburningballfromtheeasternskies,‘Tisanomen–toallmen–andwomenThatourMightyOne,Sabooah,DaughteroftheNightHasManywordstosay,Hasmuch,much,many,many,plentywordstosay:-

EnterAdvanceguardsinging:-Subjectsallstandbackbeforeus–

Allsing:-Sabooah’shere.

Guard:-Withroyalweaponsliftedo’erus–

All:-Sabooah’shere.(Bigdevelopmenthere:)SingandsingthewondrousgloryOfhowshereignsinregalgloryPrincessrareoflandandwatersQueenofalloursonsanddaughtersRulerofmountain,hillandplainLongmayourMightySabooahreign,LongmayshereignwithmightforrightSabooah,DaughteroftheNight

EnterSabooah:-(sings)OhBurningMoon,OhBlazingStarSendgloriousblessingsfromafarLastnightOhMoonsomespiritfaceRoseupitseemsandtookyourplace:Donotdesertmypeople–(Develop)

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AtfinishofdevelopmentallformkneelingpicturearoundSabooahandassheseesthemoonbeautifulandclearagain(theyallhavingheadsbowed)shemotionsthemtorise–sings:-

She’ssatisfiedandalliswell.Socome,-alittletaleI’dtell;

Allsing:-Alittletaleshe’dtell.

Sabooah:-Ofayouthandmaid–youknowthemwell

Pictureisformed–Sabooahsings:

“TheJeweloftheBigBlueNile”(I)

Ulana,fairmaid–issadto-dayHerloverBotonga–hasgoneaway;Hasgonetolookforhisdream-lovefairToaspotonthebanksoftheNilesomewhere;AndthisisthesongBotongawillsing,Ashewaitsforhisdream-lovetocomeintobeing:-

ChorusMyJeweloftheBigBlueNile–Iwaitforthee–Iwaitforthee,AndDEARI’mthinkingallthewhile,ifyouwillbe,ifyouwillbeTheJewelthatforagesIhavelivedwithinmydreamsThemaidwithtigereyes,theonewhosekissitalwaysseemsTolastfordaysandfillmewithastrangeamaddelightThosefiery,furiouskisses,thatrageandburnandbite–YesI’mwaitingandSHALLwaitthro’outEternalAfter-WhileFormyprecious,pricelessJewelloftheBigBlueNile.

(II)BotongahemaynotfindherthereAndlongagainfortimesthatwereForthehand-fullofnightsthatwereoncesosweetWhenhekneltatthefairUlana’sfeet–I’Mafraidthatthe“Jewell”whichhetriedtofindWasUlana,themaidenwhomheleftbehind.

AllsingthelastchorusandatthefinishasSabooah’sexit,thebunchgointoashort,joyoussemi-savagejungledancewhichgraduallysimmersdowntoa

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sneakexitandthemusicisalreadyintoarealNegrodanceofthedownsouthessencetype,themelodyflowsfromthejungleexittotheessenceentrance,duringwhichthereisadarkchangeandtheessencemelodybringson8–12–16ormorerealdancers.ThemusicforthisdanceembracesadistinctandoriginalDarkymelodywithuniqueorchestration–Thenumberisalldance,melodyandorchestraleffects.Thisnumberisasortof“SilenceandFun”–swipingmelonsbynote–stealingwithdanceaccompaniment.Thewhitelightsaregraduallybeingbroughtupduringthedanceandatthefinishandexitanotherdarkchangeandatransparentdropisloweredandwithstartlingsuddeness[sic]theintroductionto“SuwaneeRiver”isheardandsameissunginfrontoftras.dropbyarealsinger(Woman).Withthissongisanovelarrangementforbothsingersandorchestra.ThefirstchorusbythepeopleisinvisibleandduringthesecondchorusthecottonfieldisshownthrothedropshowingtheDarkiessingingastheywork:atfinishofSuwanee(lightshavingbeenslowlyloweredtoalmostdarknessasthefinishisneared)dropistakenupandsuddenlylightsfullupandallthefieldhandsgointoacharacteristicNegroFolknumber–allsoglad–“Onemo’day’sworkdone”

“ShineOn”Comealongchillum–work’salldoneComealongchillum–timefuhfun,Timefuhsweetheart’ssweetestglance,Timefuhsongan’timefuhdance;Sunshinedallday–donehisbes’Donetiredshinin’–gonetores’

Eitherdatorlikeasnot,he’sshiningonsomeotherspot……..

Butshineon,shineonMisterSunCausealldesechillun’swork’sdonedone,An’sho’sfairweatherfollowsrainDatSundessetsfuhtoriseagain–SocomealongchillumwhileyoumayT’wontbelongfoanotherday–

An’atdedawnin’ofdemornin’whenderooster‘ginstocrow,Denyouknowit’stimetoreachupfuhdeshovelan’dehoe:-

……..So–comealongchillun–jinedehappycrowd,Singasongchillun,singitmightyloug;Sun’sdoneshinin’–dayswork’sdone

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Jineinhoney–timefuhfunSunmaybeshinin’,somewheremightyhotButlongashe’sashinin’onsomeotherspotComealongchillum–hurryonCausewhendesunit‘ginstorisetomorrermornIt’swork,work,workdewholedaylongSocomealonglet’ssingasong,let’ssingasong---

An’whenuschillum‘ginstosing–chileitgoesallthroyou,Makesyoufeellikejumpin’upan’shouting’Hallelujah–(Dev.)

(ThischorusfinisheswitharegularriotofDarkydevelopment.)Theorchestraimmediatelypicksuptheintroductionofthenextnumber.Allorasmanyasmaybedeemedfit,sing:-

Ifheahdon’tcomeMissJuliaBrownAlldressedindatHawaiiangownLet’sallastheer–t’wonttakelong,SosingdatHonolulaHulasong;DatsongshelearntnotlongagoWhileworkingfuhMissPhoebeSnow.

(EnterJulia)JuliasingdatHulapleaseYouknow–daoneaboutdasunnyseas?

(Introductionandsong)

“Hula.”

Inthelandofbreathing,seethingvolcanoInthelandwhereiceandsnowtheyneverknow,Thesunnylandofthesapphireseas,Landwherethepungentbreeze,Floatsthro’thealmondtrees,Wondrouslandofnoworry–landofnohurry–LandwheretheBoom-Boombird,eacheveningbringsmewordMyHulawaitsforme.……..Hula:Hula:-Lookintomyeyes–Breatheimpassionedsighs

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Hula:Hula:-Looklikethewildflowerplaying,swayingLipslieroses–ofthedrowsysouth–withyourhoneymouthHulacometome……..LoveliteyeslikeDay-breakskiesstrikeChordsthatriseentrancing–sameaswhenyouaredancingSoftstringsplayingHulaswayingSwayinglikeasoftsummerbreeze–Queenofthetropicseas.

Atfinishandexitofsoloistandpossiblydancers,introductionisstartedto“EagleRock”andoncomesaredhotcouple,knowtoallas“ThePlantation’sPride”–song–

“EagleRock”

Talkaboutyo’“MississippiDips”Yo’“DixieDrags”and“FloridaFlips”“PensacolaMootch”and“GrizzlyBear”Everoneofthemisatameaffair;Dat“TurkeyTrot”and“To-dle-o”Nor“GobbleGlide”don’tgonomo’

‘Causehere’sdesweetes’dancedat’shappenedyetDeAB-SO-LUTE-LYonebes’bet:

Chorus:It’sdeEagleRock,IgotaweaknessfuhdeEagleRockWhendefiddlestuneyoustartstofret,Jeswindan’windan’denyousetLikeaeightdayclock–yougittomovin’anyoureelan’rockWhendeban’isheard,likeaEaglebird,youstretchyo’wings denyouswayan’swingDenyoustan’rightstill–an’youslowlyrockuntil–Yourocksolow,younea’lytouchdeflo’Denyouslowlyrise,lookinBaby’seyes,gityo’secondwin’ denstartagain’An’Eagle---Eagle---Eagle,EagleRock.

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Onceuponatime–birdsofdeair,AllmetupindeskysomewhereAn’debirdwhatdonedegreates’thingWustheonetobeelected“King”:Debirdsallsungdensungsomemo’MistereEagledenhetukdeflo’

An’danced,an’whenhefinishedwithdatsoulfulswingDembirdsallscreamedout“WelcomeKing”

Chorus:It’sdeEagleRock,dafusteditionofdaEagleRock,etc.

(ThisnumberwillintroduceallofthepopularDarkydancesofthedayandfinishwithaterrific,whirlwind,all-handsDANCE)–orMayclosewithabigsingingnumber:-“ShineOn”andusethefollowinginShineOn‘splace.

“JuneTime”

GoodMornin’–HappyDayGoodMornin’–Dan’lClayGoodMornin’–EmmaMayGoodMornin’--ANGEMIMA.HowisyouEmmaline?MyhowdatsundoshineComefolkses–gitinlineDon’tyouknowdisheah’sJuneTime,Ah!

……..Donetiredawin’an’snowan’sleetAn’hom’nycohnan’saltpokemeat,Demshortoledaysan’longclenightsWhardebe’meal’setbydecandlelights,Butfuhawhileatleas’,alldat’sdonepas’,Causehoney:nothing’t’allcantlas’So–Good-byecleJanuary,SolongMisterMarch;FarewellyouFeberary,

Wityou’breezesblowin’striffasstarch:

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DonethruwithAprulan’hershowersDonegrinnedan’waitedallthruMayNowfuhsho-nuffsunshine–sho-nuffflowersMissJunestartsintoruletoday–……..Oh---JuneTime--------JuneTimeSun’sjeslaffin’atme;OhyouJuneTime--------JuneTime

DEbirdsan’debeesan’debudsallfullaglee,Seemslikenea’lyEVERTHINGjesactsazactlyright,Joyjesoozesoutyouhoney,mornin’noonan’night,Makesyoufeellikesingin’sunnysongsoutloudwidallyo’miteCauseit’sJuneTime–JuneTime–Joyful–JoyfulJuneTime.

BLACKBOHEMIAAnactdepictinglifeasseenintheNegrocafesandrathskellersaroundNewYorkCity.Theactiontakesplaceinarathskeller:-Whenthecurtaingoesuptheorchestra(violin,cello,pianoanddrums,whichispartoftheact)isplayingalivelyrag-menandwomenareseatedaroundthetablesdrinking,singingandclamoringforawaiter-thereisonlyonewaiter(thecomedian),andheisbusyhurryinghereandthereandgettingnoplaceinparticular.Atriseofcurtainonemanisinthecenterofstagedownfrontdancingfuriously,andashedancesthepatronsthrowmoneytohim,whichispickedupbythefloormanwhoisthesecondcomedian:-allareclappinghandskeepingtimewiththedancenearthefinishofwhichthewaiterexitsandacrashisheardoutside.Ayoungfellowneatlydressedintuxedoentersbrushingoffhisclothingasifhavingjusthadaruninwiththewaiterwhofollowshimonandpantomimestothefloormanthathehasbrokenmanyglassesandthatitwasthefaultofthepartywhohasjustentered-thepeopleallseeminglyknowtheneatlydressedfellow-heisasingerinabigwhitecafeandonhiswayhomehasdroppedinatthisplace-thepeopleledbythefloormanallbeghimtosingandhesings"DarkyLove":-

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[“DarkyLove”]

Twaslas'September-I'llalwaysrememberIt'sdesweetes'monthdareisMyownPheeby-promisedtobeleebmeAn'shesealedherpromisewidahoneykissSichafeelin'-comeacreepin',stealin'IfeltlikesomebigKingAn'whiledatkisswaswarm-ItookherinmyarmAn'whiledemoonwasrisin'denIsungdissong-:

ChorusIlovesyoukid-YesIlovesyoukidIlovesyoubetterdanIdoesmyselfIlovesyousomuchI'mjeslosin'myhealf'Dare'sdatyearnin'love-Dare'sdatburnin'loveButdareaintnonebetter'neathdeskiesaboveDandisgoodoleDarky-Everlastin'DarkyDisrealDarkyLove.

Duringtherepeatchorusofthissongayoungcoupleenterandhearingthemelodydoacakewalkdowntooneofthefronttableswheretheysetdownatthefinishofthesong.Ifanencoreistakenthenthesingermakespantolovetothegirlwhohasjustenteredandnearthefinishofthefirstchorusoftheencorethefellowwhohasenteredwiththegirlgetswisetothefactthatthesingerisflirtingwithhisgirlandbeckonsthe"floorman"andisprotestingasthesecondchorusisreachedandwhenheturnstowherethegirlhadbeenseatedhefindsthatsheisdancingthesecondchoruswiththesingerandinpantomakesahugekickandonlysubsidessongafterthe"floorman"hasthreatenedtoejecthim.Atfinishofthisnumbertheleadingwomanentersandisgreetednoisilybythecrowd.(Shesingsregularlyinthisrathskellerandisthefeature.)The"floorman"yellsforalittleorderandturningtotheyoungwomanwhohasjustenteredsays,“Wellyoungladyyou'relateagain.Hereitisnineo'clock.Iguessyouknowyou'reduehereateight.”

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Shecarelesslyanswershimsaying,“MysalarywasdueSaturdaynight-butitdidn'tcomeontime.”Thefloormanstartstomakesomeloudremarkandtheyoungfellowwhohasjustsung"DarkyLove"says:-“Don’tbeasoreheadoldman”turningcalls“Ohwaiter”(waiterpokeshisheadaroundthesideofcenterdoor)“bringussomewine.”Waiterhavingtakenhisheadbacksuddenlysticksitinagainandasks,“Whatkind?”“Sherry”turningtotheyoungwomanwhohasjustcome“Singussomething-let'ssee-Oh,yes"ThatMan"Shesings:-"ThatMan"

DegoodLordewaylongtimeagoMadedisbigworldan'whatismo'Hemadedehillsan'mountinsan'detreesHemadealldefishesindedeepblueseasMadedayan'night-demoonan'sunButdebes'thingwhatheeverdoneWaswhenhesearchedallthrudelan'An'pickedmeoutdatsealskinman-:

ChorusOhdateverlovin'satin-finish,seal-skinbrownLordyhowIlovesdatmanAn'hisloveinmyheartdores'Jeslikearobininhiswelcomenes'He'sjessosweetsometimesIbetDembeeswilljes'bouteathimyetAn'whenhegitstolovin'-Goodnessknows-LevieJoe's-JeslikedemEskimosUpinIcelan'-long-sidedatman--Oh-datman.

Thefinishofthissongbringsdarkstageandthesameyoungwomangoestotableatleftwhereisseatedpartywhosang"DarkyLove"andunderaspotshesings"MyLadyNicotine".

["MyLadyNicotine"][I]

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SheisthequeenoftheworldtodayNowomanwithhercancompeteWhereverthere’smansheholdsherswayHerpow’roverhimiscompleteForsheisthesirenwhoseonlycloak

isthinnerthansilkorchiffonShe’sthemadlittle,badlittlequeenofsmokeSheishere,thenshe’sthere,thenshe’sgone.

RefrainSmoke!smoke!thevaporycloak,ofMyLadyNicotine;Smoke,smokeshe’sonlyajoke,buttomesheisthequeen,Butsheluresthemawayfromtheworldoftoday,

millionaireorthefellowwho’sbroke;Andtheydreamprettydreams,buttheirbeautifulschemes

endinsmoke,smoke!smoke!

[II]Outontheplainsinthesoldiers’camp,She’llrisefromanoldpipeofclay;Amanintherankshe’sanawfulscamp,Buthe’sdreamingofhomefaraway;Heseestheoldhome-folksandbestofall,

thegirlofhisheart,prettyNan.Inthemidstofhisdreamcomesabuglecall,Andhegoesforthtodielikeaman.

RefrainTheyoungmanintentlywatchingherallthewhilesmokingacigarette.Atthefinishofthe"Smoke"songthecomedywaiterentershurriedlyandisrushedtocenterofstagewherehedoesanumberfinishingwithawild-firedance.Assoonasthisisovertheintroductionof"SuwaneeRiver"isheard.Thisissungbytheleadingwomanassistedbythechorus.When"SuwaneeRiver"isfinishedtheslowopeningstrainofthe"MonkeyDance"areheardandthemenandwomenincouplesriseandstartthedance.Thisisadancedoneonthestageforthefirsttimeinthisact.Thepeoplearesingingallthroughthedancefragmentsof"Darkyland"and"ShineOnMister

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Sun".Whenthespotisreachedwherethemostpeculiaranduniquemoveinthedancecomesthecurtainisloweredandraisedasthedancegoeson.1912SONGS

ThreeNegroSongs(NY:Schirmer,1912;publishedsinglyorinasetofthree,forsolovoiceor4-vvmen'schorus:No.1"SwingAlong"(Cook/Cook),No.2"Exhortation"(Cook/Rogers),No.3"RainSong"(Cook/Rogers)

"MyAlabamaDan,leaderofthebigbrassband,"lyricsandmusicWill

MarionCook,unpubl.(inmsatHoward);thisisafourthsong,alongwiththethreejustabove,thatwascopyrightedbyWillMarionCookin1912;copyrightrenewedbyWillMarionCook,Atlanta,June15,1940

1912:NEGROLIFE

TheOctober1912planwasthat"thegradualdevelopmentofNegromusicwillbeshownuptothepresent",aschemethathadbeenpartofCook’spersonalthinkingfortwodecades.

1.oldAfricansongs,theplantationmelodies,towhoseweird,

crooningmusicmanyofuswererockedtosleepinthedaysofourinsufficiency=Slavesongs,hymns,andearlyminstrelsongs,forachorusof300,anorchestraof150,andfiftyoldmenandfiftyoldwomenforcharacterwork

2.the"Essence"songanddance,producedby100people

(Minstrelsy'smostfamousdance,"TheEssenceofOldVirginia"[StearnsandStearns,JazzDance],givesrisetosoftshoe;aBillyKersandsspecialty);

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NB:adanceofthedownsouthessensetypeiscalledforinthefirstplayletofDarkyland(1911)

3.lighterminstrelsongsandairsofthepastfiftyyears

=lighterandpopularsongsofthelastfiftyyears4.Clorindy(35minutes)5.popularsongsbymodernnegrocomposers,amongthemCole

andJohnson=lightersongsofJ.RosamondJohnson,Burleigh,Cookandothers

6.briefmusicalsketches,andmoreambitiousmusicbyBurleigh,

ColeridgeTaylor,andCook=heaviercompositionsofNegrocomposersincludingColeridgeTaylor

1912:CAPTAINJASPER

SecondofthreeCookannualshowsforSissierettaJones(BlackPatti)andhercompany.

ActIOpeningChorusLadyAngeline[?ChristieandReed,1912]GoodbyeRose[?IngrahamandBurkhardt,1910]SnakyRag[?Thatsneakeysnakeyrag:thesnake,SmithandBowman,1912]MyDreamoftheU.S.A.[forChas.Bogna][?Chick,Roth,Snyder,1908]I'mByMyselfFinale:RagtimeSoldierMan[?IrvingBerlin,1912]ActIIShineOnWillie,thePeeper[?Armstrong,ClarkandCoogan,1912]"Sun-BlestAreYou,OGoldenLand"[forPatti][?JosephMelville,1912]"TheNightingale"[forPatti]

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"YouNeverCatchMeThereAgain"[Glennandamalequartet]"ILoveYou,Sue"[forChas.BognaandTillieSeguin]Finale:Queen'sLaceHandkerchief[titleofaJ.Straussoperetta]ActIIIMellowMelody[ThatMellowMelody,MeyerandLewis,1912]"TheBelleofNewYork"[forPattiandchorus]"PleaseDon'tTakeMyLovingManAway"[forGlennandTillieSeguin]Finale:"TheBelleofNewYork"[forPattiandchorus]andanothersong(interpolation?),"SugarBabe"[forGlenn][acoupleofpossiblehitsinWorldCatforthistitle,incl.J.R.&J.W.Johnson,1906];alsomentionedbySampson,BlacksinBlackface

1913:THETRAITOR

[Downde]Lover'sLane(sungbyAbbie)AfterAllThatI'veBeenToYou,lyricsJackDrislane,musicChrisSmith

(NY:Haviland,1912)(sungbyAbbie)1913:SOLDIERS?[sic;a.k.a.THESOLDIERS]

WhentheBloomisontheHeather,WilliamGould(NY:TedSnyder,1909)asoldiersongFirstline"Asoldierwasleavingforthefronttofightthefoe"

MyHeroYou'veGottoRagIt

1913:TURKEYTROTOPERA

“TheJunkmanRag,”aone-step,lyricsChrisSmithandFerdMierisch,musicLuckyRoberts[C.LuckythRoberts](NY:Stern,1913)

“ThatWonderfulTurkeyTrot,WhichHauntsYouWhereverYouGo.GreatSong,WithSnappyComicLyric”(NYClipper,July26,1913,p25);oneofthebighitsin1913

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1913SONGS

"CruelPapa,"musicWMC,asongpublishedandadvertisedbySternin1913,afoxtrotorturkeytrotforsolopiano;itisacurrentfavorite(NYAge,May22,1913,n.p.[6];Billboard,June21,1913,p.117)publishedasakeyboardfoxtrot(WorldCat:NY:Stern,1914);anarrangementofthefoxtrotfororchestra(alsoNY:Stern,1914)wascopyrightbyStephenO.JonesinJanuary1915,anditscopyrightwasrenewedbyMarksmusiccorp.onFebruary9,1942;thisisprobablythepiece,inwhichcasemis-titled"CruelPopupa,"thatismentionedintheWho'sWhooftheColoredRace,vol.1,ed.FrankLincolnMather(Chicago,1915),areferencecarriedintothelaterProgressofaRace(newed.,rev.andenlargedbyJ.L.NicholsandWilliamH.Crogman;Naperville,Ill.:J.L.NicholsandCo.,1920),theNegroYearbookbio,etc.

1913:BLACKPATTITHIRDSEASON

CookwastohavedoneashowforSissierettaJonesforthethirdstraightseason,anditwasaviableprojectintoAugust,butJones’illnesscutplansshort.

1913:AFROAMERICANFOLKSINGERSOFWASHINGTONCONSERVATORYTheirfirstconcertprogram"willshowtheprogressoftheAfro-Americansingerfromtheoldspiritualsoftheslave,tothemorehighlydevelopedworksofsuchcoloredcomposersasColeridge-Taylor,Burleigh,Johnson,Whiteandothers,andfinallyhisstudyandgraspuponthemasterpiecesofmusicalliterature"(Washington(DC)Bee,November8,1913,p.1).

"TroubledinMind--NegroSpiritual,"aWillMarionCookharmonizationfirstmentionedinareviewoftheNovember1913DCfestivalconcertandthenatthe1914benefitonMarch11,1914;Will

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MarionCookcopyrightsanarrangement(thisone?)in1929;mentionedinthe1929PhiladelphiaInquirerarticleaboutYoumans'sGreatDayandCook'spartinthechoralwork

WashingtonBee,November1,1913,p.1mentionssomepieces,and

WashingtonBee,November29,1913,p.5,namesalltherepertoirefortheconcert(whichmatchestheNov.21program),including"CharacteristicAfro-AmericanCompositions"byWillMarionCook,i.e.:

SwingAlongLover'sLaneRainSongExhortationand"Oh,Yes",calledachoraltranscription(i.e.,anarrangement)ofaNegroFolkSongcomposedforthisprogrambyCookinSept.1913

plus"MyLadyChlo"byHenryClough-LeiterandMyronFreese

(1901),"DeCoppahMoon"byHarryRoweShelleyandWilliamFraser

(1908),"TroubledinMind"byColeridgeTaylor(1905),[inachoral

transcriptionmadeforthisprogram];NB:theWashingtonBee,November1,says"Oh,Yes"and"I'm

TroubledinMind"are"thefirstchoruseseverdevelopeduponNegromelodies"andincontextseemstoascribebothtoCook

Andtheoriginalfolksongs"StealAway"and"NobodyKnows"

(arr.Cook??)andothernumbersbythesoloists,whoincludedAbbieMitchell

1914:CLORINDYrevival

Red,RedRose

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WhatitTakes,You'veGotItMandyLouLoveinaCottageisBestWho'sThatSaidChickeninThisCrowd?TheExhortationHottestCooninDixie

1914SONGS

"Ifthesandsoftheseaswerepearls,"lyricsJamesWeldonJohnson,musicWillMarionCook(NY:Remick,1914);copyrightrenewedbyWillMarionCookfromAshvillein1941withtitle"Ifthesandsoftheseaswerepeerlesspearls"(LoCcopyrightJuly1,1941),andrenewedwithusualtitlebyCookfromAshevilleandGraceNailJohnsoninNYConMay31,1941Chorus:"Ifthesandsofalltheseaswerepeerlesspearls"

"AnExplanation:CharacteristicNegroVerses,"lyricsJamesWeldon

Johnson,musicWillMarionCook(NY:Schirmer,1914)TwoNegroBallads(publishedtogetherandseparately):

"MyLady,"lyricsDunbarandCook,musicWillMarionCook(NYSchirmer,1914);copyrightrenewed1942fromAsheville“Springtime,”lyricsP.H.Armstrong,musicWillMarionCook(NY:Schirmer1914)

1914,inJune:NB:Abbieissinging"IftheSands"and"MyLady"ontheJune4,

1914ClefClubconcert,andpresumablyalsowithWillMarionCookatthepianoinvaudevillelaterthatmonth.

1914:UNCLETOM’SCABIN1915SONGS

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"MyLady'sLips(amlikedehoney),"lyricsJamesWeldonJohnson,musicWillMarionCook(NY:Schirmer;Boston:BostonMusicCo.,1915);sheetmusicwithadforfourCooksongs,publ.Schirmer,onp.6;copyrightinMarch1915;arr.fororchestrabyStephenJones(NY:Schirmer,1915),copyrightMay1915

“CruelDaddy,”wordsanon.,musicWillMarionCook(NY:Stern,1915);

copyrightedinJune1915;renewedNY:EdwardB.Marks,1942couldthisbeavocalversionof1913's"CruelPapa"?The1915copyrightisclaimedonthewordsandthearrangementofthemelody.

1915:DARKYDOM(II)ThesecondofCook’sshowswiththistitle;oneoftheshowsforwhichhe

wrotethemostoriginalmusic;hislastcompletedfull-lengthshow.Variety/NYAgeart.says2actsandfourscenes,withthreeofthescenesinthesecondact,and19numbersbyCook/Creamer.Infact,ofthe23itemslistedbelow,JRE/Creamercontributejust"Cairo"and"Rat-a-Tat";listedalphabeticallybelowwithI/IIindicatingpositioninfirstorsecondact.XindicatesinSampsonBlacksinBlackfaceandPeterson,Centurylist;YindicatesmentioninalongIndianapolisFreemanart.;***isnewCooksongthatgetspublished

I/4.Y"Arcadia"[forFannyWise];“Ardonna”inonereviewII/6.XY"Cairo"[forFannyWise],musicJamesReeseEurope,lyrics

HenryCreamer(NY:Ricordi,1915);notinReidBadgerlist;asecondactsong;“Cario”inonereview

I/10.Y"ChopSueySue"I/9.Y"CoonJine"I/8.X“DreamingTown”;perhapstheoriginal1904Cooksettingof

Dunbarlyricsthatbecame“MandyLou”in1905,ormaybeMandyLouitselfismeanthere?;thereisa"DreamingTown"byClarenceWilliamsacc.NYAge10/28,forLillianGrade;orY"DreamingTown"(1904?)

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[sungbyLillianGood/Grade];thereisaCadmansongtoDunbarlyrics:"ComeAwaytoDreamingTown"(1905)

II/8.Y"DrivetheBluesAway"II/4.XY"TheGhostShip"(newatPekinin1907),insecondact,NYAge

10/28callsittheproduction'sheaviestnumber[sungherebyCreightonThompson]

"TheJeweloftheBigBlueNile"(1908)[acc.Carter]II/5.Y"KeepOfftheGrass"(burlesquequartet)II/2.Y"Life",insecondact[HenryTroysong]II/1.XY"MagnoliaTime"[forNettieAnderson]***I/3.XY"Mammy",musicWillMarionCook,lyricsLesterA.Walton

(NY:Artmusic1915/1916/1917)(copyrightisEmpireMusicFebruary1916);thisisafirstactnumber,thebiggesthitoftheshow;sungbyOpalCooper

Y"Montgomery"[DoImisunderstandwhatthepapersaresaying?]I/1.Y"MyGal[Girl]FromtheSouth""MyLadyNicotine"(1910)[NB:NYAge(Oct.28)mentionsafirstact

"smokesong",andVariety/repr.NYAgesaysAbbieMitchelldoesa"smokesong"verywell;mustbeanaddition/interpolationforAbbie]

***II/3.XY"[My]Lady'sLips(amlikedehoney)",musicWillMarionCook,lyricsJ.W.Johnson(NY:Schirmer;Boston:BostonMusicCo.,1915);sheetmusicwithadforfourCooksongs,publ.Schirmer,onp.6[publishedinthespring,beforetheshow;becomesbigsecondactnumberforAbbieMitchellinthisshow,withOpalCooper;oneVarietyref.callsit"DaddyLips";Schirmeradforthesheetmusicwithcorrecttitle,inVariety,April23,1915,p.23]

I/2.Y"NaughtyMoon"[forNettieAnderson]II/7.XY"Rat-a-Tat[DrummerBoy]"[forHelenBaxter],musicJames

ReeseEurope,lyricsHenryCreamer(NY:Ricordi,1915);copyrightissuedtoRicordionSeptember24,1915

I/7.Y"ScaddledeMooch:noveltysong,"a.k.a.X"Scay-A-Da-Hootch"(CecilMackandChrisSmith(NY:Jos.Stern,1915);[productionnumberforAbbieMitchellacc.somereports,alongwithIdaForsyneandthechorus;reviewssayitwasabighitforIdaForsyne];introducedbyNoraBayesinZiegfeld'sMidnightFrolics

I/6.Y"You'reSoLoving"[forHenryTroy]

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Bigchorusnumbersare:

I/5.Y"AllKindsofPeopleMakeATown"***I/11.Y"IWanttoLiveandDieinOldDixieLand",musicWillMarion

Cook,lyricsCecilMack[firstactfinale];1915dateinsheetmusicatHoward;publishedin1916;seebelow.

Finale(II/9):Y"Bamboula"(ColeridgeTaylorpublisheda"Bamboula:RhapsodicDance,"in1911)

Andnotethatinjusttherighttimeframe,EuropeandCreamerpublisheightothersongs(allNY:Ricordi,1915,justlike"Cairo"and"Rat-a-Tat").Putanotherway,thetenCreamersongspublishedin1915accordingtoWorldCatarealltothemusicofJamesReeseEuropeandnooneelse,andonloytwoendupinthisshow.[TherearenoCreamersongsinWorldCatfrom1914or1916,sononeinthisrangewithCookaascomposer,forexample.]

"Father'sGonetotheWar"(May3/May4,1915;copyrightrenewedin1942byMaryEurope)

"FollowOn""IMustHaveSomeoneWhoLovesMe""I'llHittheHomewardTrail(MollyMay)""SomedayYou'llWantaHomeofYourOwn""SyncopatedMinuet:asong""TinkleaLittleTune""WaitforMe"

WashingtonBeereportofshowcontents:

ActI1.MyGalFromtheSouth2.NaughtyMoon3.Waning4.Arcadia5.Allkindsofpeoplemakesatown6.You'resoloving7.Scaddedemooch

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8.Dreamingtown9.Coonjine10.ChopSueySue11.LiveandDiein[Old]DixieLandActII1.MagnoliaTime2.Life3.Lady'sLips4.GhostShip5.KeepofftheGrass6.Cairo7.Rat-a-tat8.DrivethebluesawayFinale:Bamboola

1916SONGS

"IWanttoLiveandDieinOldDixieLand",musicWillMarionCook,lyricsCecilMack(NY:EmpireMusic,1916);LoCcopyrightin1916,andWorldCatentryhas1916.Thefirst-actfinaleofDarkydom(1915),publishedhereasasolosong.NB:“Mammy,”fromthesasmeshow,alsohas1916copyrightandwaspublishedbyEmpirein1916.

1917:JAZZLAND,with“SongsofYesterdayandToday”1917SONGS

“BuckingMuleRag,”musicWillMarionCook(London:Marriott&Williams,1917)inWorldCat;LoCcopyrightDec.28,1917/Jan.2,1918identifiestheauthoras“WillCook(ofEngland)”

“ParapetRag,”musicWillMarionCook(London:Marriott&Williams,

1917)inWorldCat

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1918SONGS

"Galo'Mine.(Caroline)"(GalofMine),lyricsCecilMack,musicWillMarionCook,(NY:Artmusic1918)LoCcopyrightforArtmusicOctober12,1917;copyrightrenewedforArtmusicNov.25,1944;couldthisbeDarkeydom's"MyGalFromtheSouth"?Thisishislastnewsongtobepublisheduntil“I’mComingVirginia”of1926,published1927,forwhichhecontributedlyrics.

1919:NEWYORKSYNCOPATEDORCHESTRA1919:SOUTHERNSYNCOPATEDORCHESTRA1919:AMERICANSYNCOPATEDORCHESTRA1921:COTTONBLOSSOMS1922:THEWORLDFAMOUSINTERNATIONALORCHESTRAANDSINGERS1923:CLEFCLUBORCHESTRAconcertizing1923:RUNNIN’WILDMiller&Lylesarethestars.August1923toFebruary1925OnBroadwayattheColonialfromOctober29,1923toMay3,1924.BigarticlebyLesterWalton,NYAge,January5,1924,pp.1,2;Waltonmentions"OldFashionedLove"asthebighit,andalsomentions"OpenYourHeart."

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2actsActIfinaleincludessong“TheCharleston”Ranseveralyears,solotsofrevisions.FromIBDB,16numbers:

ACT1 SungByOpenYourHeart EthelHillandJackPennGingerbrown Adalade,GingerandStruttersRedCapsCappers ChiefRedCapandBoysOldFashionedLoves MandyLittle,AdaladeandUncleAmosKeepMoving HeadWaiterandChorusCharleston RuthLittleandChorus

ACT2 SungByRoustabouts MaleOctetteLogCabinDays AngelinaBrownandOctetteGhostRecitative HeadWaiterPayDayonLevee UncleAmosandCompanySwaneeRiver EthelHillSongBirdsQuartette EthelHill,MandyLittle,RuthLittleandAngelinaBrownGhostEnsemble GhostAssociationLoveBug AdaladeJubaDance ChorusJazzYourTroublesAway EntireCompany

Peterson,CenturyofMusicals(pp.298-99),has25numbers;re-orderedtocorrelatewithIBDB,theyarethese16:OpenYourHeartGingerBrownRedCapsTappersOldFashionedLoveKeepMovin'CharlestonRoustaboutsLogCabinDaysGhostRecitativePayDayOnLeveeSwaneeRiverSongbirdsQuartetteGhostEnsembleLoveBug

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JubaDanceJazzYourTroublesAway----------andalsothese9:HeartBreakingJoeLazyDanceSet'EmSadieTheSheikofAlabam'WedsaBrown-SkinVampShowtimeSlowandEasyGoin'ManSnowtimeSunKistRoseWatchingtheClockSampson,BlacksinBlackface(p.299)has16numbers,includingnineseenaboveinIBDB,and7more,alphabetical,thatmostlyhaveacounterpartinPeterson'slist:OpenYourHeartGingerBrownOldFashionedLoveKeepMovin'CharlestonLogCabinDaysPayDayonLeveeLoveBugJubaDance-----BanjolandHeartBreakingJoeTheSheikofAlabam'ShowtimeShowAn'EasyGoin'ManSunKistRoseABrown-SkinVamp

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TheBrooklynDailyEagleFebruary15,1925,p.2E,saystherearesixteen(16)numbersinall,ofwhichthemostpopularare:SunKistRoseOpenYourHeartOldFashionedLoveSlowandEasyGoinManShowtimeTheSheikofAlabamCharleston

1924:NEGRONUANCES(I)AND(II)

FIRSTNUANCEScene1:AfricaInterludeScene2:GhostShipSECONDNUANCEScene3:CottonfieldsofGeorgiaInterludeScene4:ca.1860andEmancipationTHIRDNUANCEScene5:ClorindyInterludeScene6:GardenofFlowersFOURTHNUANCEScene7:NewOrleansandtheCharleston;onenumberhereis"Darkey

Love,"whichmightbethesongfrom1911'sBlackBohemia1925:TANTOWNTOPICS1925:HOTSYTOTSY/LAREVUENEGRE

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Cook’sshow,HotsyTotsy,atabloiddancerevuestarringLouisandMarion

Douglas,wascreatedinHarlem,andthenrevisedinParisfortheOctoberpremiere,andthenunderwentadditionalrevisionseveryfewweeksthatfalltodrawbackrepeatbusinessatboththeatresinwhichitwasmounted.ThesevenitemsbelowaretheoriginalParisshow.Here,Northandsouth,oldandnew,alternatenumbers.ItislikelythatHotsyTotsyworkedmorestraightforwardly,movingfromtheSouth(SteamboatRaceandCampMeeting)totheNorth(NewYorkSkyscraperandCabaret).ThiscanbearguedfromCook’spredilectionsgenerally,fromthecreationofjustfourbackdrops,andfromthehypothesizedmovefromfullstageto“intwo”to“inone”andthenbacktofullstage.TheCharlestonnumberinscene1inPariswouldhavebeeninscene7inHotsyTotsy(nottheBlackBottom,unlessbothweredone),andtherewouldhavebeennoDanceSauvage.

1.MississippiSteamboatRace(Ensemble;Douglas;DeForest;Baker)Aleveescene;iftheintroductionfeaturedthebandonstage,itsoundsreasonablethatintheseguetotableauone,thebandstayedputasthecurtainrosetoexposeastagefullofpeopleinfrontofthesteamboatbackdrop.Theshowbeginswithabigensemblenumber–aMississippiriverdockscene–introducingalltwenty-fiveperformers.Fullstagewithbackdrop.2.NewYorkSkyscraper(SydneyBechetandthetwoDouglas)Bechetisapushcartpeanutvendorplaying"TinRoofBlues"(acc.Blake,Tumultenoir,1999;thissongwaspublishedin1923);anyway,amemorableclarinetsolobySidneyBechetalonewithpushcart,dressedinaraincoatandanoldhat,ascurtainrisestoNYCskyscraperbackdrop;scenerepresentslifeaftermigrationtotheNorth.“Intwo,”infrontofabackdrop.3.LouisianaCampMeeting(MaudeDeForrestandJosephineBaker)DeForrestsingsa"shout"called"SameTrain"(acc.Blake,Tumultenoir,1999,p.94);thisisawell-knownspiritual“Intwo,”infrontofabackdrop.[Theolio,comprisingnoveltynumbers4,5,6:]

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4.LesStruttingBabies(theeightCharlestonSteppers)possiblyacake-walkfortheensemble;orelsemorelikelyitistheEightSteppersplusLewisDouglasdoing"AJazzCharlestonDrill";Infrontofthe"oliocurtain"("inone").5.DarkeyImpressions(JosephineBaker)"EccentricDance";eccentricdancesandimagesagainstashadowedscreenInfrontofthe"oliocurtain"("inone").6.Lespiedsquiparlent(LouisDouglas)"TheTalkingFeet";"MyFeetTalk";storytellingintap-dance,featuringLouisDouglas.Infrontofthe"oliocurtain"("inone").7.CharlestonCabaret(Ensemble,Douglas;BakerandAlex,etc.)ashowinashow:setinaHarlemnightclub,inwhosestageshowthereissinging,one-stepping,andtap-dancing,includingatsomepointdancingtheBlackBotton,andthenwearetransportedtoAfrica,featuringtheSavageDance/DanseSauvage,andfinally,LouisDouglasappearsasawaiterinthenightclubanddancesaroundtheDanseSauvagecouple;thissoundsverymuchlikethefinalnumberinBlackBohemiaof1911.Fullstagewithbackdrop.

1925:THEWHIRLOFDIXIE1925:TOOBAD1926:ANEVENINGOFNEGROMUSIC

ParticipantsincludedAbbieMitchell,TomFletcher,Hann'sCottonClubQuartet(the4EmperorsofSong),theDixieJubileeSingers,andDukeEllington'sWashingtonians(ajazzbandofeightpieces),whichplayedajazznumberaftereachvocalselectioninthefirsthalf,includingopeningwith"SwaneeButterfly"andclosingthefirsthalf

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withEllington'sown"TheJigWalker";JoeJordancametothestagefromtheaudienceandaccompaniedTomFletcherintwonumbers.AbbieMitchellsangagroupofsongsinPartIincludingLawrenceBrown's"SometimesIfeellikeamotherlesschild"andHarryBurleigh'sarrangementof"LittleDavid,playonyourharp,"plusanencoreofCook's"Mammy";inPartIIshesangCook's"Exhortation"andJ.RosamondJohnson'ssettingofDunbar's"Li'lGal",withCookasaccompanist;Hahn'squartetsang"AllGod'schillunsgotshoes,""Ev'rybodytalkin''boutHeavenain'tgoin'there,"andotherjubileesongsandspirituals;theDixieJubileeSingerssangsongsincluding"SoIcanchangemyname,"and"Swinglow,sweetchariot";andFletcherandJordanperformed"Oh,wouldn'tthatbeadream,"andencoreditwith"I'mgoin'toexit”(fromthereviewinNYAge,January16,1926,p.3).

1926:RUGGEDROAD(fullyaghost,orthecurrentversionofthenever

finishedopera)1926:MISSCALICO(1926)Peterson,CenturyofMusicals;Sampson,BlacksinBlackfaceOverture(Brown,cornettist)ACTI

America'sBlackCargoI'mComing,VirginiaSpecialtyI'mSatisfiedBlackBottomARevivalMeeting(skit/sketchwrittenbyG.Hooten)Specialty

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AFewMomentswithEthelWatersDownHomeStompFinale

ACTIIAFewMomentswiththeCalicoSyncopatorsandLouiaV.JonesTheDanceoftheOldBlackCrowSweetMamma,LuluBelle(skit/sketch)ShadowsontheWall[NB:relationtoRevueNegre]SpecialtyBamborinaACourtScene(skit/sketch)TheDrillofAuntHagar'sChildrenSpecialty:SomeSongsthatYouHaveHeardinYourHomes(EthelWaters,accompaniedbyPearlWright)Finale

1926:VIRGINIANIGHTS1927:AFRICANANorton(2002),II:497-498(1927.32)Cookmayhavehadnohand.Nonetheless,derivedfromMissCalico,witha

debttoLarevuenègre.PARTIScene1

BlackCargoBugleBluesWearyFeet,introducingI'mComingVirginia!TapDrill

Scene2AStepaSecond

Scene3AttheRailroadStation

Scene4TheOriginalBlackBottomDanceTapBlackBottomDance

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Scene5JudgementDay

Scene6HereComesMyShowBoatEthelWatersSongDanceoftheTambourinesALittleMinstrelandSpiritualHarmonyTheCakeWalkStrut

PARTIIScene7:TheMississippi

TimeAin'tVeryLongSmile

Scene8Shine'EmUp

Scene9Theporterandanexporter

Scene10:ARomanticInterludeClorindaTheBoyClorinda

Scene11SomeSongsYouHaveHomeonYourRecords(Waters)

Sene12:HarlemTransplantedtoParisSpecialtyBananaMaidensalaJosephineBakerTheBroomDanceTheCountandCountessAfricanaStompGrandFinale

1927SONGS

“I’mComingVirginia,”lyricsWillMarioncook,musicDonaldHeywood(NY:RobbinsMusicCorp.,1927);sunginMissCalicoin1926,thenabighitinAfricanaandpublishedthisyear;firstline:“StopthetraffictoDixie”chorus:“I’mcomingVirginia,I’mcomingtostay”

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"UpsandDowns,"lyricsMercerCook(inmsatHoward)

1927:SILHOUETTESNEGRE1928:SWINGALONG1929:GREATDAY1929SONGS

"TroubledinMind--NegroSpiritual,"lyricsMercerCook,musicarrangedandadaptedbyWillMarionCook(NY:Schirmer,1929;alsoinmsatHoward);or"I'mTroubledinmind",firstmentionisinareviewofthe1914benefitonMarch11probablythesameas"TroubleonMyMind,"whichisstillpayingroyaltiesatthetimeofhisdeathin1944;representedashisonlyspiritual,butmostlyoralloriginal

Note:"GhostShip;theSlaveShip,"from1907;unpublished,butcopyrightby

WillMarionCookNovember8,1929(7versionsinmsatHoward);EvaJessyeandherDixieJubileeSingersdo"TheSlaveShip"ona1931programwithtenorandbasssoloists(NYAge,Saturday,April18,1931,p.7)

Note:["HarlemBand,"wordsLenoirCookandMercerCook,unpubl.(1929)]["SweetheartILoveYou,"LenoirCookandMercerCook(1929);in

WorldCat,describedasprintedmusicbutnopublishergiven]1930SONGS

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"Ev'rybodyLoves,"lyricsandmusicWillMarionCook(1930;typescriptandmsatHoward)

1930:DUSTANDDAWN1932:ST.LOUISWOMAN1932SONGS

"HarlemisHell,"wordsMercerCook,musicWillMarionCook;unpublished,butcopyrightedbyWillMarionCookin1932(inmsatHoward)

Cookwritesasong"SlimGreer"tolyricsbySterlingBrown("SlimGreer/Ol'SlimGreer,"inmsatHoward);"SlimGreerinHell"isapoeminBrown'scollectedworks;inMarch1932whileinAsheville,acc.Carter,thesis,pp.173,381

Note:“Roamin’ForRomance,”lyricsMercerCook,musicJ.RusselRobinson

(1932);WorldCat["StoptheSun,StoptheMoon:mygal'sgone:foxtrot"(also"myman's

gone"),J.RusselRobinson,MercerCookandHartwell"Harty"Cook(NY:DeSylva,Brown,andHenderson,1932,etc.);introducedbyConnieBoswell.

NB:MercerworkedaslyricistwithcomposerJ.RusselRobinsonona

numberofsongsrightaroundnow

1933SONGS

"ALittleBitofHeavenCalledHome,"wordsMercerCook,musicWillMarionCook(NY:Schirmer,1933,1939);(alsoinmsatHoward);LoCcopyrightis1933(as“JustaLittleBitofHeaven”);

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AbbiesingsitinrecitalinOctober1933;Carteralsolists"JustaLittleBitofHeavenCalledHome"(NY:Metro-Goldwyn-Meyer,1934);Ahit,andinearly1939itisdescribedassungrecentlyovertheradiobyAlbertaHunteranditisWillMarionCook’sfirstpopularsonginover20years(IndianapolisRecorder,January7,1939,p.14)ThissongisstillpayingroyaltiesatthetimeofCook'sdeathin1944[NB:"ALittleBitofHeavenCalledHome,"MercerCook/WillMarionCookandHartwellCook,acc."iffy"Hartwellobit]

1934:OSINGANEWSONG,thegiantAugustpageantattheChicagoFair

ANegroPageant,athree-act,three-hourspectaclewithacastof5,000,inmusicalnumberswithsonganddance,andimmensecostumedpantomimescenes,entitled:"O,SingANewSong."NobleSisslewhohadoverallcoordinationofthisgiganticundertaking,gavecredittoCookforthecreativesparkthatdrovetheplanning:"WillMarionCooke[sic]said:"MyideaofsuchatributetotheAmericanNegroandhiscontributionisjustlikeadreamthatIhavehadforyears.IamgladthatSissleaskedmeforassistance,andIintendtogivemyallforthismammothpageantdepictingourartthatisrecognizedasoneoftheoutstandingaccomplishmentstheworldhaseverknown."AndsaidSissle:"WhataworldofmaterialWillCooke[sic]possesses,andwhatanopportunityforanexpressionfromhiminart,thatIknowwillastoundtheworld.""(ChicagoDefender,May5,1934,p.1)

PartI:inthejunglesofAfrica(theNegroinhisnativeAfrica).

"OdetotheSun"(a.k.a."AnOdetotheRisingSun"),byHarryLawrenceFreeman"MutteringThunder"theWitchSong

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(onCook's"GhostShip"atthePageant,seeTime24/1(1934),p.39)

PartII:onthecottonplantation(Plantationscene).

ThreeSpirituals:"ByeandBye,""GoDownMoses,"and"Steal AwaytoJesus""Pickin'Cotton""JohnBrown'sBody"and"Dixie""Rise,Shine,GiveGodtheGlory"(?sameas"PraiseGoda'Mighty,I'mFreeAtLast")TheUmbrianGleeClubdidCook's"SwingAlong"

PartIII:inthemodernage.

"CarryMeBacktoOldVirginny/Virginia"ForPartIII,NobleSissleandhisorchestraplayed,EarlHinesplayedthepiano(includingMapleLeafRag)AbbieMitchellsang"Red,RedRose"withCookatthepianoandtookaleadingroleintheversionofSt.LouisBluesconductedbyW.C.HandyIreneCastleMcLaughlinparticipated,directingarevueofdancessheandherlatehusbandhadmadefamous(CakeWalk,BunnieHug,TexasTommy,CastleWalk),andintroducingBill"Bojangles"Robinson.comedychorusofdoughboysJunglerhythmsinmodernsettingamechanisticballet,depictingmodernindustriallifeGrandFinale:Toclose,Sissle(oranensemble)sang"Osinganewsong,"whichheandVoderywrote.

1934:DUSTANDDAWNorDUSKANDDAWN

WhenDuskandDawnisannouncedbyWMC,whichispickedupintheBaltimoreAfroAmerican,November1934,hesayshe'sbeenatworkonitfor14years.Thisdeclarationmightpulltogetheranumberofreferences:

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1919:anewoperaforLondon1924:NegroNuancesworkingoutline1924:afterthisIshallproducegrandoperainParis!1926:Januaryreferencestohisopera1926:Juneref.toRuggedRoad;Julyref.to"somethinguphissleeve"1926-27,1927-28,1928-1929:atworkonanopera19217:SilhouettesNegre1930:DustandDawnasaminiforLafayetteinNYAge,January18,

1930,p.6,withlotsofhelpers1934:DuskandDawnasabigshow,aBroadwayextravaganza

AfricaTheslaveshipSlaveryinAmericaThefolksongperiodRagtimeTheworksongAForestFantasie

NB:FromAsheville,WillMarionCookrepublishesorre-copyrightssomeof

hisbiggesthitsongsinthelater1930sandearly1940s.1937:CookofAshevilleandJordanofNYCrenewcopyrighton“LovieJoe,”

July6,19371938:WillMarionCookandMercerwriteanoriginalballadforAlberta

Hunter1939:Schirmerre-issues“ALittleBitofHeavenCalledHome”1940:"MyAlabamaDan,leaderofthebigbrassband,"lyricsandmusicWill

MarionCook,unpubl.;thefourthsongtobecopyrightedbyWillMarionCookin1912;thoughevidentlyneverpublished,thecopyrightwasrenewedbyWillMarionCookfromAtlanta,June15,1940

1940:Schirmerre-issues“SwingAlong”in1940

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1941:"Let'sSavetheU.S.A.,toHellwithOverThere,"lyricsMercerCookandgrandsonMercerII(inms.atHoward)

1941:ThePittsburghCourier,June28,1941,p.21,withANPbylineNewYork,

June26andClevelandGazette,July26,1941,p.3saythatWillMarionCookandsonMercerhavewrittenanewsong,"ALittleBitofHeavenCalledHome,"butseeyears1933and1939above;are-issue?

1942:"MyLady,"lyricsDunbar(NY:Schirmer,1912),copyrightrenewedon

March4,1942fromAsheville.--------"DuckyWucky,"lyricsMercerCook(inmsatHoward)"EverybodyLoves"(inmsatHoward)"HoneyILovesYou,DatsAll,"withMercerCookandAlstonBurleigh,theson

ofHarryBurleigh(inmsatHoward)"MotherlessChile"(inmsatHoward)"NobodyKnowstheTroubleISee"(inmsatHoward)"OverHere,"lyricsMercerCook(inmsatHoward)--------

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