We'll raise de roof tonight - New and original plantation
melody - 1884
Wheeler, J. W.
First line: Come niggers grease yo ankles and wenches
bang yo wool
Chorus: Come along, oh! chillun come along
CREATED/PUBLISHED
Boston, Massachusetts, Blair & Lydon, 1884
RELATED NAMES
Lyricist: Wheeler, Hawthorne G.
Illustrator: Cinthy Johnson
Dedicatee: Milt G. Barlow
Performer: Mr. Milt G. Barlow of
Barlow & Wilson's
Minstrels
DIGITAL COLLECTION
Historical American Sheet Music: 1850-1920
CALL/REPRODUCTION NUMBER
Music B-167
REPOSITORY
Rare Book, Manuscript, and Special Collections Library,
Duke University
Used by permission:
REPOSITORY
Rare Book and Special
Collections Division, Library of Congress
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