| Composer: | Osborne, Nat 1878-1954 |
| Alternate title: | Pickaninny's paradise |
| Lyrics: | What's the matter honey there's a tear in your eye (first line of text)
You lay your black kinky head in a bed on a pillow of white (first line of chorus) |
| Contributors: | Von Tilzer, Harry
Courtney Sisters | 1872-1946 |
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| Publisher: | Harry Von Tilzer |
| Publication Date: | 1918 |
| Description: | The pickaninnies paradise / words by Sam Ehrlich ; music by Nat Osborne.
Song for voice and piano.
Caption title.
First line of text: What's the matter honey there's a tear in your eye.
First line of chorus: You lay your black kinky head in a bed on a pillow of white.
Cover ill.: Aged African American woman and child, workers in a cotton field. Photos of The Courtney Sisters and Harry Von Tilzer.
"Introduced with great success by The Courtney Sisters"--Cover.
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| Format: | 1 score (3 p.) : ill., ports. ; 31 cm. |
| Subjects: | Popular music
African Americans--Songs and music |
| Copyright: | Permissions/Copyright Statement for Sheet Music |
| Digital ID: | dpl-hac-11951.dc |
| OCLC Record ID: | 20120532 |
