All the Big Song Successes: As Introduced by Lew Dockstader and His Own Great Minstrels

Creator

Lew Dockstader

Files

Publisher

J. Fred Helf Company

Publication Date

1911

Abstract

A scorebook with several songs including "The Wanderer" by Jean C. Havez and Edward Victor Cupero; "Texas Tommy's Dance" by Edgar Leslie and Lewis F. Muir; "Let's Make a Rag of the Old Oaken Bucket" by Edgar Leslie and Fred Watson; "Hands Up" by Arthur J. Lamb and J. Fred Helf; "Love Me to a Yiddisha Melody" by Joe Young and Edgar Leslie; "I am Longing for the Old Days Marguerite" by Arthur J. Lamb and J. Fred Helf; "Wanted! A Harp like the Angels Play" by E.B.E. Bessey and J. Fred Helf; "On the First Dark Night Next Week" by Edgar Leslie; "Gee, But It's Great to Meet a Friend from Your Home Town" by William Tracey and James McGavisk; "When Tony La Board Played the Barber Shop Chord" by Joe Young and Bert Grant; and "Lord! Have Mercy on the Married Man" by Edgar Leslie and J. Fred Helf. Lew Dockstader was a comedian and vaudeville actor who routinely performed in blackface.

Keywords

Songs with piano, Popular music, Minstrel music, Lew Dockstader (1856-1924), Blackface ministrel shows

Extent

28 pages

Physical Collection

Black American Sheet Music

Call Number

Special Collections: AFR M1365 .A45 1911

Language

English

Media Type

Scores (Documents for music)

Identifier

A65-00062

Recommended Citation

Dockstader, Lew, "All the Big Song Successes: As Introduced by Lew Dockstader and His Own Great Minstrels" (1911). Black American Sheet Music Collection. 56.
https://digitalcommons.usf.edu/aa_sheet_music/56