I'd like to be a real lady

words by Alex. Rogers; music by Tom Lemonier For voice and piano "As introduced by Ada Overton-Walker in Williams & Walker's latest production 'In Dahomey'" Advertisement for "Popular folios" by the publisher: p. [6] Title page illustration by Starmer: Afro-American woman in ball gown with glasses; cameo photo. of Aida Overton-Walker

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Original record: I'd like to be a real lady
Collection: Representations of Blackness in Music of the United States (1830s-1920s)
Date(s): 1880 – 1914
1901 – 1910
Usage: Collection is open for research.
Rights Statement: No Copyright - United States
Creator(s): Lemonier, Tom, 1870-1945 (composer)
Rogers, Alex (lyricist)
Shapiro, Bernstein & Co. (publisher)
Starmer (illustrator)
Walker, Aida Overton, 1880-1914 (performer)
Subject(s): African Americans
Popular music
Songs and music
United States
Walker, Aida Overton
Williams & Walker
Type: notated music

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