An awful wicked nigger

words by S.B. Alexander; music by Summit L. Hecht For voice and piano Caption title Sung by: May Irwin Advertisement for other songs: p. [6] Cover illustration: drawing of Black couple walking away from Black man knocked on the ground / E.S. Fisher; photograph of May Irwin Library's copy has stamp on cover: For the press

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Original record: An awful wicked nigger
Collection: Representations of Blackness in Music of the United States (1830s-1920s)
Date(s): 1862 – 1938
Usage: Collection is open for research.
Rights Statement: No Copyright - United States
Creator(s): Alexander, Sigmund Bowman (lyricist)
Fisher, E. S. (illustrator)
Hecht, Summit L. (composer)
Irwin, May, 1862-1938 (performer)
White-Smith Music Pub. Co. (publisher)
Subject(s): African American
Alexander II
E.S. Fisher
Irwin, May
Men
Popular music
Songs and music
United States
Type: notated music

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