1847 – "Dearest Mae: A Celebrated Ethiopian Song" - Ephemera 1268

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1846

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1847 – "Dearest Mae: A Celebrated Ethiopian Song." Sung by the Harmoneons. James Power (music) and Francis Lynch (lyrics).Philadelphia and New York: A. Fiot and W. Dubois, 1847. Complete. Approximately 10” x 13”.

"Dearest Mae" was an exceptionally popular minstrel song made popular by the black-faced group, the Harmoneons. Dearest Mae is referenced in the original lyrics of "The Yellow Rose [of Texas]" along with another beautiful African-American woman, Rosa Lee: “You may talk about your Dearest Mae / And sing of Rosa Lee” before its lyrics became race-neutral.

Light toning. Removed from a privately bound album of sheet music, so rough along the left edge.

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