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Thread #66828   Message #1112185
Posted By: masato sakurai
08-Feb-04 - 08:54 PM
Thread Name: Origins: Lucy Neale
Subject: RE: Origins: Lucy Neale
These (from the Levy collection) seem to be the ones; the first two (and others in the collection) were published in 1844:

Title: Miss Lucy Neale (A Favorite Ethiopian Song).
Composer, Lyricist, Arranger: Written, Sung, & Dedicated to His friends of his own native city, Philadelphia, by James Sanford, The Celebrated Negro Singer & Dancer.
Publication: Philadelphia: A. Fiot, 196 Chesnut St., 1844.
Form of Composition: strophic with chorus
Instrumentation: piano and voice
First Line: I was born in Alabama, My master's name was Meal
First Line of Chorus: Oh! poor Lucy Neale, Oh! poor Lucy Neale

Title: Lucy Neale. A Celebrated Negro Melody
Composer, Lyricist, Arranger: Adapted & Arranged for the piano Forte By Charles Von Bonnhorst, Jr., Banjo Melodist.
Publication: Philadelphia: J.G. Osbourn's Music Saloon, 112 S. 3d. St., Near the Exchange, 1844.
Form of Composition: strophic with chorus
Instrumentation: piano and voice
First Line: Oh! I liv'd down with my Master, His name was Mister Beale
First Line of Chorus: Oh Miss Lucy Neale, Poor Miss Lucy Neale

Title: The Virginia Minstrels' Cotillions. (1) Lucy Long; (2) Dandy Jim; (3) Boatman's Dance; (4) Lucy Neale; (5) Dan Tucker Jig. [Includes Dance Step Instructions]. Series Title Music of the Ethiopian Serenaders. Nine Songs and a Set of Cotillions.
Composer, Lyricist, Arranger: Arranged by Old Dan Tucker.
Publication: Philadelphia: E. Ferrett & Co., 68 South Fourth Street, n.d..