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Thread #165056   Message #3956502
Posted By: Joe Offer
13-Oct-18 - 07:19 PM
Thread Name: Lyr Req: Comic song about end of slavery in USA
Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Comic song about end of slavery in USA
Yes, that's "Year Of Jubilo" a.k.a. "Kingdom Coming" by Henry Clay Work. I'd call it comic - it certainly paints a comic picture of the "Massah." Henry Clay Work (1832-1884) and Stephen Collins Foster (1826-1864) were contemporaries. I think that Work was better able to write songs without becoming racially offensive - and "Kingdom Coming" does an especially good job of representing the sentiments of former slaves.

-Joe-