The Mudcat Café TM
Thread #169199   Message #4089743
Posted By: meself
24-Jan-21 - 03:36 PM
Thread Name: Minstrel songs and chanties
Subject: RE: Minstrel songs and chanties
A bit off topic, but ... can anyone explain the accent in that Homefront recording? Is it supposed to be a re-creation of the way a 19th century middle/upper-class White American might have sung those 'minstrel' songs, southern Blacks of the time might have done so, or is it the singer's natural accent with the lyrics as written, or something else? I'm not being snarky; I just don't know what the intent is, and what to make of it.