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Thread #52464   Message #803308
Posted By: masato sakurai
15-Oct-02 - 01:47 AM
Thread Name: Origin: Jim Along Josey / Jim Along Josie
Subject: RE: Jim Along Josie: lyrics and origin
From the Levy Collection:

Title: Jim Along Josey.
Composer, Lyricist, Arranger: Arranged for the Piano Forte, By An Eminent Professor.
Publication: New York: Firth & Hall, No.1 Franklin Sq., 1840.
Form of Composition: strophic with chorus
Instrumentation: piano and voice
First Line: Oh! I'se from Lucianna as you know, Dar whare Jim along Josey's all de go
First Line of Chorus: Hey get along, get along Josey Hey get along Jim along Joe!
Performer: As Sung by Mr. John N. Smith
Subject: African Americans
Subject: Caricatures
Subject: Clothing & dress
Subject: George Washington
Subject: Martin Van Buren
Subject: Ethnic stereotypes
Subject: Dialects
Call No.: Box: 020 Item: 005

Title: Jim Along Josey! The Very Celebrated & Popular American Melody.
Composer, Lyricist, Arranger: na
Publication: London S. Duncomble, 10 Middle Row, Holborn, n.d.: , .
Form of Composition: strophic with chorus
Instrumentation: piano and voice
First Line: I hab cum from Lussianni so straight and slick, Dars where Jim along Joseys all de kick
First Line of Chorus: Hey get along, get along Josey, hey get along, Jim along Joe
As Sung at all the Lond & New York Theatres, Concerts, etc., by every Popular Comedian and Comic Singer with the Encore Verses, Now first Published Subject: African Americans
Subject: Caricatures
Subject: Dancing
Subject: Courtship & love
Subject: Actors
Subject: Ethnic stereotypes
Subject: Dialects

Title: Hey! Get Along Rosy!
Composer, Lyricist, Arranger: na
Publication: New York: Firth & Hall, No.1 Franklin Square, n.d..
Form of Composition: strophic
Instrumentation: piano and voice
First Line: The poets say that posies Can wreath love's magic spell But this beats all the roses
First Line of Chorus: Hey get along, get along Rosey; Hey get along get along do.
Performer: The Popular Air Sung by Mrs. Timm, in Beaty & the Beast, To the Air of "Jim Along Josey."
Engraver, Lithographer, Artist: Fleetwoods litho.
Subject: Portraits
Subject: Courtship & love

Title: Ethiopian Quadrilles. (1) Goin Ober De Mountin; (2) Jonny Boker; (3) De Old Jaw Bone; (4) Jumbo Jum; (5) Jim Along Josey.
Composer, Lyricist, Arranger: Arranged By A. Nagerj Onyqjva.
Publication: New York: Firth & Hall, 239 Broadway, 1843.
Form of Composition: sectional
Instrumentation: piano
Performer: Danced and Sung by the Virginia Minstrels
Engraver, Lithographer, Artist: Sett.; Lith. of Endicott
Subject: African Americans
Subject: Caricatures
Subject: Dancing
Subject: Singing
Subject: Musicians
Subject: Flatboats
Subject: Farms
Subject: Bodies of water
Subject: Arguments
Subject: Crocodiles
Subject: Fish
Ethnic stereotypes Call No.: Box: 017 Item: 033
Subject: Clothing & dress
Call No.: Box: 017 Item: 103
Call No.: Box: 017 Item: 111

~Masato