This is a list of songs that either originated in blackface minstrelsy or are otherwise closely associated with that tradition. Songwriters and publication dates are given where known.

A

"Abraham Lincoln Jones", Cecil Mack and Chris Smith (1909) "Alabama Joe" (a.k.a. "Shall Trelawney Die") (before 1855) "Angelina Baker" (1850) "The Arkansas Traveler" (c. 1862)Nathan 209.

B

"Babylon Is Fallen", Henry Clay Work (1863) "Back Side of Albany"Winans 5. Winans gives no more information than the title. "The Band of Niggers! From 'Ole Virginny State'" (1844)Nathan 84. "The Bee-Gum", G. Willig (1833)Nathan 161. "Billy Patterson", Dan Emmett (1860)Nathan 254-5. "The Black Brigade", Dan Emmett (1863)Nathan 255. "Blue Tail Fly" (a.k.a. "Jimmy Crack Corn") c. 1846Lott 200. "The Boatman's Dance", credited to Dan Emmett (1843)Winans 4. (Emmett, Boston, 1840s or 1842) (Nathan 131–2, 186, 191, 193, 320–3) "Bonja Song" (c. 1820)Nathan 159-60. "Bowery Gals" (a.k.a. "As I Was Lumbering")Mahar 368. "Bress Dat Lubly Yaller Gal" "Briggs' Breakdown", Z. BacchusNathan 483-4 "Buckley's Sleighing Song", A. Sedgwick (1853)

C

"Camptown Races", Stephen Foster, (1850)From Representative Poetry Online ; the site does not specifically single this out as a minstrel tune, but it is by Foster, and the dialect is immediately apparent. "Can't Yo' Heah Me Callin' Caroline", Caro Roma (1914) "Carry Me Back to Old Virginny" James A. Bland, (1878) "Charleston Gals" (1844)Nathan 207. "Ching a Ring Chaw"Cockrell 148. Cockrell gives no composer or date of publication. "Claire de Kitchen", performed as early as 1832 by T. D. Rice and George Washington DixonCockrell 47-9. "Clar de Track", 1840s.Mahar 367. "Clem Titus' Jig", published by Dan EmmettNathan 194. "Coal Black Rose" (c. 1829)Lott 133: performed 1833 by T. D. Rice in Oh, Hush! or The Virginny Cupids.Cockrell, p. xi. "The Colored Croquette", James Lord Pierpont (1853) "Come Back Stephen"/"Come Back Steben" "Cornfield Green"Nathan 215. "Cynthia Sue"

D "Dandy Broadway Swell", (1849)Nathan 59. "Dandy Jim from Caroline" (and variants), Dan Emmett (c. 1844)Nathan 324-7. "Dar He Goes! Dats Him!", Dan Emmett (1844)Nathan 183-4. "Dere Be Any Malted Licker Here?" Nathan 187 "Darkey Money Musk" (a.k.a. "Money Must", "Holyrood or Moneymusk", "Sir Archibald Grant of Monymusk's Reel"), Daniel Dow (1780) "Darkies' Pastime"Nathan 190. "Darktown Strutters' Ball, Shelton Brooks (1917) "Dearest May" "Dick Myers' Jig", published by Dan EmmettNathan 200-1. "Dinah's Wedding Day" "Division Street Jig", Z. BacchusNathan 485. "Dixie" (a.k.a. "Dixie's Land", "I Wish I Was in Dixie"), Dan Emmett contested, 1859The writer of "Dixie" is contested. Many sources, including Nathan, credit Dan Emmett as the song's writer. Sacks and Sacks, on the other hand, name members of the Snowden Family Band as the writers. Abel 47-8 lays out the claim to the song made by William Shakespeare Hays. "Do Fare You Well Ladies" (1840s)Nathan 86. "Do I Do I Don't Do Nothing" (1825)Nathan 159. "Don't bet your money on de Shanghai", Stephen Foster (1861) "Dr. Hekok Jig", Z. Bacchus, published by Dan Emmett(Nathan 200, 203, 208, 486–7)

E

"Eelam Moore Jig", Dan Emmett (before 1854)Nathan 345-6. "Effects of the Brogue", (a.k.a. "Tatter Jack") Dan Emmett (by 1861)

F

"Far [Fare] You Well Ladies" "Farewell My Lilly Dear", Stephen Foster (1851)Lott 187. "The Fine Old Color'd Gentleman", Dan Emmett (1843) "De Floating Scow Quickstep" (a.k.a. "Oh Carry Me Back to Old Virginny"*), E. Ferrett (1847) "Forty Hosses in de Stable", J. Kierman (1840s)Nathan 75. "The Free Nigger", sung by R. W. Pelham (1841)Nathan 57.

G

"Gantz's Jig", published by Dan EmmettNathan 195. "Genuine Negro Jig", published by Dan EmmettNathan 202-4. "Gentle Annie", Stephen Foster (1856) "Geraldine", James Lord Pierpont (1854) "Gentle Nettie Moore/The Little White Cottage", James Lord Pierpont (1857) "Get along Home, Cindy", possibly developed from a minstrel tune "Cindy Lou"Dolby, Karen (2015). Auld Lang Syne: Words to Songs You Used to Know. Michael O'Mara Books. . The Glendy Burk, Stephen Foster (1860) "Ginger Blue" (1841)Nathan 79. "Grape Vine Twist"Nathan 191-2. "Gonna Eat Ma Chicken 'Til I'm Fried"Nathan 244-5 "Gray Goose and Gander" "Guinea Maid" "Gumbo Chaff" (a.k.a. "Gombo Chaff"), early 1830sNathan 173. "Gwine to de Mill", Jay R. Jenkins (1846)Nathan 432-4.

H

Hand Me Down My Walking Cane, James A. Bland (1880) "Happy Are We Darkies So Gay" "Hard Times", Tom Briggs (1855)Winans 5. "Hell on the Wabash Jig"Nathan 194-5 "High Daddy", Dan Emmett (1863)Nathan 395-400. "Hop Light, Loo", Dan Emmett (before 1854)Nathan 334. "Hot Corn"

I

"I Ain't Got Time to Tarry" (a.k.a. "The Land of Freedom"), Dan Emmett (1858)Nathan 243. "I'm Going Home to Dixie", Dan Emmett (1861)Abel 41. "I'm Gwine ober de Mountain", Dan Emmett (1843)Nathan 316. "I Saw the Beam in My Sister's Eye"Nathan 208. "If Money Talks, It Ain't On Speaking Terms With Me", J. Fred Helf (1902) "Ireland and Virginia"Lott 95: these were essentially Irish nationalist songs in blackface.

J

"Jack on the Green", Dan EmmettNathan 277. "James Crow", Sam Carusi (1832)Nathan 55-6. "Jenny Get Your Hoe Cake Done", popularized by Joel Sweeney (1840)Cockrell 10. "Jim Along Josey", credited to "an Eminent professor" and performed by John N. Smith (1840) Cockrell 5. "Jim Brown" (1835) "Johnny Boker or De Broken Yoke in de Coaling Ground" (1840)Nathan 439-42. "Johnny Roach", Dan Emmett (1859)Nathan 244. "Jolly Raftsman" "Jordan Is a Hard Road to Travel", Dan Emmett (1853)Nathan 335-9 "The Jolly Raftsman" "Juba"Nathan 443-6. "Juber" (1840s)Nathan 73. "Jumbo Jum" (1840)Nathan 72. "Jump Jim Crow", (c. 1823, popularized by T.D. Rice in 1828) "Just Because She Made Dem Goo-Goo Eyes", Hughie Cannon (1900)

K

"Kingdom Coming" (a.k.a. "Year of Jubilo"), Henry Clay Work (1862) "Kitty Crow", James Lord Pierpont (1853)

L

"Land of Canaan", played by J. Simmons (before 1860) "A Life by the Galley Fire" "De Long Island Nigger", Emma Snow (?) (c. 1848) "Long Time Ago", John Cole (1833)Nathan 161-2. "Loozyanna Low Grounds", Dan Emmett (1859)Nathan 379-80 “Lucy Long” (see http://utc.iath.virginia.edu/minstrel/lucylongfr.html) "Lucy Neal"/"Lucy Neale" J. P. Carter (1844) "Lynchburg Town"

M

"Marty Inglehart Jig", Dan Emmett (1845)Nathan 204-5. "Mary Blane" (a.k.a. "Mary Blain"), Billy Whitlock (1846) "Massa Is a Stingy Man" (1841)Nathan 64-6. "Merry Sleigh Bells" "The Merry Sleigh Ride, Valentine Dister (1852) "Mighty Lak' a Rose", Ethelbert Nevin (1901) "Miss Lucy Long" (a.k.a. "Lucy Long", "Miss Lucy Song"), Dan Emmett and Frank Brower (1844), or Billy Whitlock (1842) or possibly Billy Whitlock (1838)Nathan 130-1. "Moze Haymar Jig", Dan Emmett (1845)Nathan 340. "My Old Kentucky Home", Stephen Foster (1853) "My First Jig", Dan Emmett (c. 1840s)Nathan 348. "My Long Tail Blue" (1830s) "My Old Aunt Sally" (1843)Nathan 175-6. "My Old Dad"/"Old Dad" (1844)Nathan 447-9.

N

"Negro Jig", Dan Emmett (1845) "Nelly Was a Lady", Stephen Foster (1849) "New York Gals", Emma Snow?Nathan 88. "The Newton Jig", James Buckley (1860)Nathan 488. "Nigga General" "Nigger on de Wood Pile", Dan Emmett (1845)

O

"(O Lud Gals) Gib Me [Us] Chaw Terbakur", words by Dan Emmett (1843)Nathan 475-8. "Oh, Come along John" a.k.a. "Walk along John" (1843)Nathan 450-3. "Oh, Dem Golden Slippers, James A. Bland (1879) "Oh, Ladies All!", Dan Emmett (published 1858, probably written in the 1840s)Nathan 332-3. "Oh Lemuel", Stephen Foster (1850) "Oh! Susanna", Stephen Foster (1847)Lott 203-206. "Old Aunt Jemima, Billy Kersands (1875) "Old Black Joe, Stephen Foster (1860) "Old Bob Ridley", Charles White (1855)Nathan 81. "Old Dan Tucker", words by Dan Emmett (1843) "Old Folks at Home", Stephen Foster (1851) "Old Joe", F. M. Brower (1844)Nathan 457-60. "Old Joe Golden"Nathan 467-8. "Old Johnny Boker" "Old King Crow" "Old K. Y. Ky.", Dan Emmett (1860)Nathan 385-9. "Old Tar River"/Ole Tare River" (1840)Nathan 471-4. "Old Uncle Ned", Stephen Foster (1848) "Ole Bull and Old Dan Tucker" (1844)Mahar 22. "The Ole Grey Goose" (1844)Nathan 461-3. "De Ole Jawbone" (and variants), perhaps Joel Sweeney (1840) "Ole Pee Dee", J. P. Carter (1844)Nathan 469-70. "Ole Virginny Break Down" (1841)Nathan 90. "The One Horse Open Sleigh", (a.k.a. "Jingle Bells") James Lord Pierpont (1857) "Joe Sweeney's Jig", published by Dan EmmettNathan 199. "Owl Creek Quickstep", Dan EmmettSacks and Sacks 170.

P

"Pea Patch Jig", Dan Emmett "Peel's Jig"Nathan 489. "Peter Story Jig", Dan EmmettNathan 341-2. "Philadelphia Gals" "Philisee Charcoal" "Picayune Butler (Ahoo! Ahoo!)" "Picayune Butler's Come to Town" (before 1847)Nathan 154 "Polly Wolly Doodle", credited to Dan Emmett, (1843/1878/1880) "Poor Elsie", James Lord Pierpont (1854) "Poor Uncle Tom", A. Sedgwick (1852) "Possum up the Gum-Tree"Nathan 186.

Q

"Quaker's Jig", R. Myers

R

"Ring, Ring de Banjo", Stephen Foster (1851)Lott 194. "Ring the Bell, Fanny", James Lord Pierpont (1854) "Rise Old Napper" "Road to Richmond", Dan Emmett (1864)Nathan 370-3. "Rob Ridley", Charles White (1855) "Rock Susana", Horace Weston (1887)Nathan 490. "Roll Out! Heave Dat Cotton", William Shakespeare Hays (1877) "Root, Hog or Die", Dan Emmett (c. late 1840s or early 1850s)Nathan 347. "Rosa Lee"

S

"Sad to Leave Our Tater Land" (early 1850s) "Sam Johnson's Colored Cake Walk", Dave Braham (1883) "Sandy Boy", possibly Phil Rice (before 1858) "Sandy Gibson's", Dan Emmett (1859)Nathan 366-9. "Seely Simpkins Jig", Dan Emmett "Settin' on a Rail" (1836)Cockrell 47. "Shoo Fly, Don't Bother Me" (1869)Nathan 89. "Sich a Gettin' Up Stairs" (c. 1834) "Singing Darkey of the Ohio" "Skeeters Do Bite" "Sliding Jenny Jig", R. MyersNathan 490-1. "Someone in de House wif Dinah", possibly Phil Rice (before 1858) "Stop Dat Knocking", A. F. Winnemore (1847) "Sugar Cane Green" "Sugar in a Gourd" "Suke of Tennessee" "Susey Brown"/"Suzy Brown" "Sweep Oh!"

T

"Tell Me Josey Whar You Bin" (1840)Nathan 65. "There'll Be a Hot Time in the Old Town Tonight, Theodore A. Metz (1896) "To the Cornfields Away" "Tom Brigg's Jig", published by Dan Emmett "Turkey in the Straw", developed from Zip Coon (1861) "Twelfth Street Rag", Euday L. Bowman (1898/1914/1919) "Twill Nebber Do to Gib It up So", Dan Emmett (1843)Nathan 403-9.

U

"Uncle Gabriel" (1848)Nathan 87.

V

"Van Bramer's Jig", published by Dan EmmettNathan 491. "Virginia's Lubly Ground"

W "Walk Along John" (1843)Mahar 196. "Walk Jaw Bone" (c. 1840) "Walking for dat Cake", Dave Braham (1877) "Wait for the Wagon", Geo P. Knauff (1851) "Westchester Nigga Song" "Whar Did You Come From?" (subtitled "Knock a Nigger Down"), performed by Joel Sweeney (1840) "Whar Is de Spot We Were Born?" "What O' Dat", Dan Emmett (1859)Nathan 381-4. "Whoop Jamboree Jig"Nathan 191. "Who's Dat Knocking" "Who's Dat Nigga Dar a Peepin" (1844)Nathan 479-82. "Wide Awake" a.k.a. "Dar's a Darkey in de Tent", Dan Emmett (early 1859) "[In de/In the] Wild Raccoon Track" "De Wild Goose-Nation", Dan Emmett (1844)Nathan 257. "(Won't You Come Home) Bill Bailey", Hughie Cannon (1902)

Y

"Yellow Corn"

Z

"Zip Coon" (a.k.a. "Old Zip Coon"), performed by George Washington Dixon (1829? 1835?)page on U.C. Berkeley site, page on www.stephen-foster-songs.de , accessed 11 Sept 2005. The tune is better known today as "Turkey in the Straw", although those are later lyrics.

Notes

References Abel, E. Lawrence (2000). Singing the New Nation: How Music Shaped the Confederacy, 1861-1865. Mechanicsburg, Pennsylvania: Stackpole Books. Cockrell, Dale (1997). Demons of Disorder: Early Blackface Minstrels and Their World. Cambridge University Press.