# List of blackface minstrel songs

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
* B
* C
* D
* E
* F
* G
* H
* I
* J
* K
* L
* M
* N
* O
* P
* Q
* R
* S
* T
* U
* V
* W
* X
* Y
* Z
* See also
* Notes
* References

## 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)

## B

* "Babylon Is Fallen", Henry Clay Work (1863)
* "Back Side of Albany"
* "The Band of Niggers! From 'Ole Virginny State'" (1844)
* "The Bee-Gum", G. Willig (1833)
* "Billy Patterson", Dan Emmett (1860)
* "The Black Brigade", Dan Emmett (1863)
* "Blue Tail Fly" (a.k.a. "Jimmy Crack Corn") c. 1846
* "The Boatman's Dance", credited to Dan Emmett (1843) (Emmett, Boston, 1840s or 1842) (Nathan 131–2, 186, 191, 193, 320–3)
* "Bonja Song" (c. 1820)
* "Bowery Gals" (a.k.a. "As I Was Lumbering")
* "Bress Dat Lubly Yaller Gal"
* "Briggs' Breakdown", Z. Bacchus
* "Buckley's Sleighing Song", A. Sedgwick (1853)

## C

* "Camptown Races", Stephen Foster, (1850)
* "Can't Yo' Heah Me Callin' Caroline", Caro Roma (1914)
* "Carry Me Back to Old Virginny" James A. Bland, (1878)
* "Charleston Gals" (1844)
* "Ching a Ring Chaw"
* "Claire de Kitchen", performed as early as 1832 by T. D. Rice and George Washington Dixon
* "Clar de Track", 1840s.
* "Clem Titus' Jig", published by Dan Emmett
* "Coal Black Rose" (c. 1829)
* "The Colored Croquette", James Lord Pierpont (1853)
* "Come Back Stephen"/"Come Back Steben"
* "Cornfield Green"
* "Cynthia Sue"

## D

* "Dandy Broadway Swell", (1849)
* "Dandy Jim from Caroline" (and variants), Dan Emmett (c. 1844)
* "Dar He Goes! Dats Him!", Dan Emmett (1844)
* "Dere Be Any Malted Licker Here?"
* "Darkey Money Musk" (a.k.a. "Money Must", "Holyrood or Moneymusk", "Sir Archibald Grant of Monymusk's Reel"), Daniel Dow (1780)
* "Darkies' Pastime"
* "Darktown Strutters' Ball, Shelton Brooks (1917)
* "Dearest May"
* "Dick Myers' Jig", published by Dan Emmett
* "Dinah's Wedding Day"
* "Division Street Jig", Z. Bacchus
* "Dixie" (a.k.a. "Dixie's Land", "I Wish I Was in Dixie"), Dan Emmett contested, 1859
* "Do Fare You Well Ladies" (1840s)
* "Do I Do I Don't Do Nothing" (1825)
* "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)
* "Effects of the Brogue", (a.k.a. "Tatter Jack") Dan Emmett (by 1861)
* "The Entertainer, Scott Joplin (1902)

## F

* "Far [Fare] You Well Ladies"
* "Farewell My Lilly Dear", Stephen Foster (1851)
* "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)
* "The Free Nigger", sung by R. W. Pelham (1841)

## G

* "Gantz's Jig", published by Dan Emmett
* "Genuine Negro Jig", published by Dan Emmett
* "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"
* The Glendy Burk, Stephen Foster (1860)
* "Ginger Blue" (1841)
* "Grape Vine Twist"
* "Gonna Eat Ma Chicken 'Til I'm Fried"
* "Gray Goose and Gander"
* "Guinea Maid"
* "Gumbo Chaff" (a.k.a. "Gombo Chaff"), early 1830s
* "Gwine to de Mill", Jay R. Jenkins (1846)

## H

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

## I

* "I Ain't Got Time to Tarry" (a.k.a. "The Land of Freedom"), Dan Emmett (1858)
* "I'm Going Home to Dixie", Dan Emmett (1861)
* "I'm Gwine ober de Mountain", Dan Emmett (1843)
* "I Saw the Beam in My Sister's Eye"
* "If Money Talks, It Ain't On Speaking Terms With Me", J. Fred Helf (1902)
* "Ireland and Virginia"

## J

* "Jack on the Green", Dan Emmett
* "James Crow", Sam Carusi (1832)
* "Jenny Get Your Hoe Cake Done", popularized by Joel Sweeney (1840)
* "Jim Along Josey", credited to "an Eminent professor" and performed by John N. Smith (1840)
* "Jim Brown" (1835)
* "Johnny Boker or De Broken Yoke in de Coaling Ground" (1840)
* "Johnny Roach", Dan Emmett (1859)
* "Jolly Raftsman"
* "Jordan Is a Hard Road to Travel", Dan Emmett (1853)
* "The Jolly Raftsman"
* "Juba"
* "Juber" (1840s)
* "Jumbo Jum" (1840)
* "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)
* "Loozyanna Low Grounds", Dan Emmett (1859)
* “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)
* "Mary Blane" (a.k.a. "Mary Blain"), Billy Whitlock (1846)
* "Massa Is a Stingy Man" (1841)
* "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)
* "Moze Haymar Jig", Dan Emmett (1845)
* "My Old Kentucky Home", Stephen Foster (1853)
* "My First Jig", Dan Emmett (c. 1840s)
* "My Long Tail Blue" (1830s)
* "My Old Aunt Sally" (1843)
* "My Old Dad"/"Old Dad" (1844)

## N

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

## O

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

## P

* "Pea Patch Jig", Dan Emmett
* "Peel's Jig"
* "Peter Story Jig", Dan Emmett
* "Philadelphia Gals"
* "Philisee Charcoal"
* "Picayune Butler (Ahoo! Ahoo!)"
* "Picayune Butler's Come to Town" (before 1847)
* "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"

## Q

* "Quaker's Jig", R. Myers

## R

* "Ring, Ring de Banjo", Stephen Foster (1851)
* "Ring the Bell, Fanny", James Lord Pierpont (1854)
* "Rise Old Napper"
* "Road to Richmond", Dan Emmett (1864)
* "Rob Ridley", Charles White (1855)
* "Rock Susana", Horace Weston (1887)
* "Roll Out! Heave Dat Cotton", William Shakespeare Hays (1877)
* "Root, Hog or Die", Dan Emmett (c. late 1840s or early 1850s)
* "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)
* "Seely Simpkins Jig", Dan Emmett
* "Settin' on a Rail" (1836)
* "Shoo Fly, Don't Bother Me" (1869)
* "Sich a Gettin' Up Stairs" (c. 1834)
* "Singing Darkey of the Ohio"
* "Skeeters Do Bite"
* "Sliding Jenny Jig", R. Myers
* "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)
* "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)

## U

* "Uncle Gabriel" (1848)

## V

* "Van Bramer's Jig", published by Dan Emmett
* "Virginia's Lubly Ground"

## W

* "Walk Along John" (1843)
* "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)
* "Whoop Jamboree Jig"
* "Who's Dat Knocking"
* "Who's Dat Nigga Dar a Peepin" (1844)
* "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)
* "(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?)