Miss Lucy Long

Ayang-ali Lucy Long", abu lye. Ming alyoot "Lucy Long"  nbiyang lilyoot abu ngyei gu ani, neet ma byin Amerika na, abye abubwom na shyei now nung abu ashei mung blackface minstrel ani.

Bayan nang an gabatad mang gu zagyie aniet ming akayang angyei 'Virginia Minstrels' malyie 1843, "Ayang-ali Lucy Long" si shyei now mami ananvam bwubwom ba. George Christy ayet asam ayet Atyu ahwi kyang anyuk, guwa ku shyei kpasai alyut nbiyang Atyu abwom, kusi tyei abwom ka si shyei shyi san zam ma byin Amerika. "Ayang-ali Lucy Long" shyi nwo din jen ji antyiak gasa ji ani, asi kyiak lamba nyuung di nat tyiak minstrel hu.

Asi ya'ason ming shyei gwugwok abubwom ba, aku bwom mung buki 'minstrel' aswak sisak ji an shyei bubwom, abwom din jen buki antebellum. 

Ming adyundyung agyei-minstrelsy, alyoot Lucy si yet kyang an nwan gu di yet abyik anwai byi nbang apyie ming lap vam ani.

ZOP NKHANG GBANBGANG (History)

Á fare asi ghwut ming abwom "Miss Lucy Long" ma lye 1842 ming accept akhwu khup bwubwom alyuut Amerika ani. Billy Whitlock aneet Virginia Minstrels si nye lyuut atyin abwom ka (autobiography): "ning gwa dyuut ... 'Miss Lucy Long' (aliyat na gwut abwonu T. G. Booth) ma lye 1838."[1]

Sarai ming kyak jen anyi song minstrel ani, "Miss Lucy Long" shye agbandang alyoot aja.[2] Abwom kikya afare ming khwat ason ming "minstrelsy".Aniet yet atyin Virginia Minstrels song din ngbam ning an tyak song ji Sarai ani. Dan Gardner si ghwut ming kyang ayet ngbam ming gasa kyang kup Lucy Long, sikel ming ajunjung sikel.[3] George Christy's tyian adidam tazwa Christy Minstrels afai, danian agwut ming Aya gwak ning akum aniet ba khwui ani.[4]  ming kyang angyei "New York Clipper" bwut Gardner kwon Sarai, asi lyuut "George [Christy] danian huhwa si yet afare Kyang anye aja ani; he was guwa si yet atyin Lucy Long."[5]

Ma lye 1845, abwom ka si yet agbandang abwom ming the song song minstrel,[6] asi ya'ason Anya sinat jen antebellum.[7] a hye ning ntam song ana song ana ani, jija yet song Boston Favorite Extravaganza si LUCY LONG."[8] alyoot Lucy tye a nwan abyik a nwai bang vam gu ani, ming minstrelsy. Tankai abwom akya si ghwut, nbiyang abwom"Lucy Neal".[9] ma alye 1920, abyie song angyei song Sally Long jisi shyei alyoot zam; ashyi abwom ka ming bwubwom minstrel.[10]

Agbandang Atyu lyen bwubwom Robert B. Winans ku shye  bwubwom "Miss Lucy Long" akpa 34% asi nsong minstrel, asi zop agyi zam ma lye 1843–52 nbiyang akpa 55% ma lye 1843 sinat 1847, swak kuzang abwom.[11] Mahar zop agyi asi shye abwom"Miss Lucy Long" yet a fiyang mami bwubwom ning acacet anyet lyuut shyim din jen aja ani, kang ming abwom "Mary Blane".[12] adoot abwom akya ka si shyei san zam ma lye 1855 sinat 1860,  ning minstrelsy nwo jen cat ani kampani madidit san hu din jen aja.[13] alyen lyuut "Miss Lucy Long" din jen aja zam.[12] asi shye asam aku maat abwom ka ani asi tazwa maat Hu gu kak ani. Mami lyen nsong aniet ba cat maat hu zam, alyiak aniet abwom ba khwuk sisak ku nmyim ani:[14]

Oh! N bai ming nwan,
Nbwom aba bwom;
Nsi tswat zinzwom,
Aniet ba si ngyie hu abwom Lucy Long.[15]

Mak Hu ming abwom Joe Ayers ning agwut dyo ani:

Nbai bu nbai ndi ang,
Abu nan bwom abwom fai,
Myai afufwo afa NKHANG nbai ndo ani,
Zi na shye aswap ba.[16]

Din jen zamani aniet senturit swak ming akubuyung, maat tyei mai, maat "Lucy Long" aniet madidit bya maat hu. Eric Lott ya afwuang aniet, aliyakani ba yet aliak ani. A Lyuut bwubwom ba din shong adyundyung aniet Zi nwai kai didir ani, asi more khap kwa adyundyung aniet danian juwai abwom Lucy— huhwa si nbye asi tin ji alyoot "huge feet" ko "corncob ayung"—asi tye asAm gu bwom ka, asam u si zagyie ashong dinian abwom ka, sisak ashong ba nang juwai abwom ka ani.[17] sisak, mami Shai ashye madidit ani, Lucy shye shim aswak Sarai, ming atan ayung nbiyang ya agyi "winning eyes".[18] Agbandang Atyu lyen bwubwom  William J. Mahar si ya afwuang, sisak abwom ka anwan shyie khap kwa, a nwan hu asi jong hu shim mami lak-li. "Miss Lucy Long" yet"'shye zagyie aniet madidit aliyak atyo tazwa anyuk nbiyang aniet cat ba lak a nwan ba kabu nsale, nwai khaat didit anyuk, nbiyang atsak lat ashye davou asam ba ani tazwa doka, taada, nbiyang khwui."[19] abwom ka tyai- sisak asam nbye vak ming cet tazwa myian ayuk[20] nbiyang sisak mang akayaiang anyian gori ani.[21] Sarai ming anya, atsak aliyat u wa yet minstrel zagi aniet na cat aniet ba nye asam a ba ku diba yet gori.[20]
Si huni nuna amiyang asam ming anap sinat nyiang tazwa asam abwom ani nbiyang alyoot anyu ka. "Miss Lucy Long" cat adidam ankyak adyundyung ayin tazwa avwuo shisham ming song ji nbiyang adidam cat ming black concepts of beauty and courtship and Amerika, sisak ji nan nwan nyiyang Sarai ani. Ashei sisak ji an cat abwom ka ani; asam ba song ani ya azwu zam ming Lucy nbiyang nbiyang Shai adidam aniet tazwa nwak lap vam.

Minstrel song abwom ka danian anwan hu di yet mak ha tazwa kup kyang ma bwom Lucy Long. Adyundyung agyei aniet ba song ani[9] nbiyang abwom ka ani sang nyap fwo danian ka si kwak fwo bana. Avwuo Lucy ka yet avwuo aliyat ha sinat ba ka yet si shyen vam ha.[21]
Kidee, ma lye 1846, Dan Emmett nbiyang Frank Brower nbiyang dang nani mami "Miss Lucy Long" gwaang:

[Dialogue.]
FRANK ka bye tikla gagement ka nat avwuo atung ming ngwon ka ni.
DAN hah! A nat song ming kaswo nfan asong arter eels. mity cureous cat mavwu atung dat!
FRANK ning [t] nwai yet eels, agbandang fan ha 
DAN Zan tankai song ja asong?

Abwom shim (Chorus) [koyang ming konyan bwom].
     Kyiak jen ang Miss Lucy
     Kyiak jen ang Miss Lucy Long 
     Song abwom ka Lucy
     Kyiak jen ang gwaniyam nung.

[Dialogue.]
FRANK ning ndyap ka danian nyuung jinjok.
DAN mamiyang, nwan afwung zong ming dadang ya Tuk. Aswak ba kuzang jen.

Aniet shyi Abwom (Chorus) [koyan ming koyan].[28]