Christy’s Bones and Banjo Melodist. Being a Collection of the Most Popular, Fashionable Patriotic Ethiopian Comic and Humorous Songs, Speeches, Etc. As Sung and Delivered by the World Renowned Christy’s Minstrels at Their Popular Entertainments Throughout the United States.
New York: Dick and Fitzgerald, Publishers, Circa 1880s. 6 x 4”, 72 pp, racial caricature illustration to front cover. A collection of songs sung by Christy’s Minstrels, a prominent American minstrel troupe that pioneered the three act minstrel show consisting of Tambo, the interlocutor, and Mr. Bones. Toning and damp.....