'What! Marry dat gal?', 1899. 'Introduced with Immense Success by Fay Templeton at Weber & Fields Broadway Music Hall in "Hurly Burly"; words by Harry B. Smith; music by John Stromberg'. From a collection of sheet music, some examples of which depict African Americans in a derogatory way. Other examples are songs by white musicians purporting to be black.

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