1905 Harvard Disc Record THE MORMON COON Bob Roberts, No. 3199
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THIS WEEK I WILL BE LISTING ULTRA RARE 78 RPM RECORDINGS I'VE RECENTLY ACQUIRED. THE MAJORITY OF THESE RECORDINGS ARE A SERIES OF 1930s AMERICAN COMMUNIST RECORDS RECORDED ON THE TIMELY RECORDING COMPANY LABEL AND EARLY 1900s "COON" SONGS. THESE RECORDS ARE EXTREMELY RARE AND ARE NOT SEEN ON EBAY EVERY DAY. CHECK OUT MY LISTING PAGES FOR THE SELECTION AND BID NOW! THANKS. AND NOW, CHECK OUT THIS ITEM...
Minstrel song from 1905 exemplifying Black and Mormon ethnic stereotypes of the era, with Raymond A. Browne as lyricist and Henry Clay Smith as composer. Issued on the Harvard label and sold by the Sears Company, artist Bob Roberts. Lyrics are as follows:
I'm out in Utah, in the Mormon land,
And going to stay, because I'm living grand,
I used to rave about a single life,
Now every day I get a brand new wife.
I've got a big brunette, And a blonde to pet,
I've got 'em short, fat, thin and tall,
I've got a Cuban gal, and a Zulu pal,
They come in bunches when I call
And that's not all--I've got 'em pretty too
Got a homely few,
I've got 'em black to octoroon,
I can spare six or eight, Shall I ship 'em by freight?
For I am the Mormon coon.
As the song progresses, it ridicules Black political and economic citizenship as well as intelligence:
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