Coon, Coon, Coon is a coon song from 1900. The words were written by Gene Jefferson and the music by Leo Friedman. It was performed by Lew Dockstrader. Arthur Collins and Joe Natus recorded a rendition of the song on Edison Records in 1901.[1] The University of California Santa Barbara has a brown wax phonograph cylinder recording of the song.[2] A version of the songsheet has a photograph of Irving Jones inset.[3]
The Library of Congress has a photograph of two white children pointing at an African American described as illustrating a line from the song.[4]
A version of the song was recorded in the Max Hunter Folk Somg Collection.[5]
References
- ^ https://www.alexandria.ucsb.edu/lib/ark:/48907/f3f76b9p
- ^ https://www.library.ucsb.edu/OBJID/Cylinder5217
- ^ https://egrove.olemiss.edu/sharris_b/14/
- ^ https://www.loc.gov/item/2015650722/
- ^ https://levysheetmusic.mse.jhu.edu/collection/145/160