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'Everything is lovely and the goose hangs high', 1901. Creator: Unknown.

'Everything is lovely and the goose hangs high', 1901. Creator: Unknown.

2-949-158 - /Heritage Images

'Everything is lovely and the goose hangs high', 1901. Song by George Waugh Arnold, sung by May Irwin, known for her performances as a 'coon shouter'. 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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Sensitive Subject

This image has been flagged as having a sensitive subject, or the attached metadata may use a historical and dated form of words and terms no longer used or deemed appropriate, but in common and accepted usage at the time the content was created and/or catalogued. No offence is intended and it is shown here and should be viewed in it’s historical context.

People Information

Creator
  1. Unknown, attributed to: :
Subject
  1. May Irwin: American, Canadian: actress, singer, performer, publisher
People Related
  1. George Waugh Arnold: American: Lyricist, composer, songwriter
  2. Jos W Stern & Co: American: Music publishing company
Medium
  1. Photograph
Picture Type
  1. Notated music
  2. Portrait
  3. Scores
Category Hierarchy

Lifestyle & Leisure Entertainment & Media

Society & Culture Issues & Causes

Society & Culture Music

Artistic Representations Portraits

People Other

Digital Image Size

Pixel Dimensions (W x H) : 4353x5622
File Size : 71,697kb

Aliases

  1. 1954811
  1. 1040001498
  1. 1954811
  1. 2-949-158
  1. 2949158

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