'Cupid might have been a little coon', 1901. Creator: Unknown. # 2949799

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'Cupid might have been a little coon', 1901. 'Successful Numbers from the New Musical Comedy 'The Explorers'; [song] lyrics by Bert Leston Taylor, music by Walter H. Lewis'. 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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