'Lam', Lam', Lam'', 1900. '"Munu" - Lam' Chops, Lam' Steak, Lam' Stew, Lam' Fritters, Lam' Chowder, Lam' Bast, Lam' O'Goodness; Words by Frank Abbott, music by Ben M. Jerome'. Inset photograph of performer in blackface. 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, as here.

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