'I'm thinkin' 'bout you honey, all the time', 1901. 'A Dainty Serenade by Cole and Johnson'. Sheet music: 'The Witmark Progressive Method for the Piano. By Edward Holst the Most Practical School of the Era'. 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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