'Sadie, you's ma lady-bird', 1901. 'Words by Arthur Trevelyan, music by William H. Penn; sung by Camille D'Arvalle; music supplement of the Los Angeles Sunday Herald'. 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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