'Oh! Oh! Miss Phoebe', 1900. 'Words by Andrew B. Sterling; music by Harry von Tilzer'. 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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