'Ma curly headed babby', 1900 (Inferred). 'Sung by Vivian Holt and Lillian Rosendale in the Musical Extravaganza Hello Alexander as presented by Lee and J. J. Shubert with McIntyre and Heath'. 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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