'I aint a-goin' to weep no more', 1900. 'A first-night hit; words by Geo. Totten Smith; music by Harry von Tilzer'. Sung by Belle Davis, 'Star of her Race'. 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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