'Chicken Pete', 1901. 'As sung by Sadie Stringham in her sketch "Over Yonder"; words and music by Wilcox'. 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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