Talk:List of blackface minstrel songs

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Old Dan Tucker[edit]

I'm curious if "Old Dan Tucker" might be a minstrel-show tune. Web search says it was written by Dan Emmett or slaves about a white reverend, so I wonder if it was intended for blackface minstrelsy. I wondered if anyone had a print reference on this. BrianSmithson 15:05, 11 September 2005 (UTC)[reply]

Alphabetization and capitalization[edit]

Does anyone have an idea how titles in faux black dialect should be alphabetized? One example from the current list is "De Boatman's Dance". Another I haven't yet added is "De Colored Fancy Ball". Should "De" be treated like "The" and ignored, or should it serve as the first significant letter of the title, placing it in the D section? Similarly, should these dialect versions of "the", "that", etc. be capitalized when they appear within the body of the song title (i.e., "Old Cuff in de Mornin'" or "Old Cuff in De Mornin'")? My sources are inconsistent on these points, and it appears the period songsters and programs were as well. BrianSmithson 11:51, 11 October 2005 (UTC)[reply]

Clearly arbitrary, but we should be consistent within the article. I'd agree to pretty much any reasonable standard. -- Jmabel | Talk 06:49, 12 October 2005 (UTC)[reply]

Sources[edit]

I'm skeptical of the Canebrake Minstrels album/liner notes/website as a reliable source. It's a good album, and well done, but as far as I can tell, it's self-published. I'm not questioning the truth of anything they say, I just think we need a better source for those items. Jochen Scheytt also does not appear to be a reliable source; it's self-publication of a school paper (based on his bio, probably graduate studies in jazz and popular music) for an area in which the author is "not really an expert" by his own words. Thanks, cmadler (talk) 16:07, 3 September 2009 (UTC)[reply]

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