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07/29/2016AChronologyandItineraryoftheCareerofBobCole:MaterialsforaBiographyPeterM.LeffertsUniversityofNebraska-LincolnThisdocumentisoneinaseries---"ChronologyandItineraryoftheCareerof"---devotedtoasmallnumberofAfricanAmericanmusiciansactiveca.1900-1950.Theyarefalloutfrommyworkonapairofessays,"USArmyBlackRegimentalBandsandTheAppointmentsofTheirFirstBlackBandmasters"(2013)and"BlackUSArmyBandsandTheirBandmastersinWorldWarI"(2012).InallcasesIhaveputintosomekindoforderanumberofbiographicalresearchnotes,principallydrawinguponnewspaperandgenealogydatabases.Noneofthemisanykindoffinished,polisheddocument;allrepresentworkinprogress,completewithmissingdataandtheoccasionaltypographicalerror.Iinvitequeries,amplifications,andcorrections,whichmaybedirectedtoplefferts1@unl.edu.ThepresentdocumentisafirstdraftofJuly2016.--------BobCole(1868-1911)Lyricist,librettist,composer,actor,singer,dancer,comedian;activeinmusicalcomedyandvaudeville;acontemporaryofErnestHogan,WillMarionCook,andtheJohnsonbrothers.Hiscareerhasbeenwellcovered,especiallythroughthescholarlycontributionsofThomasRiis(seeBibliography).Asacreativefigure,heworkedmostcloselywith

BillyJohnson(1858-1916),andJamesWeldonJohnson(1871-1938),andJohnRosamondJohnson(1873-1954).

Name:Wentmostlyby"Bob";hislastnameissometimes,butrarelyandmostlyinhisearlycareer,"Coles";referencesinthemodernsecondaryliteraturesayhealsousedthepseudonym"WillHandy,"butthatisonlyinreferencetothesong"Oh!Did'tHeRamble"(1902),forwhich,seebelow.--------

RobertAllen(Bob)Cole(Athens,GA,July1,1868-Catskill,NY,August2,1911).BornandraisedinAthens,GA.Learnedpiano,banjo,guitar,andcelloasachild.WenttopublicschoolsandAtlantaUniversity(alternatively,wasanemployeeofAtlantaUniversitybutdidnotstudythere).Byoneaccount,"ColewasalsoatAtlantaUniversity,whereinthecollegegleeclubhelearnedthathehadtalentforthestage.Hedriftedintoaminstrelshow,andfromthereintotheBlackPattiTroubadours"(Washington(DC)ColoredAmerican,September10,1904,p.2,3)Thena"singingbellboy"inJacksonville,Fla.(alternatively,inAsburyPark,NJ).ThenNYhotelwork,thentoChicago.[[??thenintoworkasayoungprofessionalmusicianinresorts,hotels,etc.inthenortheast??[CHECK]].Thestoryistoldinwhatevidentlywasawire-servicefillerthatRosamondJohnson"onceheldapositionasbellboyinYoung'shotelinBoston"and"took"thelibertyofplayingPaderewski's"Minuet"forthegreatpianist....whowasstayingatthathotel"(e.g.,ColdSprings(NY)RecorderandGully(MN)Sunbeam)VaudevilleoutofChicagointhelater1880s[CHECK],culminatinginhisassociationtherewithSamT.Jack'sshowsfrom1891.HewasinChicagoatthesametimeashisdirectcontemporary,WillMarionCook,intheearly1890s,buttheywouldinalllikelihoodhaveruninverydifferentcircles,andColewouldhavebeenontourmuchofthetime.1891-1892FirstseasonwithSamT.Jack'sCreolescompany,fromAugust.The1891-1892minimusicalisTropicalReveries.Inhisearly20s,Robert(Bob)Cole(orColes)isaregularwithSamT.Jack'sCreolesforfiveseasons,fromthisfirstseasonof1891-92through1895-96.ColeanbetracedwithJack'scompanyfromAugust1891,atfirstintheact"Cole&Staples"withJohnStaples(referencesinNYClipper,August15,1891andIndianapolisFreeman,August22,1891,p.1;A&S,OutofSight,pp.156,158).1892-1893

SecondseasonwithSamT.Jack'sCreolescompany.The1892-1893minimusicalmayhavestillbeenTropicalReveries.

"Partheniatookafancytoacoon,"lyricsandmusic,BobCole(NY:Rossiter,1893);hisfirstpublishedsong;"sungwithgreatsuccessbyVernonaJarbeau.";VernonaJarbeau(1861-1914)wasawellknown(white)lightopera,musicalcomedy,andvaudevillesinger;itwasrecordedduringarecordingsessionbytheUniqueQuartettefortheNewYorkPhonographCompanyinfall1893fortheEdisonlabel(GageAverill,FourParts,NoWaiting)

1893-94ThirdseasonwithSamT.Jacks(Clipperref.;A&S,OutofSight,p.162;andacc.Riis).The1893-1894minimusicalisAuntJane'sWoodenWedding.TheWillieWaysidetrampcharacteriscreatedinthisseasonacc.Riis,butRussellobitofColesaysnotuntilBlackPattirunin1896-1897inAtJollyConeyIsland(withJohnsonasthebuncomanandsidekicknamedJimFlimflammer);thefirstref.tothischaracterinOldFultonNYPostcardsisNYDramaticMirror,September19,1896,p.7,inthatBlackPattishow(AtJollyConeyIsland,etc.),andingenealogybank.cominDecember1896inthatshow;HedoesanactwithWalterSmartinSmartandColesthisseasoninSamT.Jack'sCreoleCo.(NYClipper,July28,1893,p.324);alsodoesanactwithStellaWiley,acc.Riis,butnewspapersandobitspointto1895forwhenhemeetsher,andfrequentmentionsofthemtogetherdatefrom1896,18971894SONGS

"BillJohnson,theMonkey,andtheDago:songandchorus,"lyricsandmusicBobCole(NY:CrugerBros.,1894).Isthishis[later]partnerBillyJohnsonbeingreferredto?NB:Isham'sOctoroonslaterfeatureBrownandMayintheolio,doing"TheDagoandtheMonkey,"underwhichtitlenothingturnsupinWorldCat;ThissongwascollectedbyaballadhunterasafolksonginBentonville,Arkansasin1958(UniversityofArkansasDigitalCollections)

"WinsomeBelle.Ballad,"lyricsandmusicBobCole(NY:CrugerBros.,

1894)1894-1895FourthseasonwithSam.T.Jack's(DramaticMirrorref.,A&S,OutofSight,p.388,389;etc.).The1894-1895minimusicalsareTheTropicalTempleofThespisandPlantationPastimes.StellaWileyiswiththecompanyinanAugust1894roster(NYClipper,August18,1894,p.372)atthebeginningoftheseason,andsheisatWorth'swithC.V.Moore'sColoredMinstrelsattheendoftheseason(NYClipper,April20,1895,p.102).ColealsoparticipatesinWorth'sfirstseasonwithblacktroupes,andheappearswithBillyJohnson(AbbottandSeroff,etc.).NB:LesterA.Walton'sobitintheNYAgesaysthetroupeatWorth's,onSixthAve.and30thStreet,wasthe"All-StarStockCompany."Theexpressionhasyettoturnupelsewhere.1895SONGS

"ColoredAristocracy,"or"I'mtheleaderofthecoloredaristocracy,"lyricsandmusicBobCole(NY:Brooks&Denton;London:Francis,Day&Hunter,1895);newsonginadinNYClipper,August24,1895,p.397verse:"Thecityisinanuproar"chorus:"I'mtheleaderofthecoloredaristocracy"SungbytheMcNairHoseMinstrelcompanyasthefinaletothefirstpartoftheirshow(Warsaw(NY)WyomingCountyTimes,December5,1895,p.1)

"Demgoldenclouds,"lyricsandmusicBobCole(NYandLondon,Brooks

&Denton;London:Francis,Day&Hunter,1895),acc.Riis,fromsheetmusiccoverpublisher'sreference;however,thissongisnotnotpairedupwith"ColoredAristocracy"and"Fly,fly,fly"inNYClipperpublisher'sads

"Fly,fly,fly,"lyricsandmusicBobCole(NYBrooks&Denton;London:

Francis,Day&Hunter,1895);itwassunginNateSalisbury'sBlackAmericainSeptember,1895(NYHerald,September17,1895,p.7);newsonginadinNYClipper,August24,1895,p.397

1895-1896Cole'sfifthandfinalseasonwithSam.T.Jack's(DramaticMirrorref.,etc.),andhissecondandlastatWorth's,withBillyJohnson(andBJalsowithIsham).The1895-1896minimusicalsforJack'scompanyareUndertheWeepingWillowsandTheSouthernSunset,thelatterwithbuckandwingdancingandacakewalk(NYDramaticMirror,December28,1895,p.21).StellaWileyisoneofthecreolesandoctoroonsannouncedforFlynn&Sheridan'sshowsforfall1895(NYClipper,August3,1895,p.339),butsheendsupwithJack'scompanyagainthisseason(seeChicagoDailyInterOcean,August25,1895,p.33;NYDramaticMirror,September7,1895,p.4;NYDramaticMirror,December28,1895,etc.);lotsofnewspaperhitsfromthisseason,butnotthelastone;newspapersandobitsputhertogetherwithColeonlyfromnow,thoughRiissaysitwasearlier(andWileywaswiththecomnpanybeforenow);e.g.,ColeandWileyaredoinganewdancingspecialtywiththecompany(NYClipper,November9,1895,p.566);Russellobitsays1895(ChicagoDefender,August12,1911,p.1)1896,inMarch:SamT.Jack'sCreoleco.isplayingatSamT.Jack'sOpera

HouseinChicago;RobertColeisoneof"fourcomedianswhocanamuse"(NYDramaticMirror,March14,186,p.21).

NB:SylvesterRussellinobit(ChicagoDefender,August12,1911,p.1)saysthatnext,"SamT.JackhadtakentheSavoytheatreonBroadwayintheneighborhoodof27thstreetforarunofhiscreolecompany"andRussellwouldknow,sincethistroupeincludedtheyoungRussellhimself,withCole,Wiley,etc.asstars;Icannottracethiselsewhere;itcouldbearunofjustoneorafewweeks,andthusduringoneofthefiveseasonsabove.1896SONGS

"Moveup,Johnson,"lyricsandmusicBobCole(NY:Brooks&Denton;London:Francis,Day&Hunter,1896)."AsintroducedbySam.

Jack'sCreoles,"GeorgiaJubileeSingers,""BlackAmerica,"etc.etc."BrownLibraryreportsapublicationdateof1900,butthissongappearsinalistofnewmusicreceivedbyTheEditorinlate1896,anditiscalledanewnumberinthemostup-to-dateversionofHoyt'sATriptoChinatowninnewspapersinJanuary1897(e.g.,Ithaca(NY)DailyNews,January16,1897,n.p.[p.2?])

1896-18971896, in September: George Walker and Bert Williams came to New York

and got a flat on 53rd Street in fall 1896, and an article by George Walker says that Will Marion Cook hung out at their NYC flat on 53rd Street then along with Dunbar, Burleigh, Bob Cole and Billy Johnson, Jesse Shipp, and Will Accooe

ATJOLLYCOONEYISLANDColeandBillyJohnsonthisfallarewiththeBlackPattiTroubadoursinaminimusicalcalledAtJollyCooneyIsland;theshowbeganrehearsalsinNYConAugust20(NYDramaticMirror,August15,1896,p.18)andopenedinSeptember;ColeisdefinitelyWillieWaysideandJohnsonisJimFlimflammerfromthispointoninthenewspapers(e.g.,Washington,D.C.,EveningStar,December8,1896,p.16);Russellobitsaysitisnowthathecreatesthischaracter.TheminiisthefirstitemonthebillofBlackPatti'sshow(PartIoutofthree).[Ingenealogybank.com,StellaWileydoesnotshowupuntilhere,inthefallof1896,butseeabove.]Tensongsareidentifiablewiththisminimusicalthroughwebnewspapersearchesoftitles;itisevidentlyacompilationscore;someoftheoriginalColeandJohnsonnumbersarere-usedinnextyear'sATriptoCoontown:

"AtJollyCooneyIsland""TheBelleofAvenueA,"lyricsandmusicSaffordWaters(NY:Howley,

Haviland,andDresser,1895);sungbyStellaWiley"TheBlackFourHundred'sBall:marchsongandchorus"(TheBlack

400s'Ball),lyricsBillyJohnson,musicBobCole(NY:Howley,

Haviland,andCo.,1896);see1896-1897ref.inIndianapolisFreeman,March13,1897,p.5

"BlackGalMine"(I'llMakeDatBlackGalMine),Ward&Reed(NY:NYMusic,1896)

ComicSong"DowntoConeyIsland";possiblythisis"TakeMeDowntoConey

Island,"lyricsH.Morton,musicG.Kerker(NY:Harms,1896),fromTheBelleofNewYork

"4-11-44:acoonditty,"lyricsandmusicBobCole(Milwaukee:JosephFlanner,1897);laterre-usedinATriptoCoontown;IndianapolisFreeman,March13,1897,p.5namesBobColeoftheBlackPattiTroubadoursastheauthorofthesong"4-11-44")

"HoneyDoesYouLoveYourLittleMan,"Bratton&Ford(NY:Witmark,1895)

RedHotsTheThreeLittleKinkies

Riis(ISAMMonographs1992)identifiessevensongs(*forthefivealsoabove):

*AtJollyCooneyIsland*BlackFourHundred'sBall*4-11-44*RedHots,RedHots*DowntoCooneyIslandPLUSSongoftheBathersSongoftheBloomersNB:morecoloredaristocracy:1897songwithwordsandmusicbyIrvingJones,"Theblackfourhundred:songandchorus,"(or"acomicNegromarchsong")(NY:GeorgeL.Spalding,1897);onthecoveritsays"DedicatedtotheColoredAristocracy"and"Tothepublic:therearethreeclubsinNewYorkcitycomposedentirelyofcoloredmen,andconsequentlythereismuchrivalryandjealousybetweenthemforfirsthonorswiththeduskybellesof"LittleAfrica"withwhomthe'black400'atthepresenttimeseemtobeslightfavorites."

1896,inDecember:forecastofacomicopera,KingEat'Em-All,i.e.,astheopeningminimusical,forthenextseasonofBlackPattiTroubadours:"BobCole,producerandstagemanager,withBlackPattiTroubadours,ispreparingacomicopera,entitled:"KingEat'Em-All,"whichwillbeproducedbyMme.JonesandtheTroubadoursnextseason"(IndianapolisFreeman,December19,1896,p.5)

1897,atendofthespringseason:Cole&JohnsonbreakwithBlackPattiin

latespring(May/JUne),afterjustoneyear;therewereissuesaboutcontractrenewals,buttherewasalsoapublicspataboutthe"theft"ofsomemusicbyColethatwascentraltotherupture(seeLee,SissierettaJones,pp.112-14)

1897SONGSThisisColeandBillyJohnson'sbigbreak-outyearforpublishedsongs,withmanythisyearandthenaboutasmanyin1898andstillsomein1899;Ashere,somewereforTinPanAlley,andnotoriginallyornecessarilyforthe1896-1897orthe1897-1898musicals:

"BabyWillYouAlwaysLoveMeTrue?"lyricsBillyJohnson,musicBob

Cole(NY:Broder&Schlam,1897)"TheCzaroftheTenderloin:marchsong,"BobCole&BillyJohnson(NY:

Spaulding,1897;NY:Howley,Haviland,andCo.,1897);atwo-step;LoChson-linecopyfromwhichitcanbeseenthatneitherthecovernorthefirstpagedistinguishcomposerfromlyricist;verse:"AmericahasaPresidentandEnglandhasaQueen";sungbytheRogersBros.atKosterandBial'sinJulyandAugust,1897,andbyLewHawkinsattheGrandRepublicfloatingroofgardeninlateJuly,andbyM.S.WhallenatTonyPastor'sinAugust,1897;thesongreferstoarealhistoricalcharactermuchinthenewsjustthen;re-usedinthefallinATriptoCoontown

"QueenofShinboneAlley"[ShinboneAlley],lyricsBillyJohnson,musicBobCole(NY:Rossiter,1898);newinlater1897andpublishedin1898;notan1893song[WaltonobitinNYAgesaysthatthisishisnextpublishedsongafter"Parthenia"butthatisanerrantrecollection];published1898butalreadyincirculationin1897;advertisedmultipletimesbyRossiterasthenewcoonsonghit,

sungbyavarietyofnamedsingers,inNYClipper,includingDec.4,1897andDec.25,1897;"SungbyGertieCarlisleofPalmerCox'sBrownie'sCo."---averyfamousstarisaverywell-knownextravaganza;called"hislatesthit"onthesheetmusiccover

1897-1898SEASONONEofATriptoCoontown1897,infall:ATRIPTOCOONTOWNLeavingtheBlackPattiTroubadours,Cole&BillyJohnsonworktogetherforfourseasonsasacomedyteamintheir3-actmusicalcomedy,ATriptoCoontown:1897-98,1898-99,1899-00,1900-1901.ColewasWillieWayside(inwhitemake-up=whiteface,inebriated,hobo=awhitedrifter)andBillyJohnsonwasJimFlimflammer(ablackdandy,the"buncosteerer,"abunkoartist=conman=akindof"BuncoBill").Thisisthefirst"bigtime,""fullshow"blackfarcecomedy.Saidtobe"thefirstAfrican-Americanmusicalcomedy"inRiis(2011).Notcountingallthemini-musicalcomedies,thatseemstoholdtrue.Note,though,thecontentsofthefirstiterationoftheshow(below),alongvariety-showlines.-Note:AprogramsurvivesfortherunattheThirdAvenueTheatreinNYCin

April1898,neartheendofSeasonOne.-Note:Afullscriptturnedupin2008inanarchiveoftypescriptssubmitted

forcopyrightdepositatLoC(Moonetal(2011);Riis(2011)).TheLoCdatestampofSeptember27,1899suggeststhatthistextcouldbethepointofdepartureforSeason3,butinfactitappearstobevirtuallyidenticaltoSeason1,andthustonothavemostofthesongsdocumentedforlaterseasons.

Thisfirstiterationoftheshowisaconflationofwhatisactuallyarelativelyshortmusicalcomedy---almostjustatab,ataboutadozenmusicalitems,thushardlyanybiggerthanAtJollyCooneyIsland---togetherwithafinalactofconcertnumbers.ThemodelhereisbasedonJack'sandIsham's,BlackPatti'sandburlesquemodels(andultimately,theminstrelshow).Theyusedathree-partstructurewithaminiasPartI,avarietyolioasPartII,and"ATourAroundtheOperas"withmoreseriousrecitalfareasPartIII.Here,elements

ofolioareinterpolatedintothemini,andthefinalactismostlyrecitalfare,withsomeframingelementstoassociateitwiththemini.SONGS:Fromthenumberofsongsthatgetpublishedandadvertisedonsheetmusicandinnewspapers,itappearsthattheminimusicalpartoftheshowgrewdramaticallyinSeason2---probablytoafullevening,withagrowthfromaround12musicalnumberstoaround18(andpresumably,thecuttingofthefinalact"recital").InSeason1,fiveorsonewpublishedBobCole&BillyJohnsonsongsandtwoolderpublishedBobCole&BillyJohnsonsongsareused;"TwoBoldBadMen"isprobablyanunpublishedBobCole&BillyJohnsonnumber.ThemusicalnumbersareinanApril1898program(Norton(2002),I:623[1898.22]),atwo-actversionoftheshowfromneartheendofSEASONONE,whichisvirtuallyidenticaltothelaterSeptember1899script,irrespectiveofitsdivisionintothreeacts.See:

ActI"TheFamousBlackMoguls:songandchorus,"lyricsBillyJohnson,

musicBobCole(NY:HowleyHaviland,1897,1898);new"IHopeTheseFewLinesWillFindYouWell,"lyricsBillyJohnson,music

BobCole(NY:Howley,Haviland,1897);new[[scriptcallsforasonghere]]OldKentuckyHome[Foster][[Rubesingsasonghere,inscript]]TwoBoldBadMen"ATriptoCoontown"(solo),lyricsBobCole&BillyJohnson,musicBert

Williams(NY:Howley,Haviland,1897);newATriptoCoontown(chorus;reprise)"TheCzaroftheTenderloin,"BobCole&BillyJohnson;oldTheItalianMan[anItalianspecialtyact,donebyBillBinkerton,acc.

IndianapolisFreeman,April16,1898,p.5]"TheChristeningofaLittleBlackCoon,"lyricsBillyJohnson,musicBob

Cole(NY:Howley,Haviland,1897);newTheEquilibrist[anequilibristspecialtyactdonebyJimWilson,acc.

IndianapolisFreeman,April16,1898,p.5]

(Play)"4-11-44,"lyricsandmusicBobCole;old"TheWeddingoftheChineeandtheCoon:comicsongandchorus,"

lyricsBillyJohnson,musicBobCole(NY:Howley,Haviland,1897);new

FinaleActII=basicallyanolioorBlack-Patti-likerecital

Riis(2011),p.425printsalistofmusicalnumbersfromascriptinthreeactsofSeptember1899.ItisvirtuallyidenticaltotheApril1898program:

ActITheFamousBlackMogulsIHopeTheseFewLinesFindYouWellSONG[My]OldKentuckyHomeSONG[TwoBoldBadMen][A]TriptoCoontownActII"TheCzaroftheTenderloin"SONG[TheItalianMan]"TheChristeningoftheLittleBlackCoon:songandchorus"Play"4-11-44""TheWeddingoftheChineeandtheCoon"ActIII[Finale]SongandGavotteChorusSong"TheGreatestLivingBlackTenor"SongTriofromAttila,introducingMme.PlatoFinale

Twelvesongsarecitedinnewspapersoverthe1897-1898SEASONONE,especiallyagroupofeight;mostofthesesongsarenotintheprogramsjust

citedabove,sothattheshowwasclearlyevolvingontheroadseemsclear:TrentonEveningTimes,11/14/97,p.11;11/15/1897,p.8Geneva(NY)DailyTimes,March1,1898,p.1IndianapolisFreeman,April16,1898,p.5BostonDailyGlobe,April24,1898,p.18

The8(with*forthoseinprogramscitedabove):HooLaBooLa="LaHoolaBoola(AHawaiianditty)uptodate,"Bob

Cole&BillyJohnson(NY:Howley,Haviland,1897)[firstpart,acc.IndianapolisFreeman,April16,1898,p.5]

"You'llhavetochooseanotherbabynow:songandchorus,"lyricsBillyJohnson,musicBobCole(NY:Howley,Haviland,1897)

*WeddingoftheChineeandtheCoon*TheBlackMoguls(TheFamousBlackMoguls)[firstpart,acc.

IndianapolisFreeman,April16,1898,p.5]ACoontownWeddingACoontownPicnicTheGinSpring["MeetMeattheGinSpring"]"TheBlackFourHundred'sBall:marchsongandchorus"(TheBlack

400s'Ball),fromtheearlierAtJollyCooneyIslandThe4additional:*Here'sahopingthesefewlineswillfindyouwell[firstpart,acc.

IndianapolisFreeman,April16,1898,p.5]*Play4-11-44[firstpart,acc.IndianapolisFreeman,April16,1898,p.5]AllChinksLookAliketoMe;aparodyofErnestHogan'sfamous"All

CoonsLookAliketoMe"(1896)?{sungby"theblackestNegrointhecompany,"acc.IndianapolisFreeman,April16,1898,p.5]

CakewalkbytheBlackFourHundred(theCoonandSwellCakewalk)

Inlaterseasons:FifteensongsinaHowley,HavilandadinNYClipper,September24,1898(Ragged,p.70),presumablywithsomeSEASONOnesongsandwithsome

newsongsforSEASONTWOamongthem:

"TheBlackFourHundred'sBall""CharityBeganatHome:songandchorus,"lyricsBillyJohnson,music

BobCole(NY:Howley,Haviland,andCo.,1898)"ChristeningofaLittleBlackCoon:songandchorus""TheCoontownRegimentisOfftoWar:marchsongandchorus"[The

CoontownRegiment],BobCole&BillyJohnson(NY:Howley,Haviland,1898);surelyfortheshow??

"LaHoolaBoola(AHawaiianditty)uptodate""Ihopethesefewlineswillfindyouwell,"BobCole&BillyJohnson(NY:

Howley,Haviland,andCo.,1897)"IWonderWhatisThat[dat]Coon'sGame,"BobCole&BillyJohnson

(NY:Howley,Haviland,1897)(NY:Howley,Haviland,andCo.,1893[sic;recte1898])

"InDahomey:topicalsong,"BobCole&BillyJohnson(NY:Howley,Haviland,andCo.,1898)

*"MissAmorintaJackson'sPromenade:coonsongandchorus,"BobCole&BillyJohnson(NY:Howley,Haviland,andCo.,1899);copyrightJanuary28,1899

MyOldCountryHome"There'saWarmSpotinMyHeartForYou,Baby:coonlovesong,"Bob

Cole&BillyJohnson(NY:Howley,Haviland,1897)(NY:Howley,Haviland,andCo.,1898)

ATriptoCoontownTheWeddingoftheChineeandtheCoon"WhentheChickensGotoSleep,"lyricsBobCole,musicBillyJohnson

(NY:Howley,Haviland,andCo.,1898)You'llHavetoChooseAnotherBabyNow

Andinaddition:

"NoCoonsAllowed!"lyricsBillyJohnson,musicBobCole(NY:Howley,Haviland,1897);sheetmusiccoversays"AsSungbytheAuthorsinTheirNewFarceComedyATriptoCoontown";themodernsecondaryliteratureofthe2000scitesitfrequently,anddescribesitaseitherthefinaleorthelastsongbeforethefinale(seeGoogleBook),butitgetsjustonehitinWorldCatanddoesnotturnupinnewspaperreferencestotheshow,sowhatgives?

Andtheteamhavefourmoresongspublishedin1897and1898byHowley,Haviland:

"IKnowedYouAforeYourHairGotStraight:songandchorus,"BobCole&BillyJohnson(NY:Howley,Haviland,1897)

"TheNaughtyBow-wow:songandchorus,"lyricsBillyJohnson,musicBobCole(NY:Howley,Haviland,1898)

"NoOneCanFillHerPlace,"lyricsBillyJohnson,musicBobCole(NY:Howley,Haviland,1897,1898)

"WhentheWarisOver:sentimentalsongandchorus,"BobCole&BillyJohnson(NY:Howley,Haviland,1898);inJohnsHopkinsUniversity,LesterS.LevySheetMusicCollection

Thereareeighteen(18)songsinasheetmusicadvertisement,probablyfrom1898,ontherearcoveroftheCole&Johnsonsong"Iwonderwhatisthatcoon'sgame:coonsongandchorus"(NY:Howley,Havilland,&Co.,1893[sic])[atYaleandatBritishLibrary];Googlinggetsahitofthefrontcoverofthissongatavintagesheetmusicsite,andthesheetmusicliststhreeothersongsbythesetwothatarepublishedbyHowley,Haviland,&Co.,incl."TheBlack400'sBall","You'llHavetoChooseAnotherBabyNow,"and"TheWeddingoftheChinee&theCoon";further,"Iwonderwhat"isaselectiononanamateurminstrelshowprogramin1899(Albion,NY,OrleansRepublican,July26,1899,pageilleg.),andiscalledanup-to-datecoonsonginWashington,DC,EveningStar,April28,1899,p.16,withnonewspaperhitsfoundpriortoDecember1898;thesamecoverimageappearsintheNYPLDigitalLibrary,andtheytoogivedate1893intheirmetadatabecausethecopyrightreadsMDCCCXCIII;however,therearcovergivesthetitlesofthese18Cole&Johnsonsongspublishedfrom1896to1899.Allofthisclearlysuggeststhatthedateof1893on"Iwonderwhat"iswrongandoughttobelater.The18songs,withpublicationdatesin[],are:

TheWeddingoftheChineeandtheCoon[1897],TheNaughtyBow-Wow[1898],TheChristeningofaLittleBlackCoon[1897],ATriptoCoontown[1897],You'llHavetoChooseAnotherBabyNow[1897],TheBlack400'sBall[1896],IKnowedYouBeforeYourHairGotStraight[1897],IHopeTheseFewLinesWillFindYouWell[1897],CharityBeganatHome[1898],TheFamousBlackMoguls[1897],The

CoontownRegiment[1898],LaHoolaBoola[1897],NoCoonsAllowed[1897],IWonderWhatisThatCoon'sGame[1893],NoOneCanFillHerPlace[1898],InDahomey[1898],WhentheChickensGotoSleep[1898],MissAmorintaJackson'sPromenade[1899]

Four1899songsassociatedwithCole&JohnsonandthisshowandHowley,HavilandviaWorldCat:

*"BabyI'sedonethrowedyoudown,"lyricsBobColeandBillyJohnson,

musicWillAccooe(NY:Howley,Haviland,andCo.,1899);copyrightSeptember27,1899

*"Chicken,"lyricsBobColeandBillyJohnson,musicWillAccooe(NY:Howley,Haviland,andCo.,1899);copyrightSeptember27,1899;"AssungbyBobCole,ofCole&Johnson,inATriptoCoontown."

*"TheLuckiestCooninTown,"BobCole&BillyJohnson(NY:Howley,Haviland,andCo.,1899);copyrightJuly3,1899;"SungbyCole&Johnsonintheircomicskit"Coontownsociety"";andsungbyJohnRuckerinRichards,Pringle-Rusco&Holland'sBigMinstrelFestival(IndianapolisFreeman,August19,1899,p.5);verypopular

*"Mr.CoonYou'reAllRightinYourPlace,"BobCole&BillyJohnson(NY:Howley,Haviland,andCo.,1899);copyrightFebruary25,1899

Anothersongthisyearbytheteamthatwaspubl.byHowley,Haviland:

"Iboughtahorselesscarriageformybaby,"Cole&Johnson(NY:

Howley,Haviland,1899);LoCcopyrightSeptember16,1899Andanothersongfortheshow:

"AllIWantsisMy(ma)Chickens,"lyricsandmusicbyLawrenceDeasandJackWilson(NY:JosephW.Stern,1898,1899);Riis(in"ForgottenMSS"andinRiis(2011))mentionsthatitisinaNYClipperaddforasetofadditionalsongs;(confirmedinWorldCat);thesheetmusiccoverreproducedinRiis(2011),p.434,Fig.17.3,saysitissungwithgreatsuccessbyBobColeinATriptoCoonTown.SunginSeason2:seeIndianapolisFreeman,January21,1899,p.5.

Peterson,Century(1993),givesthefollowingsongsandmusicalnumbers,alphabetized,withthreemarkedwith+byPetersonforbeingaHowland,Havilandpubl.,withtheadditionofxifPeterson'sarealsointheHowlandsheetmusiclistgof18,oryifin1899additional,andzifalsoon"ovrtur.com"websitehit;I'veaddedinothersinside[];someadditionalnotinthislistbutinHowleyandHaviland's18.

AllChinksLookAliketoMe[AllIWantsisMyChickens]y[BabyI'seDoneThrowedYouDown]x[TheBlackFourHundred'sBall(orBlack400's)];JollyCooneyIsland[CakewalkbytheBlackFourHundred(theCoonandSwellCakewalk)]xz[TheChristeningofALittleBlackCoon]CoontownFrolique(ACoontownPicnic][ACoontownWedding]xTheCoontownRegimentz[TheCzaroftheTenderloin]z[TheEquilibrist]xzTheFamousBlackMogulsForAllEternityz(Play)4-11-44;JollyCooneyIsland(MeetMeatthe)GinSpringxzHere'saHoping(Ihope)TheseFewLinesWillFindYouWell+xLaHoolaBoola"ICanStandforYourColor,ButYourHairWon'tDo,"lyricsandmusic

BillyJohnson(NY:Howley,Haviland,1901)IMusto'BeenaDreamingxIWonderWhatisDatCoon'sGame"IfThat'sSociety,ExcuseMe,"lyricsBobColeandWillJohns,musicJ.R.

Johnson(NY:Howley,HavilandandDresser,1900)xInDahomeyzTheItalianManAJollyOldRubeyTheLuckiestCooninTowny(Ma)Chickenz[MidnightKisses]xy[MissAmorintaJackson'sPromenade]

MissArabellaJonesy[Mr.CoonYou'reAllRightinYourPlace]+xNoCoonsAllowed!(NY:Howley,Haviland,andCo.,1897)zOldKentuckyHomePicking(Pickin')onaChickenBoneSweetSavannah+There'saWarmSpotinMyHeartforYou,BabezTheTriofromAttilaxzATriptoCoontownzTwoBoldBadMenTheWaytoKissaGirlxzTheWeddingoftheChineeandtheCoonxWhentheChickensGotoSleep

Thestoryistold(Riis;CenturyofMusicals;etc.)thatthetroupeisactuallyblackballed/blacklisted/lockedoutthisfirstseason(oratleastthethreatofthisismadebyVoelckelandNolan)andthattheyplayonlyinsmallersecond-rate/third-tierhouses.Toclarify,thisisaquestionofthecircuit---theycouldbedescribedasplayingthegoodhousesinsmallertownsonasecondorthird-tiercircuit,sometimesjustforhalfweeksortravellingdaily.TheyclearlyspentmanymonthsmovingbetweenprettysmalltownsinupstateNewYorkandnearbyCanadaandMassachusetts.LesterA.Walton,inhisNYAgeobitforCole,saidthecompany"hadthedistinctionofdoingsomethingunusualintheshowbusiness---playtheworsthousesineverycityitsfirstyearandplayingthebesthousesthenext."Thetourransuccessfullyforalongseasonof39weeks(overninthmonths,fromlateAug/earlySept1897toearly/midJune1898)endingwiththreeweeksinOttawa(NYDramaticMirror,June18,1898,p.14)CitiesandtheatersinSEASONONE(1897-1898)include:August/September:SouthAmboy,NJSeptember:NYCProctor's23rdStreetTheatre,weekofTuesday,Sept.14September:Elizabeth,NJ,attheStarTheatre,Sept.28October:Catskill,NY,October4October:Schenectady,October7October:Mechanicsville,NY,attheParkAve.OperaHouse,October8October:BallstonSpa(SWofSaratogaSprings),October11October:CortlandNYOct./Nov.11[?]

October:Lyons,NY:October15GlennsFalls.October:Newark,NY,October16October:Canandaigua,October18October:Oneida,NY,October22October:Rome,NY,October25Octrober:Auburn,NY,October26October:Rochester,fromOctober28forthreedays(to30th)November:Syracuse,November1November:Philadelphia,attheStandard,weekofNov.7November:Norwich,NY,November9(cancelled)November:Trenton,attheTaylorOperaHouse,weekofNov.14(onthe15th

and16th)November:Rome,NY,November25November:PennYan,November27December:Southport,CT,inthesecondhalfoftheweekofDecember16December:Lawrence,Mass.,December23-25December:Lowell,Mass.December27-29January:Montreal,Queen'sTheatre,weekofJanuary10Kingston,Canada(return),January28Oshawa,Canada,January29Toronto,Canada,January31Hamilton,Canada,February7,8Guelph,Canada,February9Brantford,February10Berlin,Canada,February11Chatham,Canada,firsthalfofFebruaryWoodstock,Canada,February15Guelph,Canada(return),February17Berlin,Canada(return),February18St.Catharines,Canada,February19February:Batavia,NY,February24March:PennYan,March2March:Geneva,March3March:Auburn,March5March:Oneida(return),March9March:Schenectady,March12March:Oneonta,March15March:Medina,March22

March:Norwich,NY,March16March:Lockport,March23March:Canandaigua(return),March26April:NYCThirdAvenueTheatre,April4-9,1898(1week;8performances)April:Boston,atthePalaceTheatre,fromMondayApril25May:Worcester,Mass.,aroundMay7May:Springfield,Mass.,attheOperaHouse,May12May:NorthAdams,Mass,May14May/June:Ottawa,Canada,atVictoriaPark,forthreeweeks--------1898,inJune:ColeandBillyyJohnson'ssummershowinJuneisGeorgia'49,

openinginOttawaCanadaonJune11,"introducingnegroplantationsongsanddances,andconcludingwiththecakewalk"(NewYorkDramaticMirror,June18,1898,p.7)

1898,August:Cole&BillyJohnson'ssummershowforlateJulythruAugustat

KosterandBialsisKingsofKoon-Dom,assistedbytheFreemanSisters,andtheir"CakeWalkCoterie";see,e.g.,BostonJournal,August7,1898,p.15

1898-1899SEASONTWOofATriptoCoontownTheshowis"revisedandstrengthened"(andlaidoutintwoacts).RehearsalscalledforAugust22.Theshowtravelsmuchfarther,includingwesttoOmahaandDenver,andtobiggermarkets.Venuesinclude:AsburyPark,NY,August29Elizabeth,NJ,August31GrandOperaHouseat23rd&8thinNYCfor8performancesfromSeptember

12-17Hoboken,NJ,September18-25[?]

Bridgeport,CT,October1-3Putnam,CTOctober23SouthFramingham,Mass.,October24DenverinearlyJanuary1899TopekainJanuary1899OmahainJanuary1899ChicagoinearlyFebruary1899ClevelandinFebruary1899MilwaukeeinMarch1899MinneapolisinMarch18991899,March:BobCole&BillyJohnsonhaveonesonginKlaw&Erlanger'sA

ReignofError,runningMarch1899toJune1899:"IWonderWhatisThatCoon'sName"fromATriptoCoontown

1899,springandsummer:J.W.JohnsonandJ.R.Johnsoncomeupfrom

FloridatoNYCinthespringwiththeircomicoperetta,Toloso.(a.k.a.TheCzarofZam).J.R.Johnsonhadspentayearontheroadin1896-1897withIsham'sOrientalAmerica,andreturnedtoFloridatoteachmusic.J.W.Johnsonhadbeeninlawschool,andhadgraduatedandpassedthebar.Theydon'tfindmuchinterestinaproductionfortheiroperettainNYCandreturnedtoFloridainthefall.Still,itopeneddoorstoNYC'sblacktheatricalcommunity.ColemettheJohnsonbrothersinthenorththissummer.Intheirfirstcollaboration,theywroteatleastonesongtogether,"LouisianaLize,"forMayIrwin.J.W.JohnsonmuchlaterremembersthattheywrotetwosongstogetherandbroughtthemtoE.B.Marks.

1899SONGS

"Lucille,maladylove,"BobCole&Theo.F.Morse(NY:Howley,Haviland,1899);LoCcopyrightJan.2/3,1899

"Mamma,I'seyourbaby,ain'tI,mamma,ain'tI?"BobCole&BillyJohnson(NY:HowleyHaviland,1898,1899);LoCcopyrightJan.21,1899

"LouisianaLize,"lyricsandmusicBobCole,wordsandmusiceditedJ.

W.andJ.RosamondJohnson(NY:Stern,1899;repr.Riis2015);

LoCcopyrightAug.10/Sept.8,1899;itwasalreadybeingsunginvarietyinthesummerof1899(NYDramaticMirror,August26,1899,p.16)andthe1899sheetmusiccoversaysitis"MayIrwin'sLatestSuccess";sunginthePrimroseandDockstaderminstrelshowin1899-1900;MayIrwinevidentlyissingingitin1899andshesingsitinthefall1900BelleofBridgeport(below)anditremainspopularforatleastthenexthalfdecade

1899-1900SEASONTHREEofATriptoCoontownRoute(partial)includes:JerseyCityinSeptemberNYCatStarTheatreinSeptemberHarrisburginearlyOctoberPhiladelphiainOctoberClevelandinearlyNovemberKalamazooinNovemberJackson,MI,inNovemberGrandRapidsinNovemberErie,PA,earlyDecemberAmsterdaminDecemberWatertown,NYinlateDecemberCanada:KingstoninJanuaryBelleville,inJanuaryLindsayinJanuarySimcoeinJanuaryBarrieinJanuaryOshawainJanuaryLondoninJanuaryWoodstockinJanuaryHamiltoninJanuarySt.CatharinesinJanuaryNiagaraFallsinFebruaryBostoninFebruaryNewHaveninFebruary

HobokeninMarchWilkes-barreinMarchMahanoyCityinMarchAllentowninMarchWashington,DC,inMarchPhiladelphiainAprilBostoninApril1900,inMarch:InNYClipper,March31,1900,p.98,inthecolumn

THEATRICALunder"DramaticCopyrights,"arelisted:

"BobColeinCoontown,"amusicalcomedy,intwoacts,byBobCole.CopyrightedbyBobCole,NewYork.

"KingofSpades,"amusicalcomedy,intwoacts,byBobCole.CopyrightedbyBobCole,NewYork.

"CoontownCarnival,"amusicalcomedy,intwoacts,byBobCole.CopyrightedbyBobCole,NewYork.

1900,inthespring:TheJohnsonbrothersreturntoNYCfromFloridaand

beginapartnershipwithColethissummerthatforColeandJ.R.Johnsonwillspanthenexttenyears.ColeisstillinATripToCoontownwithBillyJohnson,buttheirartisticcollaborationisover.WiththeJohnsonbrothers,ColewritesforseasonfourofATriptoCoontownandforothershows,mostespeciallyTheBelleofBridgeport.

1900-1901SEASONFOURofATriptoCoontownColeandJohnsonintheirfinalseasontogether.Theshow'srouteincluded(butwasnotlimitedto):

Oshawa,Canada,inSeptember;Berlin,Canada,inSeptember;St.Catharines,inSeptember;Guelph,Canada,inSeptember;London,Ontario,inSeptember;Jackson,MI,inOctober;IndianapolisinOctober;ClevelandinOctober;KalamazoinNovember;inMilwaukeeinlatestNovemberorearliestDecember;Springfield,Il.inDecember;Louisiana,Moberly,Mexico,Chillicothe,MoinDecember;Leavenworthin

December;KansasCityinDecember;ChicagoinDecember;Lincoln,Beatrice,Fairbury,Omaha,NEinJanuary;MemphisinJanuary;BirminghaminJanuary;CharlestoninFebruary;HarrisburginMarch;NewYorkCityinMarch;JerseyCityinMarch;HobokeninApril;PortJervis,Kingston,Catskill,Hudson,Schenectady,NYinApril;BostoninApril;Willimantic,Bridgeport,CTinlateAprilandearliestMay;PhiladelphiainMay

SONGSforSeasonFour:Sampson,BlacksinBlackface,gives1899date(clearlyanerror)andnamesthesetwosongs;theyaresingledoutintheFreemanforOctober1900asColesongsintheshow(IndianapolisFreeman,October20,1900,p.5):

"Imusthavebeenadreamin',"lyricsandmusicBobCole,arr.J.RosamondJohnson(NY:Morse,1900;NY:Howley,Haviland,andDresser,1900)=IMustO'BeenaDreaming,Imustabeenadreamin',"ImustaBe'naDreamin',etc.;LoCcopyrightJanuary5,1901;"SungwithgreatsuccessbyDotClausen"onMorsesheetmusic;insetofFannieMidgleyinblackfaceonHowley,Haviland,andDressersheetmusic;alsoaTriptoCoontownsong(inSeasonFour,asbelow);Aselectionfor"SongsofOldenDays,"Thursdayevening,Oct.1,attheAutumnExposition,Sept.-Oct.1914

"PickingonaChickenBone,"lyricsandmusicBobCole,arr.J.Rosamond

Johnson(NY:Morse,1900);"BobCole'stremendoushitin"ATriptoCoontown"Co."

IndianapolisFreeman,October20,1900,p.5mentionstwosongs:"Imusto'beenadreaming"[1900]"Pickingonachickenbone"[1900]MemphisEveningScimitar,January24,1901(andSampson,BlacksinBlackface,giving1901date)reportsthreesongs:"IfThat'sSociety,ExcuseMe"[1900]"PickingonaChickenBone"[1900]

"ICanStandForYourColor,ButYourHairWon'tDo"[1901]1900,August:onesonginTheRogersBrothersinCentralPark,Klawand

Erlanger'svaudevillefarce[Norton(2002)1900.40],runs1900-1901,andfall1901:

"Run,brudderpossum,run"(finale)["Run,brudderpossum,run:a

Negrowarning"or"Run,brudderpossumrun:coonsongandchorus"],lyricsJ.W.Johnson,musicJ.RosamondJohnson:(NewYork:RogerBros.,1900)

1900,inSeptember:ColehadbeensickwithdiptheriaandoutoftheATripto

Coontowncompany,butisexpectedtoreturntotheshowsoon(IndianapolisFreeman,September22,1900,p.5)

1900,October:TheBelleofBridgeport[Norton(2002)1900.48]

ColeandJohnsonbrothersdomostofthesongsforthisshow;J.W.Johnsonremembersitas"allthesinglenumbers"fortheshow;afewothersbyAccooe,etc.;thisisawhiteshow,avehicleforgreat"coonsong"singerMayIrwin,whowasalsotheproducer;ranOctobertoDecember1900

"IAin'tGwineTerWorkNoMo,"lyricsBobColeandJ.W.Johnson,

musicJ.RosamondJohnson(NY:Stern,1900);forMayIrwin"WhyDon'ttheBandPlay,"lyricsBobColeandJ.W.Johnson,musicJ.

RosamondJohnson(NY:Stern,1900);forMayIrwin"I'vegottroublesofmyown,"lyricsBobColeandJ.W.Johnson,musicJ.

RosamondJohnson(NY:Stern,1900;repr.Riis2015);forMayIrwin

"Magdaline[Magdalene,Madelene],MySouthernQueen,"lyricsBobColeandJ.W.Johnson,musicJ.RosamondJohnson(NY:Stern,1900);forMayIrwin;repr.byHearst'sChicagoAmerican,October1903)

"Since(Sence)youwentaway,"lyricsBobColeandJ.W.Johnson,musicJ.RosamondJohnson(NY:Stern,1900);forMayIrwin

"MaMississippiBelle,"lyricsBobColeandJ.W.Johnson,musicJ.RosamondJohnson(NY:Stern,1900;repr.Riis2015;publ.inHearstpapersin1903);MayIrwinIrwinsingsit,thoughtheprintedlyricsareforamantosingabouthisgal---isIrwinstill

doingBellein1903?"IMustO'BeenADreamin'"fromATriptoCoontown"LouisianaLize"(writtenforMayIrwinin1899)andalso,interalia:"Madandysoldiercoon,"lyricsandmusicWillAccooe(NewYork

JournalandAdvertiser,bypermissionofStern)1900,inDecember:MayIrwininhernewvehicle,MadgeSmith,Attorney

[Norton(2002),1900.55]withanumberofsongscarriedoverfromtheBelleofBridgeport:

"IAin'tGwineTerWorkNoMo,"lyricsBobColeandJ.W.Johnson,

musicJ.RosamondJohnson(NY:Stern,1900);forMayIrwin"WhyDon'ttheBandPlay,"lyricsBobColeandJ.W.Johnson,musicJ.

RosamondJohnson(NY:Stern,1900);forMayIrwin"I'vegottroublesofmyown,"lyricsBobColeandJ.W.Johnson,musicJ.

RosamondJohnson(NY:Stern,1900);forMayIrwin1901,inApril:ATriptoCoontownfilesforbankruptcyafterfouryears,on

April11,1901(IndianapolisFreeman,April20,1901,p.5;seealsoGhostWalks,p.230,etc.,etc.,butitisinBostonwithColeandJohnsoninmidApril[BostonHerald,April21,1901,p.14;BostonHerald,April23,1901,p.7]);theTomtheTattlercolumninIndianapolisFreeman,May11,1901,p.6,says"TheTriptoCoontownCompany,ifreportsbetrue,hastrippeditslasttrip,";intheend,though,theshowclosedfortheseasoninPhiladelphiaonMay11(PhiladelphiaInquirer,May7,1901,p.7;IndianapolisFreeman,May18,1901,p.5).

1901,inJuly:BillyJohnsontakestheshowforastintinthesummer,andwith

JesseShippashisco-star,playsattheMidlandBeachTheatre(StatenIsland)inJuly(IndianapolisFreeman,July27,1901,p.5);moreover,aversionoftheshowwithnewstarscontinuestorunatleastinto1902(IndianapolisFreeman,June28,1902,p.5;IndianapolisFreeman,September6,1902,p.5)

ColeandBillyJohnsonreportedlyintendtomakeanewteamwithWillMarionCook,J.W.andJ.R.JohnsonforCannibalKingproject.(NB:Colehad

beenpublishingsongswiththeJohnsonssinceatleast1899.)ThenColeandBillyJohnsondissolvetheirpartnershiponJuly31,1901(GhostWalks,p.233)thoughaslateasAugust1901newspapers,ColeandBillyJohnsonwerebothgoingtobeinCook'sCannibalKing(asbelow).ThedissolutionisbignewsinSylvesterRussell's1901endofyearwrite-up;fromfall1901,ColeandJohnsonthengotheirownways,butsometimesworkseparatelyonthesamevaudevillebill.ColeandtheJohnsonbrotherscontinuetochurnoutsongs,andBillyJohnsonalsocontinuestobeaprolificsongwriterwithseveralnewcollaboratorsoverthenextdecade.1901,August:ColeandJ.W.JohnsonwriteaCannibalKingscript(firstact)for

WMCin1901,withLoCcopyrightdatedAugust10,1901.ThismightbeCole'sfirst"bigshow"fromscratch,andtheteamendsupwritingafailure:afullshowbylengthandnumberofmusicalnumbersthatcoversonlyActIofthescenario.TheshowgoesintorehearsalinearlyAugustwithasuperstarcastincludingBobCole,BillyJohnson,RosamondJohnson,ErnestHogan,AbbieMitchell,ReginaldBurleigh,MurielRinggold,etc.,etc.(IndianapolisFreeman,August10,1901,p.5)

1901SONGS

"Ain'tdatscan'lous,"wordsBobColeandJ.W.Johnson,musicJ.R.Johnson(NY:JosephStern,1901;repr.Riis2015),forMayIrwin;sheetmusicsaysshesingsit"inhernewplaythisseason";possiblywhatever1901-1902playthatfollowedBelleofBridgeport(i.e.,MadgeSmith,AttorneyorTheWidowJones)

"Nouseinaskin''causeyouknowthereasonwhy,"J.W.JohnsonandCole(NY:Stern,1901);sungbyLewDockstaderinPrimroseandDockstader'sMinstrels

"WhenDeJackO'LanternStartstoWalkAbout,"lyricsBobColeandJ.W.Johnson,musicJ.RosamondJohnson(NY:Stern,1901;repr.Riis2015)

"TallahasseeZiz,"lyricsandmusicBobCole(NY:Howley,Haviland&

Dresser,1901);LoCcopyrightJanuary5,19011901-1906

Colemovesontofiveyearsofvaudeville,includingEuropeantouring,pluswritingsongsforTinPanAlleyandwhiteshows,especiallyaseriesforKlaw&Erlanger(whomBobCole&BillyJohnsonhaddealtwithalready),allwithpartnerJ.R.Johnsononstage;ColewithJ.W.andJ.R.Johnsonassong-writingtrio(WashingtonBee,November16,1901,p.1)1901-1902Infall1901ColeandtheJohnsonsgetlotsofnewpaperattentionasasong-hit-writingtrioinlater1901(e.g.,WashingtonBee,November16,1901,p.1);NB:sometimessongsbytheJohnsonandJohnsonduogetidentifiedwithColeaswellColeentersvaudevillewithJ.R.Johnsonashispianist/partnerinlate1901orearliest1902(1902acc.RiisinNGD);for1901,see,e.g.,PittsburghCourier,December3,1927,sectiontwo,page2;inNYTribune,December29,1901,p.9,BobColeisonatheatricalbillatthenewWinterGarden;NYClipper,February1,1902,p.1065,writes"BobCole,whomadeanemphaticsuccessattheNewYorkWinterGardenrecently,isre-engagedforthenextfewSundays,andwillagainfeature"MyCastleontheNile"and"ThePhrenologistCoon."Thevaudevilleactisgoingstronginlatespring1902(IndianapolisFreeman,June28,1902,p.5);theWashington,DC,ColoredAmerican,May10,1902,p.5identifiesColeandJ.R.as"themusicalcomposers,songwritersandcomediansofNewYork"1901,October:somesongsforChampagneCharlie,comedybyAugustus

Thomas,esp.foractorPeterF.Dailey,runningSeptemberandOctober1901,including:

"Gin""IDon'tWanttoBeNoActorManNoMo',"lyricsJ.W.JohnsonandJ.

RosamondJohnson,musicBobCole(NY:Stern,1901;repr.Riis2015);"IntroducedbyPeterF.DaileyinHisNewProduction"ChampagneCharlie"

"Nobody'slookin'butdeOwlan'deMoon"[TheOwlandtheMoon;TheMoonandtheOwl],lyricsJ.W.JohnsonandBobCole,musicJ.RosamondJohnson(NY:Stern,1901;repr.Riis2015);alsoinKlaw&Erlanger'sSleepingBeautyandtheBeastbelow;Aselectionfor"SongsofOldenDays,"Thursdayevening,Oct.1,at

theAutumnExposition,Sept.-Oct.1914"MyCastleontheNile,"lyricsJ.W.JohnsonandBobCole,musicJ.

RosamondJohnson(NY:Stern,1901;repr.Riis2015);sheetmusiccoversaysitisoneof"NewSongHitsIntroducedbyWilliamsandWalker'sOwnBigCo."..."SungbytheGreatComedianBertWilliams";thatwouldbeinSonsofHam,1900-1901;Aselectionfor"SongsofOldenDays,"Thursdayevening,Oct.1,attheAutumnExposition,Sept.-Oct.1914

"Tellme,duskymaiden"(alsoinSleepingBeautybelow)"MyHeart'sDesiahisMissMariah,"lyricsBobColeandJ.W.Johnson,

musicJ.RosamondJohnson(NY:Stern,1901;repr.Riis2015);sungbyLewDockstaderinPrimrose&Dockstader'sMinstrels

1901,October:somesongsforTheLittleDuchess[Norton(2002)1901.25],

whichranOct1901-April1902;aHarrySmith/DeKovenshow,directedbyZiegfeld,starringAnnaHeld,etc.

"TheMaidenWiththeDreamyEyes"(Maid,Girl),lyricsJ.W.Johnson,

musicBobCole(NY:Stern,1901;repr.Riis2015);abighit,writtenforandsunginthisshowbybyAnnaHeld;J.W.Johnsonremembersitbroughtthemabigcheckandgothemoutofdebt;thisisthesinglesongmentionedinfirstreportsofhisdeath;Aselectionfor"SongsofOldenDays,"Thursdayevening,Oct.1,attheAutumnExposition,Sept.-Oct.1914

"Strollin'AlongtheBeach,"lyricsBobCole,musicJ.RosamondJohnson(NY:Stern,1902),"AssunginAnnaHeld'sCo."

"SweetSaloma:serenade"[SweetSalome],lyricsBobColeandJ.W.Johnson,musicJ.RosamondJohnson(NY:Stern,1901)

1901,inNovember:TheNationalPoliceGazette,November16,1901,p.2,

reportsthat"EdH.Lesterisgoingtotakeachancewithanewshow,called"TheCarnivalKing."ItistobeheadedbyBobCole,ofColeandJohnson.Therewillbefortycoloredperformers.Hotstuff,eh?"CouldthisbeCole's"CoontownCarnival,"orisitamishearingof"CannibalKing"?

1901,November:atleastfoursongsforTheSleepingBeautyandtheBeast

[Norton(2002)1901.27];whiteshow;NYCandLondonDruryLane;KlawandErlangerextravaganza;ranNov1901thruMay1902,etc.

"Comeout,Dinah,onthegreen:darkeyserenade"["Dinah"](Chicago&

NY:Howley,Haviland,andDresser,1901)"Nobody'slookin'butdeowlan'demoon"(OwlandtheMoon;The

MoonandtheOwl;"Nobody'slookingbuttheOwlandtheMoon)lyricsJ.W.JohnsonandBobCole,musicJ.RosamondJohnson(NY:Stern,1901);writtenforChristieMcDonald;"AssungintheKlaw&ErlangerproductionoftheDruryLaneextravaganze,TheSleepingBeautyandtheBeast"

"TheOldFlagNeverTouchedtheGround,"lyricsJ.W.JohnsonandBobCole,musicJ.RosamondJohnson(NY:Stern,1901;repr.Riis2015);"OriginallyIntroduced,&StagedbyPrimrose&Dockstader'sMinstrels";"AStirringAmericanSong"

"Tellme,duskymaiden:atravesty"lyricsJ.W.JohnsonandBobCole,musicJ.R.Johnson(NYandChicago:Howley,Haviland,andDresser,1901);"sungintheKlaw&Erlanger'sproductionoftheDruryLaneextravaganza"TheSleepingBeautyandtheBeast."StagedunderdirectionofBenTeal."

1901,December:threesongsforthethree-actcomedyTheSupperClub

[Norton(2002)1901.29],SydneyRosenfeld'smusicalcomedy;ranDecember1901-Jan1902

"WhentheBandPlaysRagtime,"lyricsBobCole,musicJ.Rosamond

Johnson(NY:Stern,1902)"Don'tButtIn,"lyricsBobCole,musicJ.RosamondJohnson(NY:Stern,

1901);NB:alsodonebyLewDockstaderinPrimrose&Dockstader'sMinstrels

"TheMaidenwiththeDreamyEyes,"lyricsBobCole,musicJ.RosamondJohnson(Sydney:Albert&Son,1901)

1901,inNovember/December:anysongsforMayIrwin'sTheWidowJones?

Apparentlynot.MissIrwinsings(SyracuseJournal,November30,1901,p.12):

"BeGood,BeGood""IWantYou,MaHoney""TheFrogSong""TheNewBully"

"WhenShakespeareComestoTown""Goodbyebonze""TheSongoftheNapthaLaunch"

1902,January:TheHallofFame[Norton(2002)1902.06],SydneyRosenfeld's

musicalcomedy,ranlateJanuary/Feb-June1902,withsongsincluding:

"MyAngemimaGreen"(NY:Stern,1902);sungbyDanMcAvoyandLouisHarrison

"TheMaidenwiththeDreamyEyes,"lyricsBobCole,musicJ.RosamondJohnson(Sydney:Albert&Son,1901)

1902,inMarchColemayhavegonebacktoworkonTheCannibalKing

withoutJ.W.Johnson,sincehewritesanarticleforColoredAmericanMagazinewhichappearsinMarch1902,inwhichhesaysheiswritingthelibrettoforCook("TheNegroandtheStage,"ColoredAmericanMagazine4/3(March1902),pp.301-306atp.306);theIndianapolisFreemanpicksuponthisandreportsinMaythatMr.ColeiswritingalibrettoforMr.Cooke's"TheCannibalKing"andDunbarisoutofthebusiness(IndianapolisFreeman,May24,1902,p.5)

1902SONGS

"TheMaidfromTokio.Japaneselovesong,"BobCole(NY:Howley,Haviland,andDesser,1901);BobCole&Johnson[whichbrothernotspecified](NY:Howley,Haviland,andDesser,1902)

"Mandy,won'tyouletmebeyourbeau?"wordsBobCole,musicJ.R.Johnson(NY:Stern,1902;NY:WEdwardB.Marks,1902),sungbyEddieLeonardinPrimroseandDockstader'sMinstrels

"WhentheMinstrelsCometoTown,"JRandCole(NY:Stern,1902);arr.astwo-stepmarchwithtitle"Mandywon'tyouletmebeyourbeau"(NY:Stern,1902)

and"Oh!Didn'theramble,"lyricsandmusicWillHandy[saidbysometobe

apseudonymfortheBobColeandJohnsonbrothersteam;

otherwiseusuallyidentifiedasW.C.Handy](NY:Stern,1902;NY:Marks,1902;repr.Riis2015);theoriginalsheetmusicjustsayssays"Words&MusicbyWillHandy,"with"AdaptationbyBobCole"onthecover,andWillHandyattheupperrightonthefistpageofthescore;Extraversesinthesheetmusicsay"ByWillHandy,AdaptationbyBobCole,andthusaWorldCatannotationsays"additionalverses"byCole.Itisatwo-step;itisapopularsuccessrightoffthebat,remainspopularalongwhile,andinlaterdaysbecomesajazzstaple;thereisanLoCcopyrightDec.12,1902foranarrangementbyMauriceF.Smithforband(NY:Stern,1902),withnomentionoftheoriginalauthor;"ThelatestfadintownintroducedbythefamousminstrelGeorgeH.Primrose"onthesheetmusic;aJos.W.SternsheetmusicadinBillboard(1902)callsitacomiccoonsongsungbyPrimrose;NYHerald,Sunday,March2,1902,SeventhSection,p.6,hasanadvertisementforPrimroseandDockstader'sMinstrelShowthatsays"Oh!Didn'tHeRamble"isasongsuccessforGeorgeW.Primrose,whoissaidonthesheetmusictohaveintroducedit;aNewYorkClipper,April18,1903,p.197advertisementforColeandJ.R.Johnsonasavaudevilleteamsaystheycomposedit;anadvertisementinVarietyandtheNewYorkDramaticMirrorforJ.RosamondJohnsonandtheJazzFive(n.d.,in1919)saysJ.R.composedit;NewmanIveyWhite,AmericanNegroFolk-Songs(1929),p.184,callsit"BobCole'scoonsong,"andsaysitwascopyrightedin1921;GeorgeAde,inTheOldTimeSaloon(1931),saysitwassaidtohavebeenwrittenbyColearound1904andthecopyrightwasrenewedin1921byMarksMusicCo.;AnextendedbiographicalsurveyofJ.W.JohnsonintheBennetDaviscolumn,"BooksoftheWeekinReview"saysthissongwaswrittenbytheJohnsonbrothers(BuffaloCourier-Express,October8,1933,p.4)JohnSzwed,AlanLomax:TheManWhoRecordedtheWorld(2010)saysLomaxdiscovered"thatitsmusicwasactuallydrawnfromthemelodyofanoldEnglishsong,"TheRamofDarby"(p.000)"

1902-19031902,August:onesonginSallyinourAlley[Norton(2002)1902.23],Hobart

andEnglander,starringMarieCahill,etc.,whichranAugust-December1902

"UndertheBambooTree,"lyricsandmusicBobCole(NY:Stern,1902;

repr.Riis2015);agianthit;"ASuccessfulInterpolationbyMarieCahillinSallyInOurAlley";originallyforTodalo?;saidtobewrittenforMarieCahill,whichwouldruleoutTodalo;seealsoNancyBrownandRedMoon,below;sheetmusicfor"BigIndianChief"saysthissongisbyCole&JohnsonBrothers;Aselectionfor"SongsofOldenDays,"Thursdayevening,Oct.1,attheAutumnExposition,Sept.-Oct.1914

andalso"CongoLoveSong"(MaryCahill'sCongoLoveSong),lyricsJ.W.

Johnson,musicJ.RosamondJohnson(NY:Stern,1903);interpolatedinthisshowbyMarieCahillacc.Riis;"FeaturedbythisPeerlessArtisteinDanielV.Arthur'sMusicalComedyEntitledNancyBrown,"soseealsoNancyBrown,below;WorldCatfollowssheetmusicatheadofscoreandsayslyricsJ.W.JohnsonandmusicJ.R.Johnson---thuswithnoinputfromCole,thoughthesheetmusicsays"byCole&JohnsonBros.,"asdoesthecoverofthesheetmusicfor"BigIndianChief";advertisementsforColeandJ.R.Johnsonasavaudevilleteamin1902and1903saythattheyaretheauthors;clearlythisisacasewhere"Cole&Johnson"canmeananytwoofthethree,thoughhere,infact,withoutCole;Selectionfor"SongsofOldenDays,"Thursdayevening,Oct.1,attheAutumnExposition,Sept.-Oct.1914

1902,inAugust:HuckleberryFinn,bigKlawandErlangerextravanganzafor

1902-1903,inrehearsalfromAugust,followingBeautyandtheBeast

"TheAnimals'Convention"J.W.JohnsonandCole(NY:Stern,1902);repr.inCole&JohnsonVocalFolio(NY:Stern,1904)

1903,January:Mr.BlueBeard[Norton(2002)1903.04],Klaw&Erlangerextravaganza,JantoMay1903,hadthissong:

"W'endeColo'edBan'ComesMa'chin'DowndeStreet,"lyricsPaul

Dunbar,musicJ.RosamondJohnson(NY:Howley,Haviland&Dresser,1903);as"WhentheColoredBandComesMarchingDowntheStreet,"attr.byNorton(2002)toCole&Johnsons,thoughthesheetmusicdoesnot,infact,makeanyreferencetoCole

1903,inFebruary:TheJewelofAsia[Norton(2002)1903.06],musicalintwo

acts,lyricsbyHarryB.SmithandFredericRanken,musicLudwigEnglander;aLedererproduction

"Everybodywantstoseethebaby"(HoldtheBaby),lyricsJ.W.Johnson,

musicBobCole(NY:Stern,1903)1903,Feb:songsforNancyBrown,whichfirstranFebruarythroughMay,and

thentouredandbacktoNYCagaininthefalltoNovember;withJRandJWJohnson,mostlyColeandJohnsonsongs;whiteshow,avehicleforMarieCahill;RankinandHadleypublishedscoreof17numbers,atleasttwoofwhichare(unidentified)Cole&Johnson,andthereisalistofadditionalinterpolationsonthebackcover

TheOpeningChorus,Cole&Johnsons"TheKaty-did,theCricket,andtheFrog,"J.W.Johnson,musicBobCole

(NY:Stern,1903;repr.Riis2015);bigMarieCahillhit;alsopublishedbyHearstinSundaysupplementsin1905

"TwoEyes,"Johnson&Johnson(NY:Stern,1903);intheSternscoreandIBDB

"Cupid'sRamble,orCupid'sBlind,TheySay,"lyricsBobColeandJ.W.Johnson,musicJ.RosamondJohnson(NY:Stern,1903);intheSternscoreandIBDB

"CongoLoveSong,"Jolhnson&Johnson(MaryCahill'sCongoLoveSong);interpolatedbyMarieCahill;aCahillhit

Perhapsforthesecondrun:"SaveItForMe!"lyricsJ.W.Johnson,musicBobCole(NY:Stern,1903;

repr.Riis2015);"RecentlyIntroducedbybyMarieCahill[into]NancyBrown";in1904Sternads

"InGayBallyhoo""OctettetoBacchus""TheSoldieristheIdoloftheNation"andalsotheCahillandMayIrwinhits:"UndertheBambooTree"(1902),interpolatedbyMarieCahill"MudderKnows,"lyricsBobCole,musicJ.RosamondJohnson(NY:

Stern,1903;repr.Riis2015)"Ma/MyMississippiBelle"(1900)"MagdaleneMySouthernQueen"(1900)

Sometimein1903thetrioofColeandtheJohnsonbrotherssignathree-yearcontractwithKlawandErlanger.1903SONGS

"MoonlightontheMississippi,"lyricsBobCole,musicJ.RosamondJohnson(NY:Stern,1903);sungbyCarrollJohnsoninDockstader'sMinstrels

"ShineOnMyEveningStar,"lyricsBobCole,musicJ.RosamondJohnson(NY:Stern,1903)

1903-19041903,September:songsforWhoop-dee-doo[Norton(2002),1903.28],which

ranfromSept1903toMay1904,including:

"TheFlowersofDixieLand,"lyricsEdgarSmithandBobCole,musicJ.RosamondJohnson(acc.IBDB,whichsaysitwassungby"TheRose,theSunflower,andtheMagnolia")

"TheMaidofTimbuctoo,"lyricsJ.W.Johnson,musicBobCole(NY:Stern,1903);introducedbyLillianRussellinWhoop-dee-doo

1903,September:A/TheGirlFromDixie[Norton(2002)1903.41]

"WhentheMoonComesPeeping[a'peepin']O'ertheHill,"lyricsCole,musicJ.R.Johnson(NY:Stern,1902);sungbyIreneBentley

1903,October:MotherGoose[Norton(2002)1903.39],anotherKlaw&

Erlangerextravaganza(nextafterHuckFinn)

"There'saVeryPrettyMoonTonight,"lyricsCole&J.W.Johnson,musicJ.R.Johnson(NY:Stern,1903)

"TheEvolutionofRagtime",abigsix-itemensemblenumber(Cole&the

Johnsonsvariouslycontributing;allpublishedseparatelywithNY:Stern,1903)including:VoiceoftheSavageEchoesoftheDayEssenceoftheJugDarkiesDelightTheSpiritoftheBanjo!Lindy:SoundsoftheTimes

NOTE:"VoiceoftheSavage.(Zuludance),"lyricsCole,musicJ.

RosamondJohnson(NY:Stern,1903)NOTE:"EchoesoftheDay:DaylightisFading,"lyricsJ.W.Johnson,

musicbyJ.R.Johnson(NY:Stern,1903);LoCcopyrightDecember3,1903;

NOTE:"EssenceoftheJug,"lyricsJ.W.Johnson,musicBobCole(NY:Stern,1903);LoCcopyrightDecember3,1903

NOTE:"Darkies'delight:introducing'Carvedat'possum',"lyricsJ.W.Johnson,musicCole(NY:Stern,1903);LoCcopyrightDecember3,1903;laterpublishedintheTenChoiceNegroFolkSongs(NY:Glove,1909)ofSterncataloguesongsmostlybyColeandJ.R.Johnson;WorldCatcitesfromthe1905LadiesHomeJournalissuethathadasetofColeandJohnsonsongs,ofwhichthiswasthesecond:"[thissong]illustratestheearlieststyleofnegropopularmusic.Songsofthatperiodwerealmostalwaysaboutgoodthingstoeat,orgoodtimes.Themostfamousone...was'Carvedat

'possum,'writtenbySamLucas";theLucasnumberwasasongpublishedin1875;seealso"SpiritoftheBanjo"

NOTE:"TheSpiritoftheBanjo,"lyricsBobColeandJ.W.Johnson,musicJ.RosamondJohnson(NY:Stern,1903;repr.Riis2015);thethirdoffoursongsthataresupposedtorepresentthegrowthoftheformsofnegromusicfromthedaysofoldminstrelsytothepresent;thisthirdsongrepresentstheold-timebanjosongofthecotton-fields;thesheetmusiccoversaysitisoneof"PeterF.Dailey'sFamousSongsuccesses,"anditwas"SungatKlawandErlanger'sAerialTheatre,NewYorkCity";inLadiesHomeJournal,July1905

NOTE:"Soundsofthetimes:Lindy"(orjust"Lindy"),wordsJ.W.Johsnon,musicColeandJ.R.Johnson(NY:Stern,1903);obviouslythemost"modernday"ofthesongsintheseries;also"SungatKlaw&Erlanger'sAerialTheatre,NewYork"

1903,inNovember:TheOfficeBoy[Norton(2002)1903.34],lyricsHarryB.

Smith,musicEnglander

"WhentheBandPlaysRagtime,"lyricsJ.W.Johnson,musicCole(NY:Stern,1902),reprintedwithstatementonthecover:"VocalandinstrumentalsuccessesinCharlesB.Dillingham'smagnificentproduction,'Theofficeboy,'comedyopera"

1904,January:twosongsforAnEnglishDaisy[Norton(2002),1904.04],runs

Jan-Feb1904

"BigIndianChief,"lyricsBobCole,musicJ.R.Johnson(NY:Stern,1904;repr.Riis2015);sheetmusiccoversays"WrittenEspeciallyForthe16thAnnualProductionofTheMask&WigCluboftheUniversityofPennsylvania";the"Mask&Wig"associationisconfirmedbytheNYAge,AutumnExpositionsupplement,whichsaysthissongwillbesungatthe"SongsofOldenDays"eventonOctober1,andthatitwaswrittenespeciallyfortheMask&WigClub"andwasatremendoussellingsuccess";Aselectionfor"SongsofOldenDays,"Thursdayevening,Oct.1,attheAutumnExposition,Sept.-Oct.1914

"APrepossessingLittleMaid,"lyricsBobCole,musicJ.R.Johnson(NY:

Stern,1904);"IntroducedbythepopularChristieMcDonaldinWeberandField'smagnificentproduction,TheEnglishDaisy"

1904,June:KlawandErlangerpresentALittleBitofEverything[Norton

(2002)1904.22],avaudevilleentertainment,attheirAerialGardens,sungontheroofoftheNewAmsterdamtheatrefromJunethruSeptember,andthenintothefall(e.g.,inBostoninOctober),withstarsincludingMissFayTempleton;seeNYSundayTelegraph,July10,1904,p.7andIBDB;alargenumberofsongsbyCole&Johnsons;songs,alphabetically,includethefollowing,and*ifpublishedbySternin1904:

*"ComoleGusta?=HowDoYouLikeMe?:taleofthegayLothario"

(ComoleGustaMe),lyricsJ.W.Johnson,musicBobCole(NY:Stern,1904);sungbyFayTempleton

*"Don'tWakeHimUp:LetHimDream"(LetHimDream),lyricsJ.W.Johnson,musicBobCole(NY:Stern,1904)

*"Fishing,"lyricsJ.W.Johnson,musicJ.RosamondJohnson(NY:Stern,1904;Sydney:Albert&Son,1904);sheetmusiccoversaysbyCole&JohnsonBrothers,butatheadofscoreitsayslyricsJ.W.andmusicJ.R.;"FayTempleton'sLatestSongSensations";"SungandKlawandErlanger'sAerialTheatre,NewYork"

*"LeaveIttoBill,"lyricsandmusicBobCole(NY:Stern,1904);"SungatKlawandErlanger'sAerialTheatre,NewYork."

"Lindy:soundsoftheTimes"from"TheEvolutionofRagtime"(fromMotherGoose(1903))

*"SpiritoftheBanjo,"from"TheEvolutionofRagtime"(fromMotherGoose(1903))[NB:Norton(2002)saysallof"TheEvolutionofRagtime"was

done]*"ThatPrettyLittleSquawFromUtah,"lyricsBobCole,musicJ.

RosamondJohnson(NY:Stern,1904);Aselectionfor"SongsofOldenDays,"Thursdayevening,Oct.1,attheAutumnExposition,Sept.-Oct.1914

*"ThereisSomethingAboutYouThatILove,Love,Love"lyricsJ.W.Johnson,musicBobCole(NY:Stern,1904)

1904,August:LooneyDreamland,minimusicalskitforBlackPattiandJohn

Ruckerin1904-1905and1905-1906;manyhitsonthisname,thoughPetersonhasCooneyDreamland,which

isevidentlyanerror;butNB:onehiteachin1904and1905callitLooneyCooneyDreamland;"Looney"isrightbecausetheskitisaboutLunaParkandDreamlandatConeyIsland;foritsrepertoire,whichdrawsonrecentCole&Johnsonnumbersforwhiteshows,see,interalia,SyracuseDailyJournal,August20,1904,p.12;IndianapolisFreeman,September17,1904,p.5;ForthWorthStar-Telegram,November2,1904,p.7

"Allaboardfordreamland"byvonTilzer"Whenthecoonshaveadreamlandoftheirown,"byHeelanandHelf"Dollie""GimmedeLeavin's,"lyricsJ.W.Johnson,musicBobCole(NY:Stern,

1904);forJohnRucker,the"AlabamaBlossom""LeaveIttoBill,"lyricsandmusicBobCole(NY:Stern,1904)"BigIndianChief,"lyricsBobCole,musicJ.RosamondJohnson(NY:

Stern,1904;repr.Riis2015);bigchoralnumber"MaidofTimbuctoo,"lyricsJ.W.Johnson,musicBobCole(NY:Stern,

1903)"LazyMoon,"lyricsBobCole,musicJ.RosamondJohnson(NY:Stern,

1903;repr.Riis2015);writtenforGeo.Primrose,andsomeprintingshavephotoofGeo.Primrose;sungbyhiminhisMinstrelshowc.1903beforeturningupayearlaterinthisshow

Cole&JohnsonVocalFolio(NY:Stern,1904),21songs(80pp.),alphabetical

intheoriginal:Ain'tdatscan'lous?--(NY:Stern,1901)Don'tbuttin!--(NY:Stern,1901)Everybodywantstoseethebaby--(NY:Stern,1903)LouisianaLize--(NY:Stern,1899)MadalenemySouthernqueen--(NY:Stern,1900)MaMississippibelle--(NY:Stern,1900)MyAngemimagreen--(NY:Stern,1902)MycastleontheNile--(NY:Stern,1901)Myheart'sdesiah--(NY:Stern,1901)Nouseinaskin''causeyouknowthereasonwhy--(NY:Stern,1901)Since[sence]youwentaway--(NY:Stern,1900)Shineonmyeveningstar!--(NY:Stern,1903)

Strollingalongthebeach--(NY:Stern,1902)SweetSaloma--(NY:Stern,1901)Theanimals'convention--(NY:Stern,1902)TheKaty-did,thecricketandthefrog--(NY:Stern,1903)Theoldflagnevertouchedtheground--(NY:Stern,1901)Whenthebandplaysragtime--(NY:Stern,1902)"WhenDeJackO'LanternStartstoWalkAbout,"lyricsBobColeandJ.W.

Johnson,musicJ.RosamondJohnson(NY:Stern,1901)Whentheminstrelscometotown--(NY:Stern,1902)Whydon'tthebandplay--(NY:Stern,1900)1904-19051904,October:Langevin'sYorkStateMinstrels,andLewDockstader'sminstrelshowbothfeatureanactorinblack-facesingingthis:

"TheCountessofAlagazam"lyricsandmusicBobCole(NY:Stern,1904;repr.Riis2015),"TheLatestCoonCrazeinTown;IntroducedbyJohnH.KinginDockstader'sMinstrels"

1904,November:HumptyDumpty(Norton(2002)104.47)

almostallthesongsarebyColeandJohnsonandareretainedintotherevival;aKlawandErlangerextravaganzaorpantomime;whiteshow,nextaftertheirMotherGoose;intheirusualpatternitpremieredinLondonandmovedtoNYC;openedonMonday,November14,1904attheNewAmsterdam;ranNov.1904thruMarch1905andwasrevivedforMarch1906(IndianapolisFreeman,February11,1905,p.2;IndianapolisFreeman,February25,1905,p.5;BostonHerald,March21,1905,p.10)

PopularHumptyDumpty:aselection(NY:Stern,1905)isan11-pagearrangementforpianoofmusicfromtheshow.Sheetmusicfor"Mexico"hasalistof11titlesfromtheshow.ActI"IAmtheKing"(Freeman)"MaryFromTipperary"ibdb;byNugent

"TheEggHasFallenDown"ibdb"WillHeEverSmileAgain"ibdb"[The]PussyandtheBow-Wow,"Johnson&Johnson(NY:Stern,

1904/1905);ibdb;Freeman;Riis"WegotoFindtheRing"ibdb"Mexico,"lyricsColeandJ.W.Johnson,musicCole(NY:Stern,1904);

Freeman;NYClipper;Aselectionfor"SongsofOldenDays,"Thursdayevening,Oct.1,attheAutumnExposition,Sept.-Oct.1914

"Fairyland"(ibdb;Freeman)ActII"SamboandDinah,"lyricsColeandJ.W.Johnson,musicCole(NY:Stern,

1904/1905);Freeman;NYClipper;"CupidReignsKing,"byFredSolomon(Freeman)"DowninMulberryBend,"Johnson&Johnson(NY:Stern,1904/1905);

ibdb;Freeman;Riis"Man,Man,Man,"lyricsJ.W.Johnson,musicCole(NY:Stern,1904);

(Freeman)

ActIII"I'maVeryGoodSailoronLand"(Freeman)"DownattheBottomoftheSea"(quartet;ibdb;Freeman)"OnLalawana'sshore:SouthSeaislandlovesong,"Johnson&Johnson

(NY:Stern,1904);LakawannainNYClipper,butLalawanaistheword(newspaperhits;ibdb;NYClipper;Freeman;Riis);onesheetmusiccovercallsit"FayTempleton'sSouthSeaislandlovesong";alsosungbyMaudeLillianBarri

"Fishing,"Johnson&Johnson(NY:Stern,1904);Riis1904,December:InNewport(Norton(2002)1904.56)

someColeandJohnsonsongs;whiteshow,Klaw&Erlanger;ranDec.1904thruJan1905(IndianapolisFreeman,February25,1905,p.5)ActI"TheHouseThatJackBuilt,"byWincott&Leighton(1901)?;ibdb

"Don'tCome[go][get]tooDangerouslyNigh""WhenIamtheChiefofPolice""Scandal""TheNewportDip"ibdbActII"TheRehearsal"ibdb"Stockings""NobodyButYou,"byFayTempleton;ibdb"Hello,MyLulu,"Johnson&Johnson(NY:Stern,1905);ibdb;successby

PeterF.Dailey"Zel,Zel,ArabianLoveSong,"lyricsJ.W.,Johnson,musicCole(NY:Stern,

1905)"RoamingAroundtheTown"(inaSternanthology,NY:Stern,1906)"Peggyis[Polly's]aNewYorkerNow"ActIII"SoundsoftheTimes,"Cole&Johnsons(Riis)"TheSpiritoftheBanjo,"Cole&Johnsons(Riis)"Lindy:soundsofthetimes,"Cole&Johnsons"MaryWasaManicure""AlltheWorldLovesaLover"(Freeman)"AfterMarriage"(Freeman)"Women,"mentionedbyareviewer"HowaMonocleHelpstheMind,"mentionedbyareviewer

1905,inJulyandAugust:Cole&JohnsontoLondontostagemusicalnumbers

forthelatestKlaw&ErlangerLondonproductionbutthereisnolatersignofthisproduction;theyareheavilybilledfortheirLondondebutinvaudeville;theyleaveforLeHavreonJune15fortwoweeksinParis,thentwoweekstouringBelgiumandHolland,andthentoLondonbyJuly15forperformancesatthePalaceTheatre(GhostWalks,p.345;Billboard,n.d.(ca.June1,1905),p.12;IndianapolisFreeman,August19,1905,p.5;IndianapolisFreeman,August26,1905,p.5);forBobCole&J.R.JohnsoninLondonatthePalaceTheatreinJulyandAugust1905,seeTheObserverhits;NB:CommentinIndianapolisFreeman,December9,1905,p.5articleon

WMCinEuropewithTennesseeStudentssaysBobCole&BillyJohnson(anerrorforJ.R.!)wereinvaudevilleatthePalaceTheatreinLondon,andincontextthiswasnotverylongbefore;theyareheadlininginLondonatthePalacenotlongbefore(IndianapolisFreeman,September9,1905,p.5)

1905SONGS

"MyLuluSan.JapaneseLoveSong,"lyricsJ.W.Johnson,musicBobCole(NY:Stern,1905);"AssunginMr.HamletofDenmark,17thannualproductionoftheMaskandWigClub[UniversityofPennsylvania]"

1905-1906TheconnectionwithKlawandErlangerappearstobesevered.Cole&JohnsonarebackinNYCandinvaudevillethisyear,buttheirsongproductionseemsslight;surelythisisonaccountofwritingTheShoo-FlyRegiment1905:The"SamboGirls,"later"Cole&Johnson'sSamboGirlswithEdgar

Connor,"apopularactownedbyCole&JohnsonsfromOctober1905to1913thatraninvaudeville;ithadpriorandsubsequenthistoryunderothermanagement;thisactwasalaunchingpadforEvaTanguayinhercareer;Cole'sownershipoftheshowisoneoftheitemsmentionedinthefirstreportsofhisdeath

1905,inSeptember:Cole&JohnsonreturntotheUSonSeptember2,1905

fromLiverpoolontheLucania(NYCPassengerLists)1905,inSeptember:Cole&JohnsonareinvaudevilleinNYC(Indianapolis

Freeman,September30,1905,p.5)1905,inOctober:Cole&JohnsonareinNYC(IndianapolisFreeman,October

14,1905,p.5)1905,October:Moonshine(Norton(2002)1905.45)

runningOct1905-Jan1906,featuringMarieCahillsinging:

"TheConjureMan,"lyricsJ.W.Johnson,musicBobCole(NY:Stern,

1905)1905,inOctober:IndianapolisFreeman,October28,1905,p.5saysthey've

heardthatCole&Johnsonaregoingoutwithabigcompanyattheendoftheyear,andthatWMCwilltrainthechorus(ananticipationofthe1906Shoo-FlyRegiment);anaccountinNovembersaysWMCiswritinganoperaforCole&Johnson(NYMorningTelegraph,November20,1905,p.10);

1905,inNovember:WillMarionCookarrivedbackfromSouthamptontoNYC

onthe"St.Paul"onNovember19,1905;heturnsupatHammerstein'sVictoriawithoneofhischildrenandgivestheMorningTelegraphaninterview:hearrivedyesterday,leavingAbbieandatroupeof18inParis,andheiswritinganoperaforCole&Johnson;moreover,"ALondonmanagerisgoingtoleaseatheatrefornegroperformersexclusively,"announcedCook.Cole&Johnsonwillopenthishouse,andtheycanstayaslongastheywish"(NYMorningTelegraph,November20,1905,p.10)

1906,February:atProctor's23rdStreet;ColeandJohnsonperformedanew

medleyofoldsongs(thoughnotthatold!):"I'llkeepawarmspotinmyheartforyou,"lyricsBobColeandJ.W.

Johnson,musicJ.RosamondJohnson(NY:Stern,1906);"There'sawarmspotinmyheartforyou"isaColeandBillyJohnsonsongof1898;thisnewnumberissungbyAidaOvertonWalkerinAbyssinia;Aselectionfor"SongsofOldenDays,"Thursdayevening,Oct.1,attheAutumnExposition,Sept.-Oct.1914

"Mexico,"Cole&J.W.Johnson(NY:Stern,1904)"Father'sGotaJob,"lyricsColeandJ.W.Johnson,musicCole(NY:Stern,

1906)"LazyMoon,"lyricsCole,musicJ.R.,Johnson(NY:Stern,1903)(encore)

1906,inFebruary:nowintothenewyear,thebignewprojectisstillfluid;

theirnewmilitaryplaywithmusicisexpectedtowardstheendofFebruary1906withacompanyof55underthemanagementofSamuelL.Tuck(IndianapolisFreeman,February10,1906,p.5);theyarewritingeverything---book,lyrics,music---themselves(Indianapolis

Freeman,April28,1906,p.5);thenamuchlaterstorysaystheshowwillbeunderthemanagementofMelvilleB.Raymond;thisshiftinmanagementmayindicateproblemsgettingtheshowinitiallyofftheground(FortWorthStar-Telegram,September17,1906,p.3)

1906,April:somesongsforShylockandCo.,Bankers(burlesque),thenew

EasterWeekburlesquefortheMaskandWigCluboftheUniversityofPennsylvania(18thannual---theydidsongsfor1904,1905,1906):

"Won'tYourMammaLetYouComeOutandPlay,"lyricsJ.W.Johnson,

musicBobCole(NY:Stern,1906)"MyOneandOnly,"lyricsJ.W.Johnson,musicBobCole(NY:Stern,

1906)"ComeMyLoveandGowithMe"lyricsBobColeandJ.W.Johnson,

musicJ.RosamondJohnson(NY:Stern,1906)1906,inApril:settingasidethebignewmusicalcomedy,theteamisnowin

Europe(IndianapolisFreeman,April28,1906,p.5)1906,inJune:WillMarionCookisbeingconsideredaspossiblemusicdirector

forCole&Johnson'sShoo-FlyRegiment(IndianapolisFreeman,June9,1906,p.5)

1906,inJune:J.RosamondJohnsonreturnstoUSfromLiverpoolonthe

UmbriaonJune10,1906(NYCPassengerList);likelythatColewasalsoonthatship

1906,August:MarryingMary(Norton(2002)1906.27)

acoupleofsongs?;whiteshow,thelatestvehicleforMarieCahill,runsAug-Oct1906;withJRandJWJohnsonsongs(aghostreference?orweretherelaterinterpolations?)

"HottentotLoveSong,"atwo-step,forMarieCahill,byBenjaminBurt

andSilvioHein(NY:Stern,1906),andsometimescalled"MarieCahill'sHottentotLoveSong"andcopyrightunderthattitlebyBurtandHein,Aug.27/28,1906;Billboard,July2,1949,p.42saysitisbyCole&Johnson,anditissaidtobebythembyBernardL.PetersoninACenturyofMusicals,butmostnewspaperreferencesofthedaysayitisby

SilvioHein,nottomentionWorldCat,etc.;Norton(2002)saysitisbyCole&Johnsons

Atthismoment,aftercollaboratingonsongsfortheupcomingshow,J.W.Johnsonstepsoutofthepictureandmovesprofessionallyinanotherdirection.Hetakesadiplomaticpositionin1906inVenezuela,asUSConsulinPuertoCabello;in1909heispromotedandgoestoNicaragua.Herememberstheyearsofthe"Trimvirate"ofCole&JohnsonBrothersinshowbusinesstogetherasseveninall,thus1899-1906.1906-1907THESHOO-FLYREGIMENT1906-07;1907-08:Colebeginsfouryears,intwotwo-yearstints,ontourwithtwoCole&J.R.Johnsonvehicles:TheShoo-FlyRegimentover1906-1908andTheRedMoonover1908-1910;thismarkstheirreturntomusicalcomedy,leavingvaudeville,andwiththedepartureofJ.W.Johnson.1906,inAugust:TheShoo-FlyRegiment

OpensinAugust1906.Mostlytheirownmaterial;BobColeismostoftenthelyricistforJ.R.Johnson'smusic;inlate1905andearliest1906WMCmighthavebeengoingtocomeaboard(asabove);intheevent,JamesReeseEuropeisfirstmusicdirector,inchargeoforchestraandchorus,butonlyinfirstseasonuntilFeb.1907.TheShoo-FlyRegimentopensinWashington,DC,attheMajesticonAugust20,1906(EveningStar(DC),August15,1906,p.16;EveningStar(DC),August19,1906,p.18;EveningStar(DC),August21,1906,p.16),thoughoncewasexpectedtoopenatCumberland,MDonAugust27(ClevelandGazette,August1,1906,p.1;IndianapolisFreeman,August4,1906,p.5)

NB:Shoo-FlySongs---songbookoftennumbers(NY:Stern,1906);

inWorldCatthereisahitwhichisprobablythesameitem:TheShoo-FlyRegiment,book,lyrics,andmelodiesbyCole&Johnson(NY:Stern,1906-1907),withtennumbers;onecopycatalogued,atBritishLibrary,andIhavenotseenitscontentsanotesaysthesong"Won'tYoubeMyLittleBrownBear?"isbyBobCole,suggestingthatfortheothersheislyricistbutnot

composerSongsfromWorldCatandIBDB,etc.,with*ifinalistof14onaSternsheetmusiccoverfortheshow,andXifinthelistofsevenunpublishedsongscopyrightbyCole&JohnsoninAugust1906;1/ifinNorton(2002)program:*1/De(The)Bo'dofEducation,Johnson&Johnson(NY:Stern,1906,

1907)1/DowninthePhilippines[ibdb]*X1/FloatingDowntheNile,Johnson&Johnson(NY:Stern,1906);LoC

Aug.15/23,1906X1/TheGhostofDeaconBrown,Johnson&Johnson(NY:Stern,1906);

LoCAug.15/23,1906*"ICan'tThinkofNothin'intheWide,WideWorldButYou,"lyricsBob

Cole,MusicJ.RosamondJonson(NY:Stern,1907);Norton(2002)saysitisanadditionalsongassociatedwiththeshow

"IThinkanAwfulLotofYou,"AndersonandJordan(NY:Witmark,1907);Norton(2002)saysitisanadditionalsongassociatedwiththeshow

X1/"IfAdamHadn'tSeentheAppleTree,"lyricsandmusicBobCole(NY:Stern,1906);LoCcopyrightAugust21,1906

X1/"I'llAlwaysLoveOldDixie,"Johnson&Johnson(NY:Stern,1906);LoCcopyrightAugust20,1906;ibdb

*I'llFightfortheDearOldFlag*X1/JustHowMuchILoveYou,lyricsBobCole,musicJ.Rosamond

Johnson(NY:Stern,1906);LoCAug.15/23,19061/Lemons[Lemmons][ibdb]*1/"Li'lGal"[LittleGal;Lit'lGal],lyricsDunbar,musicJ.Rosamond

Johnson(NY:Stern,1902,1905)1/TheLittleChoo-chooGee-Gee[ibdb]MySweetheart'saSoldierintheArmy;Norton(2002)saysitisan

additionalsongassociatedwiththeshow*MySusanna*1/TheOldFlagNeverTouchedtheGround;finale,"lyricsBobColeand

J.W.Johnson,musicJ.RosamondJohnson(NY:Stern,1901);ibdb*1/"OntheGayLuneta,"lyricsBobCole,musicJamesReeseEurope

(NY:Stern,1906);Aselectionfor"SongsofOldenDays,"Thursdayevening,Oct.1,at

theAutumnExposition,Sept.-Oct.1914*OnceUponaTimeX1/Run,BrudderRabbit,Run[LoCAug.15/23,1906;ibdb][sameas

"Run,brudderpossum"?)1/Southland,Johnson&Johnson;[ibdb]*"SugarBabe,"lyricsBobCole,musicJ.RosamondJohnson(NY:Stern,

1907repr.Riis2015)ThatStill,SmallVoice;Norton(2002)saysitisanadditionalsong

associatedwiththeshow*"There'sAlwaysSomethingWrong:comiccoonsong,"lyricsBobCole,

musicJ.RosamondJohnson(NY:Stern,1907);Norton(2002)saysitisanadditionalsongassociatedwiththeshow

1/"We'veBeentoBostonTown"[ibdb]*X1/"WhoDoYouLove?"lyricsBobCole,musicJ.RosamondJohnson

(NY:Stern,1906;repr.Riis2015);LoCAugust21,1906*"Won'tYouBeMyLittleBrownBear?"lyricsBobCole,musicJ.

RosamondJohnson(NY:Stern,1907);Norton(2002)saysitisanadditionalsongassociatedwiththeshow;Aselectionfor"SongsofOldenDays,"Thursdayevening,Oct.1,attheAutumnExposition,Sept.-Oct.1914

Shoo-FlyRegiment,ProgramforYearI(Norton(2002),I:861-62[1907.22]),withaninterestingdisconnectfromthesongsintheSternsongbook:

ActIOpeningChorusDeBo'dofEducationTheLittleChoo-choo,Gee-geeJustHowMuchILoveYouIfAdamHadn'tSeentheAppleTreeI'llAlwaysLoveOldDixieRun,BrudderRabbit,RunActIISouthlandL'ilGalTheGhostofDeaconBrownOntheGayLuneta

BalletLemonsActIII.OpeningChorusWe'veBeentoBostonTownWhoDoYouLove,lyricsColeFloatingDowntheNileDowninthePhilippinesTheOldFlagNeverTouchedtheGround(Finale)

NB:TheShoo-FlyRegiment,SecondSeason(1907-1908)songsneedisolating.1908,inMay:Forthesummer,ColeandJ.R.Johnsonaregoingintovaudeville

withaboutahalfdozenothersinthetroupe,andtheorchstraisdirectedbyJamesReeseEuropewhiletheactison;moreover,Europe,whohadleftCole&JohnsonlateinthefirstseasonofTheShoo-FlyRegimentandledtheSmarSetthislastseason,willre-joinCole&Johnsonasmusicdirectorfortheupcomingseason(NYAge,May14,1908,p.6)

1908,inJuly:ColeisafoundingmemberoftheFrogs(see,interalia,NYAge,

July9,1908,p.6;NYAge,August6,1908,p.6;NYAge,August13,1908,p.6).

1908SONGS

"SweetestGalinTown,"lyricsBobCole,musicJ.RosamondJohnson(NY:Stern,1908)

1908-1909THEREDMOON1908:TheRedMoonbeginsitsfirstseason;itfeaturesAbbieMitchell;Cole&J.R.Johnsonarebigcreativeteam;seasononehasadditionalmusicbyJRE

andadditionallyricsbyCharlesA.Hunter;intheend,fivesongsco-writtenwithJamesReeseEurope(threeforseasononeandtwoforseasontwo),whoismusicdirectorforaseasonandahalf,fromnowuntilDecember1909.ThesecondaryliteraturesometimescreditsJoeJordanwithlotsofthisshow,fornoreasonthatIhaveseen.SONGS.NB:strongcorrelationbetweenyear1andyear2referencesand1908or1909publicationdates.*indicatesonlistof12onsheetmusiccoverfor"Ada"and"TheBigRedShawl"#indicatesonsheetmusicfor"Pliney"I/meansin1908version,esp.viaNYAgeandBillboardandFreeman;II/meansnewin1909version,esp.viaNYAge

--------*I/"Ada,MySweetPotater,"lyricsCharlesHunter,musicBobColeand

JamesReeseEurope(NY:Stern,1908)#II/"AsLongastheWorldGoesRound"(RollsOn),lyricsBobCole,

music,J.RosamondJohnson(NY:Remick,1909);sungbyAbbieMitchellbeforesheleaves;mentionedinearlyyear2Waltonreview;WorldCathit;Norton(2002)saysitisanadditionalsongassociatedwiththeshow)

*I/"TheBigRedShawl"[TheRedShawl],lyricsBobCole,musicJ.RosamondJohnson(NY:Stern,1908;repr.Riis2015)

*I/"TheBleedingMoon"(BleedingMoon,Bleedin'Moon),lyricsBobCole,musicJ.RosamondJohnson(NY:Stern,1908;repr.Riis2015);sungbyFannieWiseinActII;Aselectionfor"SongsofOldenDays,"Thursdayevening,Oct.1,attheAutumnExposition,Sept.-Oct.1914

I/"Checkers[LifeisaGameofCheckers],"lyricsBobCole,musicJ.RosamondJohnson(NY:Stern,1908)

*I/"CupidWas[Is]AnIndianPickanniny"(NY:Stern,1908);Norton(2002)saysitisanadditionalsongassociatedwiththeshow

I/"Don'tTellTalesOutofSchool"(callednewin1909Freemanart.;cit.ChicagoBroadAxe,November20,1909,p.1;inMayofYearIaccNorton(2002)program)

#II/"Hoola-Woola"(orinsomenewspapers,"Coola-Woo-La"or"CoolaWoola"),lyricsBobCole,musicJ.RosamondJohnson(NY:Remick,1909);Walton'syear2reviewcallsitanewsong;mentionedinyear2arts.inChicagoBroadAxeandIndianapolisFreeman

*I/"IAin'tHadNoLovin'inaLongTime"(Ain'tHadNoLovin'InaLongTime),lyricsBobCole,musicJamesReeseEurope(NY:Stern,1908)

I/"ILoveButYou."(BillboardSept.12,1908,p.11ref.)*"IWantMyChicken."(noyear;Bauman)(NY:Stern,1908);Norton

(2002)saysitisanadditionalsongassociatedwiththeshow,anditisonSternsheetmusiccoverlist

*I/"I've[I]LostMyTeddyBear,"lyricsBobCole,music,J.RosamondJohnson(NY:Stern,1908);Norton(2002)saysitisanadditionalsongassociatedwiththeshow,anditisonSternsheetmusiccoverlist;alsosungbyAnnaHeldinZiegfeld'sMissInnocence

I/"KeeponSmiling"(mentionedin1908FreemanandNYTMay1909stories;isittheRemick1907song?)

*"Lifeisagameofcheckers,"lyricsBobColeandChas.Hunter,musicJ.RosamondJohnson(NY:Stern,1908);itisonSternsheetmusiccoverlist;

"LoveMeBabyMine,"lyricsBobCole,musicJ.RosamondJohnson(NY:Stern,1909)

*I/"MyIndianMaid"(BaumanandBillboardSept.12,1908,p.11refs.)(NY:Stern,1908);Norton(2002)saysitisanadditionalsongassociatedwiththeshow,anditisonSternsheetmusiccoverlist

*I/"OntheRoadtoMonterey,"lyricsandmusicBobCole(NY:Stern,1908;repr.Riis2015);twopagesofJ.R.Johnson'sorchestrationofthissongforTheRedMoonarepublishedinRiis2015,pp.120-21

*I/"ThePathwayofLove"[toLove],lyricsBobCole,musicJ.RosamondJohnson(NY:Stern,1908;repr.Riis2015);mentionedin1908Freemanart.;ayearonevehicleforstarAbbieMitchell

#II/"PhoebeBrown,"lyricsBobCole,musicJ.RosamondJohnson(NY:Remick,1909);forAdaOvertonWalkerandtheGirls

#II/"PickaninnyDays,"lyricsBobCole,musicJamesReeseEurope(NY:Remick,1909);forAdaOvertonWalker

#II/"PlineyComeOutintheMoonlight"[Pliney,Won'tYouComeOutintheMoonLight],lyricsBobCole,musicJamesReeseEurope(NY:Remick,1910)

I/"RedMoon."(IsthisjustanothernameforYearI"BleedingMoon"or"RedShawl"?(Baumanref.andPetersonref.probablybothfromWaltonNYAgeart.);Norton(2002)saysitisanadditionalsongassociatedwiththeshow,byJamesReeseEurope;forAbbieMitchellasMinnehaha

I/"Run,BrudderPossum,Run"(mentionedin1909Freemanart.as"RunBillyPossum";NYTMay1909atendofyear1callsit"Run,BillyPossum,Run",asdoChristianScienceMonitor,ChicagoBroadAxe,andSpringfieldDailyIllinoisStateRegisterinyear2);thisissurelythesongbytheJohnsonBrothers(NY:Rogers,1900)with"Brudder"herereplacedby"Billy";"BillyPossum"isafamousfigureinpopularcultureatthistime

*I/"Sambo,"lyricsBobCole,musicJamesReeseEurope(NY:Stern,1908);Aselectionfor"SongsofOldenDays,"Thursdayevening,Oct.1,attheAutumnExposition,Sept.-Oct.1914

"TheSameOldSilv'ryMoonisShining,"lyricsBobCole,musicJ.RosamondJohnson(NY:Remick,1909);LoCcopyrightOct.26,1909;surelyyear2(e.g.,mentioninSpringfieldDailyIllinoisStateRegister,December10,1909,p.16andChicagoBroadAxe,November20,1909,p.1)

"To-Da-LoTwoStep,"or"TheRedMoonTo-da-lo--TwoStep"(JoeJordan?),aversionoftheverypopulardanceofthemoment

II/"WildfireDance"(or"Wildfire";anaboriginaldance,forAdaOvertonWalker)

I/"WhenItakeMySeatinCongress"(Billboard,Sept.12,1908,p.11ref.)

I/"WhyDidILeaveMyHappyHome"(Billboard,Sept.12,1908,p.11ref.)

REDMOONProgram,Year1(Norton(2002),I:913[1901.10])

ActIOpeningChorus"LifeisaGameofCheckers""KeepOnSmilin'""Don'tTellTalesOutofSchool""ILoveButYou""AdaMySweetPotater,"lyricsChas.Hunter,musicBobColeandJames

ReeseEuropeFinaleActIIPrelude"BleedingMoon""TheBigRedShawl""thePathwayofLove""OntheRoadtoMonterey"WarDanceActIII"RedMoonTo-da-lo""Sambo,"byJamesReeseEuropePianologue"HoolaWoola""Run,BillyPossum,Run""IAin'tHadNoLovin'inaLongTime,"JamesReeseEurope"LoveMe,BabyMine"Finale

1909SONGPUBLICATIONTenChoiceNegroFolkSongsforVoiceandPianoforte(NY:GlobeMusicCo.,1909);nos.1-8areCole&Johnsonssongs:

Nobody'slookin'buttheowlandthemoon[1901]SugarBabe[1907]Mudderknows[1903]Run,BrudderRabbit,run![1906]Lazymoon[1903]

Lit'lgal[1902]MoonlightontheMississippi[1903]Darkiesdelight;Intro:Carvedatpossum[1903]and"Ican'tthinkobnuthin'elsebutyou,[Lulu!],"HarryDacre[1896]"ConsolationLane,"ChrisSmithJ.TimBrymn,andJamesBurris[1909]

1909-1910:1909:TheRedMoonbeginsitssecondseason,inanewversionwithmajor

changes,esp.toincorporateAdaOvertonWalker;AbbieMitchellresignsinearlySeptember1909andgoesintovaudevillewithex-husbandWMC.Theshowrunsforafullseason,atleastupthroughatwo-weekengagementfromMondayMay2,1910inWashington(WashingtonEveningStar,May3,1910,p.10;WashingtonBee,May14,1910,p.1;WashingtonEveningStar,May10,1910,p.18)

REDMOONProgram,Year2(ChicagoBroadAxe,November20,1909,p.1,2)

ActIOpeningChorus"TheSameOldMoonisShining""KeepOnSmilin'""Don'tTellTalesOutofSchool""PickinninyDays""Pliney,Won'tYouComeOutintheMoonLight"FinaleActIIPrelude"BleedingMoon""TheBigRedShawl""OntheRoadtoMonterey"WildfireDanceFinale

ActIII"RedMoonTo-da-lo""Sambo"Pianologue"HoolaWoola""Run,BillyPossum,Run"OldSongs"PhoebeBrown"Finale

1910,summer:TheRedMoonclosesfortheseasoninmidMay;Colereturns

tothevaudevillestagewithJ.R.Johnsoninthesummer.Reportedly,hewastryingtowriteanewplayforhisowncompanyandalsoanotherplayasavehicleforAidaOvertonWalker(Russellobit,ChicagoDefender,August12,1911,p.1)

1910SONGS

"Oh,YouGeorgiaRose,"lyricsSheltonBrooksandW.R.Williams,musicBobColeandJohnnieWaters,inWillRossiter"GoodLuck"Songs(Chicago:WillRossiter,1910);laterpublishedseparately(Chicago,WillRossiter,1912)

"M'Aimez-Vous?(DoYouLoveMe?),"lyricsandmusicBobCole(NY:

Stern,1910)NB:"Sweetness,ILoveYouBestofAll,"lyricsandmusicJ.Rosamond

Johnson(NY:Stern,1910),for"Cole&Johnson'sSamboGirlswithEdgarConnor"

1910-19111910,October8:Colehashisfinalmanicbreakdownandiscommittedtoan

asylum;(WashingtonBeeOctober15,1910,p.7;Anaconda(Montana)Standard,October17,1910,p.7;IndianapolisFreeman,October22,1910,p.1;

TrentonEveningNews,October30,1910,p.22);thefacilityisaprivatesanitoriuminWoodcliff-on-Hudson[presumablyjustacrosstheHudsonRiverfromW.96thStreet](NYAge,October13,1910,p.6)LesterWalton,inhisNYAgeobit,saysthatColewasfirsttakentoBellevue,thentoManhattanHospitalonWard'sIslandforalmostninemonths,thentoAmityvilleonJuly1,1911,andtoCatskillonJuly29.ThevillageofCatskillisonthewestsideoftheHudsonriverbetweenPoughkeepsieandAlbany,northofKingstonandWoodstock.

1911,August2(Wednesday):tenmonthslater,Colecommitssuicidein

Catskill,NY,age43;Wire-servicenewsitemoutofCatskill,NY,datedeitherAugust2or3:"RobertCole,negrotheatricalstar,43yearsold,drownedhimselfinashallowcreekhere,""hecamehereSaturday,"etc.(e.g.,ClevelandPlainDealer,August3,1911,p.1;Wilkes-BarreTimesLeader,August3,1911,p.16);"RobertColeofNewYork,oneofthebestknowncoloredmeninthetheatricalprofession,wasdrownedinashallowcreekatCatskilllastWednesday.ColewastheheadofCole&Johnson,ownersofthe"SamboGirls"show,andauthorofanumberofsongs,including"TheGirlWiththeDeamyEyes."Hewalkedintothecreekwithoutundressing,and,afterswimmingforafewminutes,allowedhimselftosink.Twofriendswatchingsaytheysupposeditwasinplay,andColewasdeadbeforetheyrealizedthetruth"(Cooperstown,NY,TheGlimmerglass,n.d.(likelyAugust9,1911),n.p.)

OBITSObitbySylvesterRussellinChicagoDefender,August12,1911,p.1and

IndianapolisFreeman,August12,1911,p.5ObitbyLesterA.WaltoninNYAge,August10,1911,p.6BIBLIOGRAPHYElaborateWikipediaentry.2015Riis.TheSongsofColeandJohnsonBrothers:asSelectedbyJ.Rosamond

Johnson.WithaforewordbyThomasRiis,"J.RosamondJohnson:HisSongsandEarlyCareer."EdwardB.Marks,2015,asdistributedbyHalLeonard,Milwaukee.

2013Riis,Thomas."Cole,Bob."InTheGroveDictionaryofAmericanMusic,2nded.,editedbyCharlesHiroshiGarrett.NY:OxfordUniversityPress,2013.

2011Riis,ThomasL."TheMusicofATriptoCoontown."InMusic,AmericanMade:EssaysinHonorofJohnGraziano,ed.JohnKoegel.SterlingHeights,MI:HarmonieParkPress,2011.Pp.421-37.

2011Moon,KrystynR.,DavisKrasner,andThomasL.Riis."ForgottenManuscripts:ATriptoCoontown."AfricanAmericanReview44/1-2(Spring/Summer2011):7-24.

2008Krasner,David."Cole,Bob."InTheAfricanAmericanNationalBiography,ed.HenryLouisGatesandEvelynBrooks-Higginbotham.NY:OxfordUniversityPress,208.2:352.

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2003Hill,ErrolG.andJamesV.Hatch.AHistoryofAfricanAmericanTheater.Cambridge:CambridgeUniversityPress,2003.Pp.156-62,etalia.

2002Norton,RichardC.AChronologyofAmericanMusicalTheater,3vols.NY:OxfordUniversityPress,2002.

1999Saffle,Michael."Cole,RobertAllen("Bob")."InInternationalDictionaryofBlackComposers,2vols.,ed.SamuelA.Floyd,jr.Chicago:FitzroyDearborn,1999.I:246-51.

1992Riis,ThomasL.MoreThanJustMinstrelShows:TheRiseofBlackMusicalTheatreattheTurnoftheCentury.InstituteforStudiesinAmericanMusicMonographs,no.33.Brooklyn:InstituteforStudiesinAmericanMusic,1992.

1992Morgan,ThomasL,andWilliamBarlow."BobColeandtheJohnsonBrothers."InFromCakewalkstoConcertHalls:AnIllustratedHistoryofAfrican-AmericanPopularMusicfrom1895to1930.Washington,D.C.,ElliotandClark,1992.

1985Riis,Thomas."BobCole:HisLifeandLegacytoBlackMusicalTheater."BlackPerspectiveinMusic13/2(Fall1985):135-150.

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