"Polly Wolly Doodle" is by Dan Emmett. In association with Billy Whitlock, Dick Pelham,
and Frank Brower, he organized the Virginia Minstrels, which made their
first appearance before a paying audience at the Chatham Theatre in New York
City in 1843. The group's full-length blackface performance is generally
considered to have been the first true minstrel show.
Dan Emmett is also credited with composing "Dixie" and "Blue Tail Fly". I play this in a medley with: "Camptown Races" "Oh! Susanna". Both are by Stephan Foster and are in this section. |