Show M I t M t M I t M t I M I I M M I M M I I M I I M I I M I M I I M I I M I M t t M tit M I V t. I I I I I tit MM I t I I I t Prince Henry has fallen into a mistake which is S universal with strangers visiting this countr country He fancies that coon coon songs songs' are the product of coons He thinks that the old classics classics' like the theOld theOld theOld Down the Old Kentucky J. J Home and Way War on Suwanee River were evolved from the Afro Amer r- r ican jean inner consciousness which they were not I As far as aR we know there is not a solitary known fo folk fok k song which has been een contributed to the world word of music by bJ the negro Paul Dunbar a very able negro mus musician cian has adapted what is called the music of his race but the result is only adaptation tion It is rather strange but not the less true that the negro melodies which have lun-e earned their place in the pantheon of song have all been written by white men and generally by white men who of a night blackened their faces with burnt cork and thus acquired the atmo atmosphere phere Some music i is is' is r racial cial The coon song is merely the product of W humor translated into melody |