Mammy’s Little Pumpkin Colored Coons, and 50 similar items

The song is strophic with chorus. The first line of the chorus is "Go to sleep, sh! my little pickaninies". The song is also titled "Way Down Upon a Cotton Farm in Southern Alabam". Similar to “Mammy’s Little Alligator Bait,” the “Pumpkin” song is a tough-love lullaby. A father plays with and sings to his children after coming home from work, and their mother puts them to bed with the mild threat that she won’t buy them molasses candy unless they close their eyes and go to sleep. “Mammy’s Little Pumpkin Colored Coons” was “an emphatic hit” when introduced on stage by a white performer named Julius Witmark, in the play, “The Good Mr. Best.” The sheet music is in fair condition, front cover has colored graphics in orange and black with a photo believed to be Mr. Witmark with two black babies in a cradle with their mother in a rocking chair. There are tears on the edges