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Zip Coon
- Creator:
- Firth & Hall
- Location:
- New York, New York
- Origin Date:
- 1830-1846
- Materials:
- paper
- Item ID:
- 71.2009.083.0348
- Holding Institution:
- Lincoln Financial Foundation Collection, Courtesy of the Indiana State Museum
- Available for Viewing:
- No
- Category:
- Sheet Music
Description
This is a piece of sheet music for the song, “Zip Coon.” The cover features an illustration at the top of a well-dressed African American man and woman sitting together on a bench. She is holding a fan in front of her face and he is looking through a monocle at a pendant she is wearing. “Zip Coon A Popular Negro Song as sung by Mr. Geo. W. Dixon. with great applause” is printed below the illustration. 1 score ([4] p.) For voice and piano. Verses 2-9 printed as text on p. [3]. First line of text: I went down to Sandy hook, toder arter noon. First line of chorus: Old Zip Coon is a very larned sch[o]lar. Part of The Lincoln Financial Foundation Collection, courtesy of the Indiana State Museum.
