'Close dat eye (a negro lullaby)', 1901. Creator: A. J. Dewey. # 2949145

'Close dat eye (a negro lullaby)', 1901. Creator: A. J. Dewey.

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'Close dat eye (a negro lullaby)', 1901. 'Words by Jack P. MacSweeny, music by Lee Orean Smith'. Sung by Florence Rother. From a collection of sheet music, some examples of which depict African Americans in a derogatory way. Other examples are songs by white musicians purporting to be black.

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