'My Filipino baby', 1899 Creator: Unknown. # 2949112

'My Filipino baby', 1899 Creator: Unknown.

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'My Filipino baby', 1899. 'A Coon Simplicity with Rag-Time Chorus; words and music by James D. Dewey; Sung with Great Success by Josephine Gassman with Hopkins Transatlantic Co.'. 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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