Artist: James Aldrich Libbey
Author: Charles Harris
Year: 1892
In musical A Trip To Chinatown. First Tin Pan Alley millionseller (sheet music).
Covers:
George Gaskin [on New Jersey cylinder; n°1 US]
John Philip Sousa [at the Chicago World's Fair]
Irene Dunn [in film Showboat]
Kathryn Grayson [in a later film version of Showboat]
Max van Praag [as Na Het Bal]
If you noticed blunt omissions, mis-interpretations or even out-and-out errors,
please let me know:
Arnold Rypens
Rozenlaan 65
B-2840 Reet (Rumst)