Sambo's Defense. Musical Reading
Song record peer reviewed by Editorial Board member: Gregory Zavracky| Song Title | Sambo's Defense. Musical Reading (Search) |
| Composer(s): | Mildred Adair |
| Composer Underrepresented Group | Woman (Search) |
| Author(s): | Belle R. Harrison |
| Author Underrepresented Group | Woman (Search) |
| Keyword(s) & Features: | Baptizing; Black; Britches; Chaingangs; Corn; Crimes; Defenses; Denials; Gabriel; Goodbye; Guilt; Innocence; Jails; Judges; Juries; Motives; Pants; Religion; Sambo; Sins; Slurs; Stealing; Theft; White |
| First Line | I stole them britches– I 'knowledge the corn (Search) |
| Average Duration | 2:15 (Search) |
| Year of composition | 1925 (Search) |
| Musical Form | Rounded binary (Search) |
| Original Language | English (Search) |
| Score Source | EldridgeE (Search) |
| Difficulty Level | HS (Search) |
| Range: | n/a - n/a |
| Original Key | D (Search) |
| Dedicated To | Kitty Watson Clark (Search) |
| Notes | Racially offensive content. Voice not pitched/spoken only (Search) |
| Recommended Printed Source | Eldridge Entertainment House (Search) |
| Contributor | http://arts.ucdavis.edu/faculty-profile/christopher-reynolds (Search) |