Learn about this important songwriter here:
James A. Bland (1854-1911) • (blackpast.org)
Here are a few of his songs:
Carry Me Back to Old Virginny 1878
Oh, dem Golden Slippers 1879
In the Evening By the Moonlight 1879
In the Morning in the Bright Light 1879
Hand Me Down My Walking Cane 1880
De Golden Wedding 1880
Tell ‘Em I’ll Be There 1880
Hot Time in Our Town 1880
In the Old Town Tonight 1880
The Dandy Black Brigade 1881
The Missouri Hound Dog 1881
You Could Have Been True 1881
and many, many more . . .
Anybody know the title of his autobiography?
