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35 posted on 02/15/2013 7:05:08 PM PST by luvie (All my heroes wear camos!)

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In 1849, the 23 year old Stephen Foster wrote another hit while working in Cincinnati at the steamship company. This song is told from the perspective of the slave, and it’s a real heartbreaker.

Foster: “Nelly Was a Lady”

The Robert Shaw Chorale recorded an album of Foster songs in 1958, and it sold well.

“Dolcy Jones”

At the end of 1849, Foster quit his job in Cincinnati, returned to Pittsburgh, and signed a contract with a New York publisher, beginning his professional life as a songwriter.

36 posted on 02/15/2013 7:08:43 PM PST by Publius

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