Napanee: A Song Founded on Actual Facts
Citation
Will S. Genaro, W.R. Williams, “Napanee: A Song Founded on Actual Facts,” Student Digital Gallery, accessed June 22, 2025, https://digitalgallery.bgsu.edu/student/items/show/6080.
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| Title | Napanee: A Song Founded on Actual Facts |
|---|---|
| Subject | Popular music -- 1901-1910, Songs with piano, Race and music, Native Americans |
| Description | Last two pages of score to "Napanee" with lyrics. Lyrics to the chorus read:<br /><br /><em>Pretty little Indian Napanee,<br />Will you take a chance and marry me?<br />Tho' daddy is a chief, 'tis my belief,<br />To</em><em> a very merry wedding he'll agree.<br /><br />True you're a dark little Indian maid,<br />but I'll sunburn to a darker shade,<br />I'll wear feathers on my head</em>,<br /><em>Paint my face an Indian Red.<br />If you'll only be my Napanee.</em> |
| Creator | Will S. Genaro, W.R. Williams |
| Publisher | Music Library and Sound Recordings Archive, Bowling Green State University |
| Date | 1906 |
| Format | image/jpg |
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| Language | en_us |
| Identifier | https://digitalgallery.bgsu.edu/student/items/show/6080 |
| Type | Still Image |