WARNING: This is a blackface minstrel song, a genre that features demeaning caricatures rooted in racism and white supremacy.

“Angelina Baker” was entered for copyright deposit on February 19, 1850, by F. D. Benteen of Baltimore. The earliest copies state on the title page “as sung by the Christy and Campbell Minstrels and New Orleans Serenaders.” Later copies only listed the Christy Minstrels at Edwin P. Christy’s request.