Way Down in Ca-i-ro | American Music at Pitt

Way Down in Ca-i-ro

Artist (Composed By):

Foster, Stephen C. (Collins)

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

“Way Down in Ca-i-ro” was submitted for copyright on April 17, 1850, by Firth, Pond & Co. of New York.

Alternate Title:

'Way Down in Cairo

Publication Date:

1850

Published Score:

Way down in Ca-i-ro. Text Text

Details

Title: Way down in Ca-i-ro. Text Text
Date: 1852-1876
1852/1876
Publisher: George S. Harris

Way down in Cairo

Details

Title: Way down in Cairo
Date: 1850
Publisher: Firth, Pond & Co.

Way down in Ca-i-ro

Details

Title: Way down in Ca-i-ro
Date: 1856/1862
Publisher: Firth, Pond & Co.

Way down in Ca-i-ro

Details

Title: Way down in Ca-i-ro
Date: 1897
Publisher: Wm. A. Pond & Co.

Plantation melodies

Details

Title: Plantation melodies
Date: 1851
Publisher: Fisher & Brother

Songbook:

gems of the Christy Minstrels

"Blonde" of the period songster

Business Records:

List of songs with prediction of future earnings, given to Firth Pond by Foster