Skidmore Guard song sheet, circa 1874.

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Skidmore Guard song sheet, circa 1874.

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Broadside sheet with lyrics of marching song about the "Skidmore Guard," a fictional African American military unit from New York that reflects military and racial realities of the time. The lyrics are by Edward Harrigan. Written in a kind of faux African American dialect, the song pokes fun at the Skidmore Guard's pretensions to military grandeur even as it celebrates its valor, strength, and style. Other verses of the song lampoon regiments of soldiers from other ethnic groups.

1 song sheet.

Louisiana State University, LSU Libraries

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SNAC Resource ID: 7310342

Louisiana State University, LSU Libraries

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Harrigan, Edward, 1844-1911

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Born in New York, N.Y., Edward Harrigan was an American actor, playwright, theatre manager, and composer. With Tony Hart he formed a stage partnership that was one of the first famous such collaborations in American musical history. From the description of Skidmore Guard song sheet, circa 1874. (Louisiana State University). WorldCat record id: 312705236 Edward Harrigan, actor, playwright, lyricist and producer was called both the Dickens and the Hogarth of 19th ...

United States. Army

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