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melody composed by Robert
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November, 1909. The music was attributed to Hoffman and words to John J. Puderer, owners of a New Orleans sheet music publishing company. Charles Adams Prince was a popular march band leader of the day,
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Alabama", written by Marshall S. Pike and published in 1849. The chorus did not have the same melody, and was written in dialect.
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Hoffman, Robert. "I'm
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Boone, John W. "Blind Boone's
Southern Rag Medley No. Two: Strains From The Flat Branch". Allen Music Co., 1913. (Sheet music)
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Southern Rag Medley No. Two: Strains From The Flat Branch". Allen Music Co., 1913. (Sheet music)
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