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Gussie Lord Davis (1863 - 1899) was an African-American songwriter from Ohio. Davis was one of America's eariest successful African-Americans, having been the first Black songwriter to acquire fame on Tin Pan Alley as a composer of minstrels.

Some of his songs include:

We Sat Beneath the Maple On The Hill
In The Baggage Coach Ahead
Footprints In The Snow
My Creole Sue
She Waited at the Altar in Vain

Perhaps his most notable song, Goodnight, Irene (1886), entered the folk song repertoire albeit significantly altered in Negro Folk Songs as Sung by Leadbelly (1936), edited by John Lomax and Alan Lomax.

External links

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-'''Gussie L. Davis''' ([[1862]] - [[1889]]) was an [[African-American]] [[songwriter]] from [[Ohio]].
+'''Gussie Lord Davis''' ([[1863]] - [[1899]]) was an [[African-American]] [[songwriter]] from [[Ohio]].  Davis was one of America's eariest successful African-Americans, having been the first Black songwriter to acquire fame on [[Tin Pan Alley]] as a composer of [[Minstrel Show|minstrels]].
-Some of his songs are:
+Some of his songs include:
-*''The Maple On The Hill''
+*''We Sat Beneath the Maple On The Hill''
 *''In The Baggage Coach Ahead''
 *''Footprints In The Snow''
+*''My Creole Sue''
+*''She Waited at the Altar in Vain''
-His most notable song is ''[[Goodnight, Irene]]'' (1886), which entered the [[folk song]] repertoire to turn up in ''Negro Folk Songs as Sung by [[Leadbelly]]'' (1936), edited by [[John Lomax]] and [[Alan Lomax]].
+Perhaps his most notable song, ''[[Goodnight, Irene]]'' (1886), entered the [[folk song]] repertoire albeit significantly altered in ''Negro Folk Songs as Sung by [[Leadbelly]]'' (1936), edited by [[John Lomax]] and [[Alan Lomax]].
 ==External links==
+*[http://lcweb2.loc.gov/cocoon/ihas/search?query=%2Bname:gussie%20%2Bname:davis&view=thumbnail&start=0 Library of Congress's electronic archive of Gussie Davis's sheet music]
+*[http://memory.loc.gov/cocoon/ihas/html/ohio/ohio-minstrel.html Life in Nineteeth Century Ohio: Minstrel Songs]
 *[http://www.wylieww.com/cowboy.html Wylie and the Wild West, Cowboy Ballads and Dance Songs]
-[[Category:1862 births|Davis, Gussie L.]]
+[[Category:1863 births|Davis, Gussie L.]]
-[[Category:1889 deaths|Davis, Gussie L.]]
+[[Category:1899 deaths|Davis, Gussie L.]]
 [[Category:American songwriters|Davis, Gussie L.]]