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:The first is the drawing room ballad or salon song; to be performed in (wait for it) the salon or drawing room. It was (and usually still is) sung by a trained "classical" singer with piano or chamber group accompaniment. Songs of this type include ''Beautiful Dreamer'', ''Jeannie with the Light Brown Hair'', and other melodic pieces, which are sometimes saccharine, but rarely without merit.

:The first is the drawing room ballad or salon song; to be performed in (wait for it) the salon or drawing room. It was (and usually still is) sung by a trained "classical" singer with piano or chamber group accompaniment. Songs of this type include ''Beautiful Dreamer'', ''Jeannie with the Light Brown Hair'', and other melodic pieces, which are sometimes saccharine, but rarely without merit.

:His other is the"minstrel song", usually performed in a far more raucous venue with banjos to the fore and the obligatory white faces blackened to suit the occasion. As well as ''Oh! Susannah'' and ''Camptown Races'' mentioned above, popular ones are ''Nelly Bly'', '' Swannee River'', ''Old Black Joe'' and ''My Old Kentucky Home''.

:His other is the "minstrel song", usually performed in a far more raucous venue with banjos to the fore and the obligatory white faces blackened to suit the occasion. As well as ''Oh! Susannah'' and ''Camptown Races'' mentioned above, popular ones are ''Nelly Bly'', '' Swannee River'', ''Old Black Joe'' and ''My Old Kentucky Home,'' which when sung by the late [[Governor]] [[A. B. "Happy" Chandler]] of Kentucky, often brought listeners to tears.

 

He did however, write far more than that.

He did however, write far more than that.

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