THE ROSE OF ALABAMA

The Rose of Alabama • Published in 1846, by G.P. Reed, Boston, and credited as “Words by S.S. Steele, sung by A.F. Winnemore & His Band of Serenaders.”

This song, popular throughout the South and carried West by '49-ers during the California Gold Rush, tells a somewhat comical story of a young black woman, "Brown Rosie," who is being courted by a banjo-playing paramour. (The Yellow Rose of Texas was also popular at this time.)

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