The “Problem” of “Collection Creep” … [My Name Is Morgan But It Ain’t JP – Comic Ragtime Song (Recorded 1906)]

Bob Roberts – Topic Aug 22, 2019

Provided to YouTube by Catapult Reservatory, LLC My Name Is Morgan But It Ain’t JP Comic Ragtime Song (Recorded 1906) · Bob Roberts Bob Roberts Comic Ragtime Song Rarities (Recorded 1904 – 1910) ℗ 2019 Vintage Recordings Released on: 2019-08-22 Auto-generated by YouTube.

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My Name is Morgan (But it Ain’t J.P.) – Bob Roberts – 1906 Edison Record

Bruce Victrolaman Young Nov 18, 2011

Here is Bob Roberts singing “My Name is Morgan but it Ain’t J.P.” a 1906 Ragtime Comedy Classic, featured on a Edison Two Minute Gold Moulded Record #9227. The Phonograph is an Edison Gem B which was first produced by Edison in October of 1905. The Gem was the smallest of all Edison Phonographs and was priced at $10.00 with a small horn or for $12.50 with a polygonal horn & crane.

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See also

Norman Blake 02 My Name Is Morgan (But It Ain’t J.P.)

lanubeblanca Dec 17, 2017

as well as

Bill Morgan and His Gal (My Name is Morgan But it Ain’t J.P.)

The New Lost City Ramblers – “Bill Morgan and His Gal” [Official Audio]

Smithsonian Folkways Mar 12, 2009

Listen to the official audio of The New Lost City Ramblers’ “Bill Morgan and His Gal” from the 1991 album ‘The Early Years, 1958-1962’ on Smithsonian Folkways.

The New Lost City Ramblers – Topic May 19, 2015

Provided to YouTube by Smithsonian Folkways Recordings Bill Morgan and His Gal (My Name is Morgan But it Ain’t J.P.) · The New Lost City Ramblers The Early Years, 1958-1962 ℗ 1991 Smithsonian Folkways Recordings Released on: 1991-04-03 Auto-generated by YouTube.

OR:

Bill Morgan (Live)

Phil & Phil – Topic Nov 5, 2015

Provided to YouTube by CDBaby Bill Morgan (Live) · Phil & Phil Live At the Ash Grove 1966 ℗ 2012 Phil & Phil Released on: 2012-08-25 Auto-generated by YouTube.

Etc., etc., etc

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Other related questions:

• In addition to the words and its catchy tune, what more can be said about this song?
• What does this song “mean” in its historical and cultural setting?

Consider its publication:

• What is the  “Message” or Meaning of the “Bill Morgan” song?

How do these images from a 1906 song relate to issues current in later history?  in our own day?

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• Blackface: A cultural history of a racist art form

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