Gussie Davis
3 December 1863 — 18 October 1899
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Gussie Lord Davis was an American songwriter born in Dayton, Ohio. Davis was one of America's earliest successful African-American music artists, the first black songwriter to become famous on Tin Pan Alley as a composer of popular music.
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Irene, Good Night
In the Baggage Coach Ahead
The Fatal Wedding
We Sat Beneath the Maple on the Hill
And the Court Adjourned
Sing Again that Sweet Refrain
Withered Leaves
Why Does Papa Stay So Late?
I've Been Hoodoo'd
Nearing the Harbor
McCarthy the Pride of the Force
My Creole Sue
Nigger, You Won't Do
The Dear Old Folks at Home
Bring Back to My Life the Sunshine
Clime Up de Ladder to de Clouds
Till the Snow-Flakes Come Again
Come Back to the Home that You Deserted
Beyond Pardon, Beyond Recall
Sadie's a Lady
Black Balled in de Lime Kiln Club
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