"Camptown Races " and " Old Black Joe "-- are written in black dialect.
As he wanders, he hollers the folk song " Old Black Joe " ( 1853 ).
His contemporaries referred to him respectfully and lovingly as " Old Black Joe " or " English Bay Joe ".
Entitled " Joe Thompson " it was sung to the tune of the American folk song " Old Black Joe " by Stephen Foster.
The first films in the new series used standards such as " The Sidewalks of New York " ( released 5 February 1929 ) and " Old Black Joe ".
We loved the way he enshrined unmistakably American materials, such as " Old Black Joe " or " Rock of Ages, " within sturdy traditional forms such as sonatas and symphonies.
The songs, " Cast Iron Arm ", " Old Black Joe " and " Jet Tone Boogie " were originally performed by Peanuts Wilson, Crazy Cavan and the Rhythm Rockers, and The Jet Tones respectively.
"You Win Again, " and " Why Don't You Love Me, " as well as the Jerry Lee-identified " Crazy Arms " and " Old Black Joe, " and a Morrison original, " No Way Pedro ."
Composers included E . P . Christy, Daniel Decatur Emmett and Dixie ", " Old Folks at Home ", " Old Black Joe ", " Turkey in the Straw " and " O Dem Golden Slippers ".