Gum Tree Canoe

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Artist: Matthew Sabatella & the Rambling String Band (Chris DeAngelis - bass, vocal; Sean Edelson - guitar; Lynn Griffith - vocal)

Gum Tree Canoe was published in 1847 in the book Plantation Melodies. The song is part of the blackface minstrel tradition in which performers (generally white) sang and danced in purported imitation of the music and dances of African Americans. The cover of the book indicates "Words by S.S. Steele, Esq. as sung by A.F. Winnemore and his band of Virginia Serenaders; Arranged for the Piano Forte by A. F. Winnemore."

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Music

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• Gum
• Tree
• Canoe
• banjo
• guitar
• traditional
• American
• folk
• song
• music
• minstrel
• Matthew
• Sabatella
• Rambling
• String
• Band
• Chris
• DeAngelis
• Sean
• Edelson
• Lynn
• Griffith