1912 THE PREACHER & THE BEAR - ARTHUR COLLINS Blue Amberol - EDISON STANDARD E Phonograph

1912 Blue Amberol No 1560 4 minute of ARTHUR COLLINS' great song about a Negro Preacher who encounters a bear in the Woods.
One may doubt that St. Jerome would have quoted the Marquis of Queensbury rules with his lion : )
Played on the Edison Standard E 2/4 min phonograph with original horizontal carriage and decorated flower horn.

Arthur Collins formed with Byron G Harlan the famous Duet of Collins and Harlan, a mainstay of vaudeville sketches and
comic songs (most in blackface) of the beginning of the 20th century.

Arthur Francis Collins (February 7, 1864 -- August 3, 1933) was an American singer who recorded a significant number
of early records. With tenor singer Byron G. Harlan, Collins recorded the first song to refer to "jazz":
"That Funny Jas Band from Dixieland," copyrighted on November 8, 1916, recorded on January 12, 1917,
and issued on Victor Records.

On October 20, 1921, Collins was seriously injured during an Edison Tone Test demonstration.
Collins exited the stage in the dark so the audience could guess whether the singing heard came from the singer
himself or a Edison Diamond Disc machine, and he fell through a trap-door accidentally left open.

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