Oh! Dem Golden Slippers & Listen to the Mockingbird-Glenn Weiser, fingerstyle guitar and harmonica.

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Here is a medley of two famous nineteenth century popular songs. “Oh! Dem Golden Slippers” was composed in 1879 by James Bland, the most successful black composer of minstrel songs. It was originally published to satirize a now forgotten song of the Fisk Jubilee Singers, ”Golden Slippers,” but soon eclipsed it in popularity. Bland’s song then became a standard in the old-time and bluegrass repertoires.
The lyrics to “Listen to the Mockingbird was written in 1855 by Septimus Winner under the pen name of Alice Hawthorne. Winner took the melody from Richard Milburn, and black guitarist and street singer whom Winner heard whistling the melody. This became America’s first bi-racially composed hit song, and went on to sell 15 million copies in street music. It was also a personal favorite of Abraham Lincoln, who said of it, "It is as sincere as the laughter of a little girl at play."
Performed by Glenn Weiser on a 1926 0-21 Martin guitar and diatonic harmonica. For information about Glenn’s CDs, guitar and harmonica books, and virtual private music lessons, visit wwwDOTcelticguitarmusicDOTcom