Talk:Old Uncle Ned

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• ... that Stephen Foster's best-selling song "Old Uncle Ned" made little money for him due to the many pirated publications circulating in the marketplace?

• Source: *Morrison, Matthew D. (2024). Blacksound: Making Race and Popular Music in the United States. University of California Press. p. 124. ISBN 9780520390577. Oh Susanna" and "Old Uncle Ned" were published in 1848, and almost as soon as the music was made available by C. Holt, Jr., and Millets Music Saloon (respectively), the sheet music was pirated by other publishers in Cincinnati, Louisville, Baltimore, New York, Philly, and Boston. As a result, Foster earned almost nothing from the sale of his very popular pieces.

• Evans, William McKee (2009). Open Wound: The Long View of Race in America. University of Illinois Press. p. 290. ISBN 9780252091148. "Foster had earlier published his best-selling "Old Uncle Ned" and had conceived, though not yet published, "Old Black Joe".

• Reviewed: Template:Did you know nominations/Rebecca Landon and Template:Did you know nominations/Walter Deverell
• Comment: Moved to article space 07:04, 14 February 2026

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4meter4 (talk) 22:12, 17 February 2026 (UTC).[reply]