Yellowface: Creating the Chinese in American Popular Music and Performance, 1850s-1920s

Appendix A. American Popular Songs with Chinese Subjects or Themes

169 Appendix A. American Popular Songs with Chinese Subjects or Themes Songs in this list were written by American songwriters or published by an American music publishing company. No doubt there are other songs in these categories that I have not yet found. Song Title Date Songwriters 1800 –1849 TwelveVariations to Ching Chit Quaw ca. 1800 Rayner Taylor Moo-Lee-Chwa ca. 1802 Karl Kambra and Dr. Scott Peyho Boatmen, or, Higho Highau ca. 1802 Karl Kambra and Dr. Scott Chinese Rondo, The 1828 Mathias von Holst Chao Kanc, Galop Chinois 1841 Gustave Blessner Chinese Bell Quadrilles, The 1844 Anonymous Come Be My Love, a Chinese Song 1846 John Hill Hewitt GloriousVictory, A ca. 1846 J.W. R. Aladdin Galop 1847 P. J. Bishop Chinese Junk Galop, The 1847 J. J. William Bruhns Aladdin Quadrilles 1840s J. H. Tully Chinee Bumboatman, The 1840s Anonymous 1850 –1859 Kim-ka, Grand March Chinois 1852 A. Waldauer Chinese Polka ca. 1852 Frederick Southgate Musical Chow Chow 1853 Francis H. Brown California as It Is and Was 1854 John A. Stone Honest Miner, An 1854 John A. Stone Joaquin, the Horse-Thief 1854 John A. Stone Josh, John 1854 John A. Stone National Miner, The 1854 John A. Stone Prospecting Dream 1854 John A. Stone Seeing the Elephant 1854 John A. Stone John Chinaman 1855 Anonymous San Francisco 1855 John Swett John Chinaman’s Appeal 1856 Mart Taylor California Bank Robbers 1858 John A. Stone California Stage Company, The 1858 John A. Stone Chinese Dance Polka 1858 B.Von Smit Tom Pouce Quadrille 1850s J. B. Duvernoy 1860 –1869 Fined Five Dollars 1860 J. W. Conner John Chinaman in California 1861 Variant of “John Chinaman’s Appeal” Appendix A (Continued) Song Title Date Songwriters Bill-Poster’s Dream, The 1863 E. T. Johnston Fee-Faw-Fum and Ho-Hang-Ho ca. 1863 Anonymous Love in Canton 1867 Anonymous Hong-Kong Gong, The 1868 H. P. Danks and George W. Elliott John Chinaman, My Jo 1868 J. W. Conner John Chinaman’s Marriage 1868 Anonymous Great Pacific Railway, The 1869 William E. Krause What the Engines Said 1869 Anonymous Hay Sing, Come from China 1860s Anonymous Long John, Chineeman 1860s Anonymous 1870 –1879 John Chinaman ca. 1870 P. P. Bliss Hanki Panki 1870 Anonymous Heathen Chinee, The 1870 F. Boote and Bret Harte Heathen Chinee, The 1870 Charles Towner and Bret Harte Nigger-vs.-Chinese 1870 Harry F. Lorraine Chinese Galop 1871 W. L. Hayden Chinese Giant, The 1871 J. A. Hardwick Chinese Song, The 1871 Anonymous Coolie Chinee, The 1871 Sep. Winner Heathen Chinee, The 1871 Henry Tucker and Bret Harte Heathen Chinee Waltz, The 1871 I. J. Bradford John Chinaman 1871 Anonymous John Chinaman, Esquire 1871 Anonymous Since the Chinese Ruint the Thrade 1871 Anonymous Twelve Hundred More 1871 Anonymous Chinese Song, The 1872 Tony Pastor Big Long John 1873 Luke Schoolcraft Chinese Shoemaker, The 1873 Bobby Newcomb Chinese Song 1873 John Thompson Ching Foo 1873 Anonymous Flum Fee Chow Foo 1873 Anonymous Heathen Chinee 1873 Luke Schoolcraft That Excellent Judge 1873 Tony Pastor Trip to California, A 1873 Anonymous Chinese Labor 1876 Barry Blackburn Days of ’49, The 1876 C. Rhoades (Bensell) and E. Zimmer Heathen Chinee 1876 Sam Devere Poor Chinee! 1876 T. W. Ah Ling’s True Love 1877 R. J. Pigot Ah Sin, Chinee Song 1877 Harry R. Williams Sang Lee 1878 George M.Vickers Chinese Twins, The 1879 Anonymous 170 Appendix A Appendix A (Continued) Song Title Date Songwriters Chop Sticks 1879 Arthur De Lulli (Euphemia Allen) Chop Sticks Galop, The 1879 Arr. George F. Morris Excelsior 1879 AcklandVon Boyle Great Chinese Reception, The 1879 Jim J. Nelson It Is the Flavor from a Two-Cent 1879 Dave Roche Chinese Butt Pompey Little Pig-Tailed Chinaman 1879 AcklandVon Boyle What! Never? 1879 AcklandVon Boyle Artful Chinee, The 1870s Frank Curtis Bowery on Saturday Night, The 1870s Charley Davies Chin-Chin-Chow 1870s Anonymous Chinese Ball, The 1870s Frank Golden Chinese Wrestlers 1870s Kennedy and Magee 1880 –1889 Chinese Patrol 1880 H. Fliege Chinese Serenade 1880 H. Fliege When McCormack Rules the State 1880 Anonymous Aladdin 1881 Louis Dorn Aladdin 1881 Matilda Scott-Paine and James Russell Lowell Chinee Laundryman, The 1881 Frank Dumont Chinese Song 1881 Charles Glidden Crossing the China Sea 1881 Palmer Cox and Ellen P. Cross Heathen Chinaman 1881 Anonymous Heathen Chinese, The 1881 John McVeigh Bully Chinaman 1882 John C. Leach Chinese...