(1863) Ad for Martin's Excelsior Variety Troupe - Americana

Ad sheet for "Black face minstrels". Clipped corner. Note line at bottom of ad - "Ladies, this is no N----- Show". Lyrics from When this Cruel War is Over and other information included.

And sail across the stormy sea

His jacket was a deep sky blue and curly was his hair

His jacket was a deep sky blue, it was, I do declare

For to reive the topsails up against the mast

And to sail across the sea, stormy sea

And sail across the stormy sea

Some day he'll be a captain bold with a brave and a gallant crew

Some day he'll be a captain bold with a sword and spyglass too

And when he has a gallant captain's sword

He'll come home and marry me, marry me

He'll come home and marry me