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'''CLIMBING UP THE GOLDEN STAIR'''. Old-Time, Song and Breakdown. D Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AABB. This air and song, an 1884 composition by F. Heiser, is from the American minstrel repertoire and passed into fiddling tradition. Unfortunately, the words are rather patently racist. "F. Heiser" was a pseudonym for journalist and prolific songwriter Monroe H. Rosenfeld (1861-1918) of Richmond, Virginia, according to Sigmund Spaeth ('''A History of Popular Music''', 1948, p. 231). In addition to his numerous popular songs, Rosenfeld is credited with coining the phrase Tin Pan Alley to describe the world of composers and publishers of popular music. There was a singing dance call to the tune.[[File:rosenfeld.jpg|350px|thumb|right|Monroe Rosenfeld/F. Heiser]] | '''CLIMBING UP THE GOLDEN STAIR'''. Old-Time, Song and Breakdown. D Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AABB. This air and song, an 1884 composition by F. Heiser, is from the American minstrel repertoire and passed into fiddling tradition. Unfortunately, the words are rather patently racist. "F. Heiser" was a pseudonym for journalist and prolific songwriter Monroe H. Rosenfeld (1861-1918) of Richmond, Virginia, according to Sigmund Spaeth ('''A History of Popular Music''', 1948, p. 231). In addition to his numerous popular songs, Rosenfeld is credited with coining the phrase Tin Pan Alley to describe the world of composers and publishers of popular music. There was a singing dance call to the tune.[[File:rosenfeld.jpg|350px|thumb|right|Monroe Rosenfeld/F. Heiser]] | ||
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''Printed sources'': Ford ('''Traditional Music in America'''), 1940; p. 38. Ruth ('''Pioneer Western Folk Tunes'''), 1948; No. 25, p. 10. | ''Printed sources'': Ford ('''Traditional Music in America'''), 1940; p. 38. Ruth ('''Pioneer Western Folk Tunes'''), 1948; No. 25, p. 10. | ||
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''Recorded sources'': <font color=teal>Columbia 146382 (78 RPM), Vernon Dalhart (1928). </font> | ''Recorded sources'': <font color=teal>Columbia 146382 (78 RPM), Vernon Dalhart (1928). </font> | ||
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CLIMBING UP THE GOLDEN STAIR. Old-Time, Song and Breakdown. D Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AABB. This air and song, an 1884 composition by F. Heiser, is from the American minstrel repertoire and passed into fiddling tradition. Unfortunately, the words are rather patently racist. "F. Heiser" was a pseudonym for journalist and prolific songwriter Monroe H. Rosenfeld (1861-1918) of Richmond, Virginia, according to Sigmund Spaeth (A History of Popular Music, 1948, p. 231). In addition to his numerous popular songs, Rosenfeld is credited with coining the phrase Tin Pan Alley to describe the world of composers and publishers of popular music. There was a singing dance call to the tune.
Come all you little n.....s,
Now watch your cues and figures,
Climbing up the golden stairs.
If they think you are a dude,
They will treat you rather rude,
Climbing up the golden stairs!
Then hear them bells a-ringing,
'Tis sweet I do declare.
Oh hear them darkies singing,
Climbing up the golden stairs. (Ford)
Additional verses are in Ford (1940, p. 284).
Source for notated version:
Printed sources: Ford (Traditional Music in America), 1940; p. 38. Ruth (Pioneer Western Folk Tunes), 1948; No. 25, p. 10.
Recorded sources: Columbia 146382 (78 RPM), Vernon Dalhart (1928).