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3 unusual facts about Dan Emmett


Dan Emmett

He became an expert fifer and drummer at Jefferson Barracks, Missouri, and published his own Fifer’s and Drummer’s Guide in 1862 in cooperation with George G. Bruce.

Jordan Is a Hard Road to Travel

Jordan Is a Hard Road to Travel is a song composed by American songwriter Dan Emmett for an 1853 blackface minstrel show.

Snowden Family Band

Ben and Lew Snowden were only small children when Dan Emmett and Bryant's Minstrels first performed the now-famous walkaround in New York City.


I'm Going Home to Dixie

It was written by Dan Emmett in 1861 as a sequel to the immensely popular walkaround "Dixie".


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