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Description: | The illustration shows a gentleman raising his hat to a lady in Oxford Street. The entertainer is 'The Great Mackney'. He was 'blacked up', wearing face paint to appear to his audience as a black performer (also known as 'minstrels'). Mackney was a talented performer and was well known for accompanying his singing by playing a fiddle. Many songs parodied love and commented on society and this song is no exception. Mackney laments his luck when he meets a girl and falls in love, proposing to her on the spot, only to be heart broken when she runs off with another man. | License: | http://www.bl.uk/services/copy/permission.html | Publisher: | L'Enfant & Hodgkins | Rights holder: | British Library | Subjects: | Musical Hall Songs Retail Trade | Source: | Collect Britain | Creator: | Hall, Frank | Identifier: | http://www.collectbritain.co.uk/personal... | Language: | en-GB | Go to resource |
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