Article on waning popularity of “Shoo fly”

Event Information

Venue(s):

Event Type:
Minstrel

Record Information

Status:
Published

Last Updated:
30 October 2022

Performance Date(s) and Time(s)

28 Jun 1870

Performers and/or Works Performed

1)
aka Shoo fly don't bother me; Shu fly don't bother me; Shew fly don’t bother me
Composer(s): Howard

Citations

1)
Article: New York Post, 28 June 1870, 1.

Brief. “‘Shoo Fly,’ as a popular melody, is nearly extinct. Even the street organs have abandoned it.”