Johnny Roach
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"Johnny Roach" is an American song written by blackface minstrel composer Dan Emmett. The song was first published in 18591. The lyrics tell of a slave who has escaped to the Northern United States, who laments his lost plantation house and realizes that he really belongs in the South: The song is notable for being the first printed reference to the South as "Dixie's Land": A portion of the chorus was repeated in "Dixie" with slight variation.
"Johnny Roach" is an American song written by blackface minstrel composer Dan Emmett. The song was first published in 1859. The lyrics tell of a slave who has escaped to the Northern United States, who laments his lost plantation house and realizes that he really belongs in the South: The song is notable for being the first printed reference to the South as "Dixie's Land": A portion of the chorus was repeated in "Dixie" with slight variation. ==References== Nathan, Hans (1962). Dan Emmett and the Rise of Early Negro Minstrelsy. Norman: University of Oklahoma Press.
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