WITH MY BANJO ON MY KNEE

A CATCHING, MELODIC ITCH • A DULCEM MELODY • A SONG LIKE NO OTHER • AN ENDURING STEREOTYPE • COMPLETE LYRICS • DEATH UP NORTH • DREAMING OF MINSTRELS • I LIKE DAT GOOD OLD SONG • STEPHEN FOSTER and THE BANJO: A MUSICAL TRANSFORMATION • THE AMERICAN SONGWRITER • THE BEGINNING OF MELANCHOLY • THE CELEBRATORY SLAVE • THE ENCHANTMENT OF DOO-DAH • THE INTOLERABLE BURDEN • THE LAST MINSTREL SONG • THE MASTER STORYTELLER • THE SECOND-PRIZE WINNER • THE SOLD AWAY SLAVE • THE STORY AND SPIRIT OF THE ANTEBELLUM BANJO • THE YEARNING OF A FREEDOM • TWO CENTS A COPY • WORKS CITED