Sheet music for “Miss Brown's Cake Walk” by Bert Williams, 1896.

The song “Miss Brown's Cake Walk” was composed by the famous African American minstrel actor Bert Williams.

Citation Information
Williams, Bert, “Miss Brown's cake-walk,” Digital Public Library of America, https://dp.la/item/2d66f2730a6d429727d301a39179758e.
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Courtesy of The New York Public Library.

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