J. Rosamond Johnson  (1873-1954)
Last updated: 29.01.24
According to the Internet source given below, John Rosamond Johnson [J. Rosamond Johnson] was an American composer and singer during the Harlem Renaissance, born in Jacksonville, Florida. He lived mostly in New York City and is remembered as the composer of the hymn Lift Every Voice and Sing, which has come to be known in the United States as the "Negro National Anthem". It was first performed live by 500 Black American students from the segregated Stanton School (elementary/middle/junior high-level), Jacksonville, Florida, in 1900. The song was published by Jos. W. Stern & Co., Manhattan, New York (later Edward B. Marks Music Company). J. Rosamond Johnson was the younger brother of poet and activist James Weldon Johnson who wrote the lyrics for Lift Every Voice and Sing .
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  Title (Release Year) Co-Author(s) Performers Issue
         
cylinder15.gif Tell Me, Dusky Maiden (1902) Arthur Collins
Joseph Natus
Edison Record: 8000
cylinder15.gif Nobody's Lookin' But De Owl An' De Moon (1904) Corinne Morgan
F.C. Stanley
Edison Gold Moulded Record: 8577
cylinder15.gif No Use in Asking 'cause You Know the Reason Why (1904) Harry Tally Columbia Phonograph Co.: 32026
cylinder15.gif Lazy Moon (1906) Billy Murray Edison Gold Moulded Record: 9204
cylinder15.gif My Castle on the Nile (1902) Arthur Collins Columbia Record: 31729
cylinder15.gif Nobody Knows the Trouble I See (1918) Vernon Dalhart Edison Blue Amberol: 3480
cylinder15.gif Oh, Didn't He Ramble? (1902) Arthur Collins Edison Gold Moulded Record: 8081
cylinder15.gif Roll Them Cotton Bales (1914) Premier Quartet Edison Blue Amberol: 2448
cylinder15.gif Run, Brudder Possum, Run! (1909) Arthur Collins
Byron George Harlan
Edison Amberol: 301
cylinder15.gif Who Do You Love? (1908) Arthur Collins
Byron George Harlan
Edison Gold Moulded Record: 9727
cylinder15.gif Phoebe Brown (1910) Maude Raymond Edison Amberol: 505
  Title Co-Author(s) Sequencer
       
audiomidi15.gif My Creole Belle (1900) James Pitt-Payne
audiomidi15.gif Saint Vitus Rag (1912), The James Pitt-Payne
audiomidi15.gif Sweetness, I Love You the Best of All (1910) John Cowles
     Performer CD Title Supplier
       
Jazz Music CDs:
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Ragtime Music CDs:
cd15.gif Reginald R. Robinson Euphonic Sounds CD(s) & MP3 Album(s) flag15us.gif flag15uk.gif flag15de.gif flag15fr.gif flag15ca.gif flag15it.gif flag15es.gif
     Title Attribution Remarks
       
url15.gif Up Came John J. Rosamond Johnson (music)
Bob Cole (words)
Tom Woottwell (perf.)
 
     Title Attribution Instruments Source Remarks
           
pdf15.gif Animals' Convention (1902), The J.R. Johnson (music)
James Weldon Johnson (words)
Piano, Voice IMSLP wvicon.gif
pdf15.gif Awakening (1913), The J.R. Johnson (music)
James Weldon Johnson (words)
Piano, Voice IMSLP wvicon.gif
pdf15.gif Big Indian Chief (1904) Piano, Voice Indiana
pdf15.gif Big Indian Chief (1906) J.R. Johnson (music)
B. Cole (words)
Piano, Voice Kirk Pub.
pdf15.gif Big Red Shaw (1908), The J.R. Johnson (music)
B. Cole (words)
Piano, Voice IMSLP Pub.
pdf15.gif Bleeding Moon (1908), The J.R. Johnson (music)
B. Cole (words)
Piano, Voice IMSLP Pub.
pdf15.gif Come Out, Dinah, on the Green (1901) J.R. Johnson (music)
J. W Johnson (words)
B. Cole (words)
Piano, Voice IMSLP wvicon.gif
pdf15.gif  Congo Love Song (1903) J.R. Johnson (music)
J. W. Johnson (words)
M. Cahill (perf.)
Piano, Voice IMSLP Pub.
pdf15.gif Dem Lovin' Words Sound Mighty Good to Me (1905) J.R. Johnson (music)
James Weldon Johnson (words)
Piano IMSLP Pub.
pdf15.gif Don't Butt In (1901) J.R. Johnson (music)
James Weldon Johnson (words)
Lew Dockstader (perf.)
Piano, Voice IMSLP Pub.
pdf15.gif Excuse Me Mister Moon (1912) J.R. Johnson (music)
James W Johnson (words)
Alice Lloyd (perf.)
Piano, Voice IMSLP Pub.
pdf15.gif Floating Down the Nile (1906) J.R. Johnson (music) Piano IMSLP Pub.
pdf15.gif Flowers of Dixie Land (1903), The J.R. Johnson (music)
Edgar Smith (words)
Lillian Russell (perf.)
Piano, Voice IMSLP Pub.
pdf15.gif Ghost of Deacon Brown (1906), The J.R. Johnson (music)
James Weldon Johnson (words)
Piano, Voice IMSLP Pub.
pdf15.gif Hello My Lulu! (1905) J.R. Johnson (music)
Peter F. Dailey (perf.)
Piano IMSLP Pub.
pdf15.gif  I Can't Think of Nothin' in the Wide, Wide World But You (1907) J.R. Johnson (music)
B. Cole (words)
Piano, Voice IMSLP
pdf15.gif I Told My Love to the Roses (1916) J.R. Johnson (music)
J. A. Middleton (words)
Piano, Voice IMSLP wvicon.gif
pdf15.gif I'll Keep a Warm Spot in My Heart For You (1906) J.R. Johnson (music)
J. W Johnson (words)
Aida Overton Walker (perf.)
Piano, Voice IMSLP Pub.
pdf15.gif If You'll Be My Eve (1912) J.R. Johnson (music)
James W. Johnson (words)
Alice Lloyd (perf.)
Piano, Voice IMSLP Pub.
pdf15.gif Just How Much I Love You (1906) J.R. Johnson (music)
B. Cole (words)
Piano, Voice IMSLP Pub.
pdf15.gif Lazy Moon (1903) J.R. Johnson (music)
B. Cole (words)
Piano, Voice IMSLP Pub.
pdf15.gif Lift Every Voice and Sing (1900) J.R. Johnson (music)
James Weldon Johnson (words)
Piano, Voice IMSLP wvicon.gif
pdf15.gif Lit'l Gal (1902) J.R. Johnson (music)
Paul Laurence Dunbar (words)
Piano, Voice IMSLP Pub.
pdf15.gif  Magdaline, My Southern Queen (1900) J.R. Johnson (music)
B. Cole (words)
M. Irwin (perf.)
Piano, Voice IMSLP Pub.
pdf15.gif Mandy, Won't You Let Me Be Your Beau? (1902) J.R. Johnson (music)
B. Cole (words)
E. Leonard (perf.)
Piano, Voice IMSLP Pub.
pdf15.gif Morning, Noon and Night (1916) J.R. Johnson (music)
James Weldon Johnson (words)
Piano, Voice IMSLP Pub.
pdf15.gif My Heart's Desiah Is Miss Mariah (1901) J.R. Johnson (music)
B. Cole (words)
Lew Dockstader (perf.)
Piano IMSLP Pub.
pdf15.gif Nobody Knows the Trouble I See (1917) J.R. Johnson (music)
Traditional (words)
Piano, Voice IMSLP wvicon.gif
pdf15.gif Nobody's Lookin' But De Owl An' De Moon (1901) J.R. Johnson (music)
James Weldon Johnson (words)
B. Cole (words)
Piano, Voice IMSLP Pub.
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Old Flag Never Touched the Ground (1901), The J.R. Johnson (music)
James Weldon Johnson (words)
B. Cole (words)
Piano, Voice IMSLP
Indiana
Pub.
pdf15.gif Saint Vitus Rag (1912), The J.R. Johnson (w&m)
Johnson & Hart (perf.)
Piano, Voice Indiana wvicon.gif
pdf15.gif  Shine on My Evening Star (1903) J.R. Johnson (music)
B. Cole (words)
Piano, Voice IMSLP Pub.
pdf15.gif Since You Went Away (1913) J.R. Johnson (music)
James Weldon Johnson (words)
Pasquala Amato (perf.)
Piano, Voice IMSLP Pub.
pdf15.gif Sweetest Gal in Town (1908), The J.R. Johnson (music)
B. Cole (words)
Piano, Voice IMSLP Pub.
pdf15.gif Tell Me, Dusky Maiden (1901) J.R. Johnson (music)
B. Cole (words)
James Weldon Johnson (words)
Piano, Voice IMSLP Pub.
pdf15.gif There's Always Something Wrong (1907) J.R. Johnson (music)
B. Cole (words)
Piano, Voice IMSLP Pub.
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Three Questions (1917) J.R. Johnson (music)
James Weldon Johnson (words)
Piano, Voice IMSLP
Indiana
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pdf15.gif Two Eyes (1903) J.R. Johnson (music)
M. Cahill (perf.)
Piano, Voice IMSLP Pub.


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Under the Bamboo Tree (1902) J.R. Johnson (music)
James Weldon Johnson (words)
M. Cahill (perf.)
Piano, Voice

IMSLP
IMSLP
Pub.
This list is arranged in chronological order and contains 77 works by J. Rosamond Johnson (1873-1954). It does not claim to be complete and represents only the number of items located. Keys: ER pdf15.gif (w&m)
Title Year Attribution Remarks
       
On the Chattahoochee 1897  wvicon.gif youtube15.jpg
I Ain't Gwinter Work No Mo' 1900 J. W Johnson (words)
Bob Cole (words)
If Dat's Society, Excuse Me 1900 Bob Cole (words)
WIll JOhns (words)
Lift Every Voice and Sing 1900 James Weldon Johnson (words)  wvicon.gif
Magdaline, My Southern Queen 1900 Bob Cole (words)
May Irwin (perf.)
from "The Belle of Bridgeport"
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My Creole Belle 1900  audiomidi15.gif
Ain't Dat Scan'lous 1901 May Irwin (perf.)
Come Out, Dinah, on the Green 1901 J. W Johnson (words)
Bob Cole (words)
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Don't Butt In 1901 James Weldon Johnson (words)
Lew Dockstader (perf.)
 Pub.
Gin 1901 Peter F. Dailey (perf.)
Maiden With the Dreamy Eyes, The 1901 Bob Cole (words)
My Castle on the Nile 1901 James Weldon Johnson (words)
Bob Cole (words)
Arthur Collins (perf.)
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My Heart's Desiah Is Miss Mariah 1901 Bob Cole (words)
Lew Dockstader (perf.)
Christie MacDonald (perf.)
 Pub.
Nobody's Lookin' But De Owl An' De Moon 1901 James Weldon Johnson (words)
Bob Cole (words)
Corinne Morgan (perf.)
Frank C. Stanley (perf.)
 Pub.  cylinder15.gif
Old Flag Never Touched the Ground, The 1901 James Weldon Johnson (words)
Bob Cole (words)
 Pub.
Owl and the Moon, The 1901 Bob Cole (words)
Tell Me, Dusky Maiden 1901 Bob Cole (words)
James Weldon Johnson (words)
Arthur Collins (perf.)
Joseph Natus (perf.)
 Pub.  cylinder15.gif
Animals' Convention, The 1902 James Weldon Johnson (words)  Pub.
Lit'l Gal 1902 Paul Laurence Dunbar (words)  Pub.
Mandy, Won't You Let Me Be Your Beau? 1902 Bob Cole (words)
Eddie Leonard (perf.)
 Pub.
Title Year Attribution Remarks
       
Oh, Didn't He Ramble? 1902 Bob Cole [as Will Handy] (words)
Arthur Collins (perf.)
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Under the Bamboo Tree 1902 James Weldon Johnson (words)
Marie Cahill (perf.)
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When the Moon Comes Peeping O'Er the Hill 1902 Irene Bentley (perf.)
Congo Love Song 1903 J. W. Johnson (words)
Marie Cahill (perf.)
 Pub.
Flowers of Dixie Land, The 1903 Edgar Smith (words)
Lillian Russell (perf.)
 Pub.
Lazy Moon 1903 Bob Cole (words)
Billy Murray (perf.)
 Pub.  cylinder15.gif
Maid of Timbuctoo, The 1903 Lillian Russell (perf.)
Mudder Knows 1903 Marie Cahill (perf.)
My Mississippi Belle 1903 Bob Cole (words)
Shine on My Evening Star 1903 Bob Cole (words)  Pub.
There's a Very Pretty Moon To-Night 1903
Two Eyes 1903 Marie Cahill (perf.)  Pub.
Big Indian Chief 1904 Bob Cole (words)  Pub.
Fishing 1904 J. W. Johnson (words)
Fay Templeton (perf.)
 Pub.
No Use in Asking 'cause You Know the Reason Why 1904 James Weldon Johnson (words)
Harry Tally (perf.)
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On Lalawana's Shore 1904 James Weldon Johnson (words)
Pretty Little Squaw, From Utah, The 1904
Pussy and the Bow-Wow, The 1904
Dem Lovin' Words Sound Mighty Good to Me 1905 James Weldon Johnson (words)  Pub.
Hello My Lulu! 1905 Peter F. Dailey (perf.)  Pub.
Title Year Attribution Remarks
       
Merango, The 1905
De Bo'd of Education 1906
Floating Down the Nile 1906 from "The Shoo-Fly Regiment"  wvicon.gif
Ghost of Deacon Brown, The 1906 James Weldon Johnson (words)
from "The Shoo-Fly Regiment"
 Pub.
I'll Keep a Warm Spot in My Heart For You 1906 J. W Johnson (words)
Aida Overton Walker (perf.)
 Pub.
Just How Much I Love You 1906 Bob Cole (words)
from "The Shoo-Fly Regiment"
 Pub.
My Lady's Fan 1906
Who Do You Love? 1906 Bob Cole (words)
Arthur Collins (perf.)
Byron George Harlan (perf.)
from "The Shoo-Fly Regiment"
 Pub.  cylinder15.gif
I Can't Think of Nothin' in the Wide, Wide World But You 1907 Bob Cole (words)
from "The Shoo-Fly Regiment"
Sugar Babe 1907
There's Always Something Wrong 1907 Bob Cole (words)
from "The Shoo-Fly Regiment"
 Pub.
Big Red Shaw, The 1908 Bob Cole (words)  Pub.
Bleeding Moon, The 1908 Bob Cole (words)  Pub.
Sweetest Gal in Town, The 1908 Bob Cole (words)  Pub.
As Long As the World Goes Round 1909
Hoola-Woola 1909
Love Me Baby Mine 1909
Phoebe Brown 1909 Maude Raymond (perf.)  wvicon.gif youtube15.jpg  cylinder15.gif
Run, Brudder Possum, Run! 1909 Arthur Collins (perf.)
Byron George Harlan (perf.)
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Same Old Silv'ry Moon Is Shining, The 1909
Title Year Attribution Remarks
       
Sweetness, I Love You the Best of All 1910  wvicon.gif audiomidi15.gif
I Love My Babe 1911
Siberian Dip, The 1911  wvicon.gif
Every Woman's Eyes 1912 James W Johnson (words)
Violet Dale (perf.)
 Pub.
Excuse Me Mister Moon 1912 James W Johnson (words)
Alice Lloyd (perf.)
 Pub.
If You'll Be My Eve 1912 James W. Johnson (words)
Alice Lloyd (perf.)
 Pub.
Saint Vitus Rag, The (w&m) 1912 Johnson & Hart (perf.)  Pub. audiomidi15.gif
Awakening, The 1913 James Weldon Johnson (words)  wvicon.gif
Since You Went Away 1913 James Weldon Johnson (words)
Pasquala Amato (perf.)
 Pub.
Roll Them Cotton Bales 1914 James Weldon Johnson (words)
Trixie McCoy (perf.)
Premier Quartet (perf.)
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I Told My Love to the Roses 1916 J. A. Middleton (words)  wvicon.gif
Morning, Noon and Night 1916 James Weldon Johnson (words)  Pub.
Nobody Knows the Trouble I See 1917 Traditional (words)
Vernon Dalhart (perf.)
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Three Questions 1917 James Weldon Johnson (words)  wvicon.gif
Mississippi River 1932 Frank Abbott (words)  wvicon.gif
Johnnie Get Your Hair Cut 1935 Edward Bennett (co-author)
J. Rosamond Johnson (words)
Edward Bennett (words)
 Pub.
Up Came John ? Bob Cole (words)
Tom Woottwell (perf.)
     Composer Title Performer
       
youtube15.jpg J.R. Johnson On the Chattahoochee (3:35) Ragtime Dorian Henry
youtube15.jpg J.R. Johnson Phoebe Brown (3:56) Maude Raymond