My Castle on the Nile is an American song with lyrics by Bob Cole and James Weldon Johnson and music by J. Rosamond Johnson. Arthur Collins was recorded on a Columbia Records wax cylinder performing the song in 1902.[1] Various artists have recorded it since.
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The New York Public Library has a musical score for it as "Sung By The Great Comedian Bert Williams."[2] The University of Maine Library also has a score for it published by Jos. W. Stern & Co. in 1901.[3] It is also held by other libraries.[4][5]
Bert Williams recorded the song on Victor.[6] It was recorded by the Wonder State Harmonists on Vocalion records in 1929.[7] The War Department recorded The Camp Hill Male Quartet performing it and "Little Liza I Love You" on a 1945 album.[8]
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edit- ^ University of California, Santa Barbara Library Department of Special Collections (November 16, 2005). "Cylinder Preservation and Digitization Project". cylinders.library.ucsb.edu.
- ^ "My castle on the Nile". NYPL Digital Collections.
- ^ My Castle On The Nile. Jos. W. Stern & Co. June 29, 1901 – via digitalcommons.library.umaine.edu.
- ^ "My castle on the Nile". digital.cincinnatilibrary.org.
- ^ "My castle on the Nile". digitalcollections-baylor.quartexcollections.com.
- ^ https://www.loc.gov/static/programs/national-recording-preservation-board/documents/WilliamsAndWalker1901Recordings.pdf
- ^ "Wonder State Harmonists - Petit Jean Gallop / My Castle On The Nile". June 29, 1929 – via www.discogs.com.
- ^ "The Camp Hill Male Quartet Hampton Roads Port Of Embarkation / The 372nd Infantry Glee Club Conducted By Wendell L. Talbert - My Castle On The Nile / Go Down Moses". July 29, 1945 – via www.discogs.com.