"Mighty Lak' a Rose" is a 1901 song with lyrics by Frank Lebby Stanton and music by Ethelbert Nevin. The lyrics are written in an approximation of an African American accent as a "dialect song", and the title thus means "mighty like a rose". It is sung by a black woman called "Mammy" to a newborn blue-eyed white boy in her care. It was common at the time for white families to hire trusted black women to care for their children.
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^Whitburn, Joel (1986). Joel Whitburn's Pop Memories 1890-1954. Wisconsin, USA: Record Research Inc. p. 549. ISBN0-89820-083-0.
^Go to the Dixieland rendition of "Mighty Like a Rose" on YouTube as performed by the Left Bank Bearcats.
^Deanna Durbin sings "Mighty like a Rose" on YouTube in the role of Ruth Kirke Holliday.
^"A Bing Crosby Discography". BING magazine. International Club Crosby. Retrieved July 28, 2017.
January 03, 2023
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