Sheet music for "Irish Cake Walk"

Sheet music

Title

Sheet music for "Irish Cake Walk"

Description

This sheet music for the song "Irish Cake Walk" illustrates the "Stage Irishman," a stereotypical image of Irish-American recordings that had roots on the English stage centuries before due to anti-Irish fears.

Date

1898

Source

Library of Congress American Folklife Center,
Ethnic recordings in America: a neglected heritage

Type

Sheet music
This sheet music for the song "Irish Cake Walk" illustrates the "Stage Irishman," a stereotypical image of Irish-American recordings that had roots on the English stage centuries before due to anti-Irish fears.