Rec. Sextet: Recorder Music

Rastus on Parade (1896) A Song of Color

Composer:	Mills (1869-1948)	Suppliers:
Editor:	Geoff Grainger	Sextet:	Treble/Tenor/Tenor/Bass/Bass/Great Bass(Bass)/Vocal(Optional Tenor)
Publisher:	Ditty Box Enterprises	Publication:	DBE 329
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Length: 3½ mins. Optional vocals (tenor), words by George F. Marion
Rastus on Parade is one of Mill's earliest works. It is a pleasant, bright song of one Mandy who clearly loves and is exceedingly proud of her Rastus, a coloured American soldier on the day of his release from the army. This is a straightforward composition well within the scope of beginners having a 16-bar introduction, a 32-bar melody followed by a 16-bar repeated chorus.
A tempo of 90 crotchets/min. is suggested.
Rastuson Parade was published by F.A. Mills, New York.

"Rastus on Parade (1896)" has been recorded by:
 Midi Ragtime Recorder Ensemble on "Recorder Ragtime: Curiosities"