Bob Cole (composer)
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Robert Allen Cole Jr. was an American composer, actor, and playwright who produced and directed stage shows. In collaboration with Billy Johnson, he wrote and produced A Trip to Coontown, the first mu
Bob Cole, ca. 1898
Cole, Johnson and Johnson
Robert Cole and Rosamond Johnson
Under the Bamboo Tree
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"Under the Bamboo Tree" is an American song composed by Robert Cole, J. Rosamond Johnson, and James Weldon Johnson. J. W. Stern & Co. published it in 1902. A ragtime hit, it sold over 400,000 copies.
Bob Cole (composer)
…and watermelons. Success enabled Cole and Rosamond to tour America and Europe with their act. The trio's most popular songs were "Louisiana Lize" and "Under the Bamboo Tree" (1901?). Their more successful musicals were The Shoo-Fly Regiment (1906) and The Red Moon (1908, written without Weldon). Cole was the pre‑eminent…
Songsheet for "Under the Bamboo Tree"