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Let It Alone, sheet music cover by Jenkins (otherwise unidentified) for a piece from Abyssinia, a 1906 musical. The cover shows the song's co-writer Bert Williams (who was African American) in stereotypical blackface makeup. Published by the black-owned Gotham-Attucks Music Publishing Company.

Abyssinia (1906 musical): History and Key Facts

Abyssinia is a musical in one act with music by Will Marion Cook and Bert Williams, and both book and lyrics by Jesse A.