Zip Koon - The Song of the South

Zip coon was probably introduced by a white, black faced performer named george washington dixon. In other words, he looks like a sophisticate but underneath the costume, zip is just like jim crow. After the civil war, joel chandler harris may have been influenced by zip koon. But despite the fact that a number of web sites have declared zippidy dudah to be a direct descendant of zip koon, as far as i can tell, lyricist ray gilbert never commented on the lyrical similarities between the chorus of the 18 34 minstrel song and the refrain of the 19 forty six song sung by a different stereotype of