Lubly Rose oh! Coal black Rose Tank you Sambo yes I cum, Dont you hear the Banjo tum, tum, Oh! Rose the coal black Rose. [graphic][not before 1829]engA visualization of the racist folk song, "Coal Black Rose", one of the earliest songs to be sung by a man in blackface, popularized in July 1829. The lyrics of "Coal Black Rose" tells of a fight between two black men, Sambo and Cuffee, rivals for the same womanTitle from text below image, which are lyrics from the song sung by the depicted figures: Lubly Rose Oh! Coal Black Rose. Tank you Sambo yes I cum. Dont you hear the banjo tum, tum. Oh! Rose the Coal Black Rose.Date from subject matter, the date when the song was popularized.