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Song. 9"x12". 6 pages including cover. From Al Jolson's Broadway hit, Bombo. In the show, Jolson's blackface character, Gus, is a servant for a modern day explorer. In a flashback, he became a slave that Columbus brought along on his first voyage to the new world. Al was so petrified with nerves that he had to literally be pushed on stage, but he gave a breathtaking performance that left the audience chanting his name. He finished the evening with thirty seven curtain calls. Other songs in Bombo included "April Showers", "Arcady", "California, Here I Come", "Morning Will Come","Toot, Toot, Tootsie","Who Cares?" and "Yoo-Hoo". Light wear. See accompanying image.