[1][2] It was written and performed in by Bob Cole and Billy Johnson.
Its New York City debut was at the Third Avenue Theatre on April 4, 1898.
[3][4][2] The musical was a reworking of Cole and Johnson's skit "At Jolly Coon-ey Island" which was written by Cole for an operatic variety company called Black Patti’s Troubadours (formed by Sissieretta Jones).
[1] In the early 20th century the musical was staged in European cities.
[5] According to an October 1899 advertisement in The Allentown Leader, the show featured: