The origins of the Creole song from which this is derived are somewhat muddy. A poem was written by Oswald Durand while in jail in Haiti, but probably plagiarized, as was common in the 19th century. In 1883 it was set to music, by Michel Mauleart Monton (also plagiarized), as was also common at the time. The music probably is of French origin, which should not be surprising, as Creole is a French-African mixture.
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Creole Fantasy
Richard
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