Blackbirds of 1936

• 1936 Edition [London] (1936)
  London, England

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Original score

• Negro Cavalcade
• Swing Is the Thing, The
• Hot Dogs (sketch)
• Aunt Jemima's Divorce Case (sketch)
• Your Heart and Mine
• Insurance Business (sketch)
• Americana, The
• Man's Anatomy (sketch)
• Opera Barber's Shop, The (sketch)
• Keep a Twinkle in Your Eye
• Akosiah's Wedding
• Jo Jo the Cannibal Kid
  • aka Jojo, the Cannibal Kid [no note]
• Happy-Hearted Minstrel Men (sketch)
• I Knew
• Great Gettin' Up Mornin'
• Specialty: The Four Bobs
• Dixie Isn't Dixie Anymore
  • aka Dixie Isn't Dixie Any More [no note]
• She Done Me Wrong
• Specialty: The Nicholas Broth
• Dinah
• Professional Night at the Ubangi Club (sketch)

Cut prior to or added after opening [unconfirmed]

• Why Can't It Be Me?
• South Wind
• Harlem to Hollywood
• Where the Road Goes Over the Hill
• You're My Necessary Evil
• If I Was Good Enough for Uncle Sam
• Sunday-Go-to-Meetin' Clothes

This edition was not performed in New York City.

The last four songs indicated as 'Cut prior to or added after opening' have been shown by various sources as included in this edition of BLACKBIRDS OF 1936. These four songs appear in no programs that we have been able to trace and, while we have credited lyrics to Johnny Mercer, the songs do not appear in any lists of his published songs. They should be viewed with some suspicion.