interesting that "questionable" language appears on rolls and not records.

I have an old QRS roll of "Chinatown My Chinatown", which has amongst the
lyrics such references as "the chink with the lazy almond eye", looking
around in apparently a stealthy manner.

Also in this vein, Gilbert & Sullivan lyrics are frequently cleaned up,
e.g., "The lady who pinches her figure is painted like a nigger with
permanent walnut juice" is changed to "is painted with vigor", at least
in recordings by the D'oyly Carte Co.

The rolls do seem to have quite a free license, though.  I think I'll scan
some more.

Seth Weinstein