Mudcat Café message #1825648

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Thread #78800 Message #1825648
Posted By: Lighter
02-Sep-06 - 08:02 PM
Thread Name: Origins: 'Swing Low Sweet Chariot' Bawdy Gestures
Subject: RE: Origins: 'Swing Low Sweet Chariot' Bawdy Gestures

Did the singing of Paul Robeson or Marian Anderson popularize this song in the '40s? The gestureless song appears in "The Fireside Book of Folk Songs" (1949), a staple in America, and we had to learn it public grade school