Hi McGrath, When I said " the offensive words were always substituted for", I was not referring to "Old Black Joe", which as you quite correctly point out has none. I was referring to the other Foster songs that are performed in the pageant; in particular "My Old Kentucky Home" and "Old Folks At Home (Suwanee River)". Both those songs contain the offensive word "darkies". In the first song the words "old folks" are substituted and in the second the word "traveler" is substituted. The word also appears in the song "In The Evening By The Moonlight", where the words "black folks" are substituted. SOL ZELLER