The Mudcat Café TM
Thread #161210 Message #3829377
Posted By: Thomas Stern
29-Dec-16 - 01:06 PM
Thread Name: Reviving 'The Mikado' in the age of P.C.
Subject: RE: Reviving 'The Mikado' in the age of P.C.
Greg F.
Actually it was not good enough for Paul Robeson - see WIKI article
about changes to the lyrics.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ol%27_Man_River
In later recitals Robeson sang the following -
"But I keeps laughing instead of crying; I must keep fighting until I'm dying; And Ol' Man River, He just keeps rolling along!"
Thomas.