That's Why Darkies Were Born
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That's Why Darkies Were Born was a popular song written by Ray Henderson and Lew Brown. It was most famously recorded by Kate Smith, whose rendition was a hit in 1931, and by Paul Robeson.
Trivia
- The song is referenced in the Marx Brothers film Duck Soup, when Groucho Marx's character Rufus Firefly says, "The Headstrongs married the Armstrongs, and that's why darkies were born."
References
- http://www.cpsr.cs.uchicago.edu/robeson/links/discography.html
- http://ntl.matrix.com.br/pfilho/html/top40/1931.html
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