When my father was a boy, he and his sister and parents fled Poland. It was a long and eventful train journey and my grandfather was beaten by a German guard. For whatever reason Paul Robeson was on the train, he sat with my grandparents and spoke to them in Yiddish to try and allay their fears. So, for me, listening to him is a priviledge.
Most anecdotes about meeting famous a sort of quiet interesting, but that one is very moving from a man with a big voice, big balls and a big heart. So much pathetic petty nastiness from the sewer on these forums-many thanks for posting that.
@youngian Thank you, it was a true story- I asked my father again since writing that post and it was when they changed trains in Europe somewhere that Paul Robeson was on the train. He taught my father the numbers 1 -10 in English. I think that was the first bit of kindness they had been shown in a long time - my grandparents lived in Lodz in Poland, which became a ghetto. There were 240,000 Jews there before the war and now there are two.
I learned this song from perhaps the funniest Monty Python sketch ever. Since then, I have listened to countless renditions. This is perhaps the best.
Paul Robeson was a force of nature. A wonderful humanist who spoke to anyone with a heart at a very divided time in world history. I hope this glorious man gets a great movie biopic made about him one day - at least to educate anyone who's never heard of him about what a hero this man was
@billy2rivers1 Correction. Robeson LOVED America. he hated the white supremist vile oppressive and disgraceful and sahameless treatment of people of colour for which Robeson was a member. Robeson only ever visited Russia, yet he lived for 12 years in Britain and yet Racist America only talk about his visits to America, why not talk about how he LOVED Britain, he praised Britain too and loved living there.
@amore2010ad1 No he didnt he hated the usa and of cause he loved britain because england is the greatest place on earth russia being a close second.White supremasist bah .He was a phenominal singer and thats what the usa hated at the time how dare a black bloke be a star just like jack johnson the boxer. But al joleson made it alright .
Al Jolson was NOT a black man. He was a white man, and a Jewish one at that. He merely performed in blackface, back when it was socially acceptable. As much as I love him, the fact of the matter is that Al Jolson did not really do anything to open up the field for black actors and singers.
@Salieri325 How dare you say that jesus never came to our green and pleasant land you oaf. How could he be so wise and kind unless hed met my mam and dad. Fucking big mouth know all just fuck off If i say jesus came here he came here . Paul robeson said jesus loved England that good enough for me.
@billy2rivers1 Lol, I'll call it a draw then. That was a well worded and equally witty response. May we meet on the field of verbal jousting/abuse again some time! Until then.
It's not really a mystery that Robeson was blind to the evils of Soviet Communism. He was treated like dirt in the USA, and idolized by Russians, who lavish attention on basses the way the West does tenors. He was treated well in Russia and was screened from seeing the evils. He was, as mentioned by others, a brilliant, highly educated man of letters - he was no dummy, yet he was fooled. Look at all the educated people goose-stepping to Beck and Palin and FAUX today!!
@MiserableOldFart Anything that was secular and/or non-white supremacist was considered "Communist associated" during the height of the Cold War and that includes Anti-lynching, anti imperialism, civil rights, voting rights and trade unionism. PR imperialism as his pre-eminent foe, not Communism. the Soviet Union stood between the Third World and black Americans and its exploitation. If there wasn't a Soviet Union to offset western colonial power, he believed you'd have to invent it.
You've missed the point. Robeson WAS educated - Phi Beta Kappa, Columbia Law. An intellect that likely shames any of us posting here. Spoke five languages, including fluent Russian. And yet couldn't see Stalin for the all-time monster he was. That's what's puzzling. Still, the voice isn't puzzling at all, an instrument of glory.
@negritazuni My statement to you was in no way personal. Indeed, the statement about artists not necessarily having education, intellect or common sense was a generic statement of fact. Robeson, a great artist indeed, was unfortunately aligned with some horrible causes, for which one can fault common sense. Best to ignore his personal politics and appreciate the artistry, as I said. As for my comment directed to @TheWagbert, people who shout accusations ought to get their facts straight.
@negritazuni ...Well, a lot of the intelligentsia of Britain, save for Orrwell, were also duped by the Commies. In Robeson's case it was the brotherhood and equality creed inherent in the communist ideology (secular form of Christianity?) that probably gave succour to this erudite man from an oppressed community. sd goh (malaysia)
That is interesting... I always wonder why it is that I am attracted to this kind of political figure- meaning the Secular Christian type...Perhaps it is because of the refreshing; intelligible sense of communication.
Robeson learned his politics in Britain, at the feet of the trade Unions and the Welsh Miners. Most were communist. The British labour party and the National Health Service was born out of communist ideology. Many of the labour members of Parliament were communist members as well. There was never any stigma attached here, or in the rest of Europe, communist members still get voted to parliament. Communists are not evil just asking for equality and a decent share of the wealth US Free!
Maybe Robeson was not choosing Stalin, maybe he was choosing the Russian people who welcomed him with Open arms and were being comforted by his message of love and Oneness of All People, rather than the hateful and vindictive white population of America who was waiting to string him up on a tree for ever wanted to be free. Where has Paul ever supported a government of any country. he was not for politians, he was for the people. He marched with the Welch minors, not the gov.
It has always puzzled me that this peerless talent and noble humanitarian should have been one of Stalin's useful idiots. His Jerusalem is one of the glories of the human race.
@negritazuni Quite true. Best to ignore his politics and simply appreciate his artistry and talent. Being a gifted artist doesn't necessarily mean one is educated, has intellect, or even plain old common sense. One can think of so many superb artists of whom it's best not to think about their foolish causes and personal politics. Vanessa Redgrave comes to mind....
This is the anthem of the UK Labour Party and symbolizes their attempt to build a New Jerusalem post-1945. An England worth living in. But ultimately social democracy can not overcome the scourge of the dark satanic mills.
No it isn't. It's a William Blake poem turned into a hymn, and very mainstream in Britain. Sung at the Proms every year, sung in church, and I think it's sung at cricket and rugby games the way Americans sing the Star Spangled Banner at baseball games.
Thank God for his life and his memory. He indeed had a powerful voice and he sung with feeling, and meaning. Yes, it brings tears to ones eyes as you listen.
I used to listen to Robeson records as a child - I t was during WW II and "Songs of Free Men" was often played in our house. Later, when I was in the Army in Germany in the late 1950s you could hear him on the radio from the USSR. I had never heard him sing "Jerusalem" before, so thank you for the posting
He was the son of an escaped slave. He lived in an America where it would have been a step up to be second class citizens. He was a communist because he actually believed they meant what they said about everyone being equal. Did they play him? Of course--but if you look at the dates on most of these recordings, they were prior WWII and the Cold War.
@BrickLaneBetty Just the fact that he praised Russia and had visited and performed there was enough for McCarthy to put him on the blacklist for wanting his children to live in a society where they had equality. I didn't know he hadn't joined the party itself--a very astute move on his part. I'm just glad that magnificent voice is available. When I saw the version of /Showboat that he was in along with Irene Dunne and Helen Morgan it was the best one by far.
@TheWagbert it was only his one child, his son that lived there for a time though his brothers in law immigrated there. i agree with you 100%
From my work on wikipedia:
On October 7, 1946, Robeson testified before the Fact-Finding Committee on Un-American Activities in California (Tenney Committee) that he was not a Communist Party member.[1] Contrary to popular belief he has not to this day, ever been identified as an official member of any Communist organization.
@BrickLaneBetty There were so many talented people who were vilified by McCarthy--the way to get yourself removed was to give someone else up.Lee Grant didn't work much for years because she wouldn't testify against her husband. Still goes on, though--"to be Dixie Chicked". There were death threats against them and their children just for expressing an opinion. When you have a voice like Paul Robeson, it's criminal to not let it be heard singing.
@TheWagbert You are spouting drivel you've picked up from other unlearned people. Senator McCarthy did not put any artists on a blacklist. McCarthy's concern was Soviet infiltration of the US government - something the opening of the Soviet archives confirmed. It was Congress, not the Senate, that held HUAC hearings calling in artists. And the "blacklist" you refer to was a non-governmental Hollywood affair. Study history before inaccurately spewing sloppy rumours you heard somewhere.
After WW11, the US govt via CIA recruited and trained NAZI's soldiers, with instruction to disrupt the government of that country. and were to infiltrate the soviet union at the highest of governent; same people who killed 6 million Jews. American government trained these NAZI to go and disrupt the russian government. 20 million died in Allied war yet this was their thanks. Maybe Robeson knew that US was involved in what was happening in that country. Look in the mirror.
He was hounded as a Communist because he was a Communist - you know - the guys who wanted to kill us all. Islamofascists? They want to kill us all also. What have you learned in 40 years other than Joe McCarthy was completely and totally vindicated by the Venona Project and the Soviets releasing their data on who were their agents in America. America is still free - no thanks to you or your Gang of 14.
Robeson had the most majestic voice. He had the ability, in my opinion, to take something that would otherwise be pretty average and turn it into something beautiful.
Yes Hugh2110 we have learned very much. We have learned that as long as this country is the reachest, more free, dinamic, just, and much more.....we will have to fight envy, terror, and hate. But you know what? the fight is worthwhile.
Hounded to the end of his days by the FBI as a "communist." Congrats. Anybody care to look around at the current "War on Terror" and ask yourselves if you've learned anything in the last 40 years?
I'm blown away by this man's voice. It almost always brings tears to my eyes. He's not just a national treasure, but a world treasure, a human treasure. Being American, i wish more of my countrymen and women were familiar with this gifted artist and thinker.
@TIMOTHYSAARINEN I am not American but I grew up listening to this man and learning about his painful stand - he must be one of the most unsung heroes of his time...and such a voice. I am so happy to find others who are still loving him and talking about him! -]
@TIMOTHYSAARINEN His tesitomny before HUAC is enough to make him my hero forever, on top of that he's brilliant, and yes, not recognized nearly enough by people.
Coming from the opera world I never thought of Robson as a "great" bass in that sense-but a GREAT MAN in every sense but he does this beautifully ( and many songs) and maybe I'm ready for a reappraisal of his voice qua voice
At the construction site of the Sydney opera he gave a spontaneous recital
a darker note an uncle attended the concert in upstate NY after WWII when an ugly race riot broke out over Robson, and his politics sickening America we tortured this man till the end of his life
@ larkin 1) great userbname 2) I never knew that! my mom was hit at Peekskill I think because neither she or my dad really ever talked about it. The only time I saw him was at his funeral.
@hreodbeorht1 you are fucked.
Hannes2k 1 month ago in playlist YouTube Mix for Paul Robeson
this voice goes deep within us.
vickielea12 2 months ago
muito lindo.
JOAZCOSTA 5 months ago
what a combination: this great hymn w Robeson. WOW
injamaven 5 months ago
When my father was a boy, he and his sister and parents fled Poland. It was a long and eventful train journey and my grandfather was beaten by a German guard. For whatever reason Paul Robeson was on the train, he sat with my grandparents and spoke to them in Yiddish to try and allay their fears. So, for me, listening to him is a priviledge.
SpecialHelen 6 months ago 4
@SpecialHelen
Most anecdotes about meeting famous a sort of quiet interesting, but that one is very moving from a man with a big voice, big balls and a big heart. So much pathetic petty nastiness from the sewer on these forums-many thanks for posting that.
youngian 2 months ago
@youngian Thank you, it was a true story- I asked my father again since writing that post and it was when they changed trains in Europe somewhere that Paul Robeson was on the train. He taught my father the numbers 1 -10 in English. I think that was the first bit of kindness they had been shown in a long time - my grandparents lived in Lodz in Poland, which became a ghetto. There were 240,000 Jews there before the war and now there are two.
SpecialHelen 2 months ago
@SpecialHelen lovely, just lovely.
casharry 2 months ago
@casharry not the last bit of your story, that bit is shocking and shows the true failing in human kind
casharry 2 months ago
I learned this song from perhaps the funniest Monty Python sketch ever. Since then, I have listened to countless renditions. This is perhaps the best.
lo684 6 months ago
Paul Robeson was a force of nature. A wonderful humanist who spoke to anyone with a heart at a very divided time in world history. I hope this glorious man gets a great movie biopic made about him one day - at least to educate anyone who's never heard of him about what a hero this man was
RicardosRealm 9 months ago 7
@RicardosRealm: There is in fact an episode dedicated to him and about him, in the Young Indiana Jones Chronicles. Worth seeing.
Jodiro2000 6 months ago
The best rendition of Jerusalem I ahve ever heard. I am Sure that Blake, Elgar and Parry would approve
USExceptionalism 11 months ago 5
ROBSON hated the usa he preferd russia.Plus this song is about England.
billy2rivers1 1 year ago
@billy2rivers1 Correction. Robeson LOVED America. he hated the white supremist vile oppressive and disgraceful and sahameless treatment of people of colour for which Robeson was a member. Robeson only ever visited Russia, yet he lived for 12 years in Britain and yet Racist America only talk about his visits to America, why not talk about how he LOVED Britain, he praised Britain too and loved living there.
amore2010ad1 1 year ago
@amore2010ad1 No he didnt he hated the usa and of cause he loved britain because england is the greatest place on earth russia being a close second.White supremasist bah .He was a phenominal singer and thats what the usa hated at the time how dare a black bloke be a star just like jack johnson the boxer. But al joleson made it alright .
billy2rivers1 1 year ago
@billy2rivers1
Al Jolson was NOT a black man. He was a white man, and a Jewish one at that. He merely performed in blackface, back when it was socially acceptable. As much as I love him, the fact of the matter is that Al Jolson did not really do anything to open up the field for black actors and singers.
Badgerthegreat 11 months ago
@Badgerthegreat
What's that got to do with this?
pambrawn 5 months ago
@billy2rivers1 No it's not... It's about a medieval myth or tale that concerns Jesus' visitation to the British Isles... which never happened...
Salieri325 1 year ago
@Salieri325 How dare you say that jesus never came to our green and pleasant land you oaf. How could he be so wise and kind unless hed met my mam and dad. Fucking big mouth know all just fuck off If i say jesus came here he came here . Paul robeson said jesus loved England that good enough for me.
billy2rivers1 1 year ago 2
@billy2rivers1 Lol, I'll call it a draw then. That was a well worded and equally witty response. May we meet on the field of verbal jousting/abuse again some time! Until then.
Salieri325 1 year ago
@Salieri325 Yes my friend i think we should agree that we are a pair of argumentive arses haha good old paul still causing hell .Regards billy
billy2rivers1 1 year ago
@billy2rivers1 you know NOTHING about Paul Robeson. NOTHING.
BrickLaneBetty 1 year ago
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@BrickLaneBetty You are only picking on me because you like me really.
billy2rivers1 1 year ago
a beautiful and very moving rendition of this hymn...thanks much for uploading!
tcro58 1 year ago
It's not really a mystery that Robeson was blind to the evils of Soviet Communism. He was treated like dirt in the USA, and idolized by Russians, who lavish attention on basses the way the West does tenors. He was treated well in Russia and was screened from seeing the evils. He was, as mentioned by others, a brilliant, highly educated man of letters - he was no dummy, yet he was fooled. Look at all the educated people goose-stepping to Beck and Palin and FAUX today!!
MiserableOldFart 1 year ago
@MiserableOldFart Anything that was secular and/or non-white supremacist was considered "Communist associated" during the height of the Cold War and that includes Anti-lynching, anti imperialism, civil rights, voting rights and trade unionism. PR imperialism as his pre-eminent foe, not Communism. the Soviet Union stood between the Third World and black Americans and its exploitation. If there wasn't a Soviet Union to offset western colonial power, he believed you'd have to invent it.
BrickLaneBetty 1 year ago
@freegiftoffers Don't get personal.
You've missed the point. Robeson WAS educated - Phi Beta Kappa, Columbia Law. An intellect that likely shames any of us posting here. Spoke five languages, including fluent Russian. And yet couldn't see Stalin for the all-time monster he was. That's what's puzzling. Still, the voice isn't puzzling at all, an instrument of glory.
negritazuni 1 year ago 2
@negritazuni My statement to you was in no way personal. Indeed, the statement about artists not necessarily having education, intellect or common sense was a generic statement of fact. Robeson, a great artist indeed, was unfortunately aligned with some horrible causes, for which one can fault common sense. Best to ignore his personal politics and appreciate the artistry, as I said. As for my comment directed to @TheWagbert, people who shout accusations ought to get their facts straight.
FreeGiftOffers 1 year ago
@negritazuni ...Well, a lot of the intelligentsia of Britain, save for Orrwell, were also duped by the Commies. In Robeson's case it was the brotherhood and equality creed inherent in the communist ideology (secular form of Christianity?) that probably gave succour to this erudite man from an oppressed community. sd goh (malaysia)
301250 1 year ago
@301250
That is interesting... I always wonder why it is that I am attracted to this kind of political figure- meaning the Secular Christian type...Perhaps it is because of the refreshing; intelligible sense of communication.
MARVIN2MARVELOUS 1 year ago
@301250
Robeson learned his politics in Britain, at the feet of the trade Unions and the Welsh Miners. Most were communist. The British labour party and the National Health Service was born out of communist ideology. Many of the labour members of Parliament were communist members as well. There was never any stigma attached here, or in the rest of Europe, communist members still get voted to parliament. Communists are not evil just asking for equality and a decent share of the wealth US Free!
amore2010ad1 1 year ago
@negritazuni
Maybe Robeson was not choosing Stalin, maybe he was choosing the Russian people who welcomed him with Open arms and were being comforted by his message of love and Oneness of All People, rather than the hateful and vindictive white population of America who was waiting to string him up on a tree for ever wanted to be free. Where has Paul ever supported a government of any country. he was not for politians, he was for the people. He marched with the Welch minors, not the gov.
amore2010ad1 1 year ago
@amore2010ad1 Orwell was a foul snitch.
BrickLaneBetty 1 year ago
It has always puzzled me that this peerless talent and noble humanitarian should have been one of Stalin's useful idiots. His Jerusalem is one of the glories of the human race.
negritazuni 1 year ago
@negritazuni Quite true. Best to ignore his politics and simply appreciate his artistry and talent. Being a gifted artist doesn't necessarily mean one is educated, has intellect, or even plain old common sense. One can think of so many superb artists of whom it's best not to think about their foolish causes and personal politics. Vanessa Redgrave comes to mind....
FreeGiftOffers 1 year ago
Lovely poem, wonderful melody a truly great voice
Aled
ifuliki 1 year ago
This is the anthem of the UK Labour Party and symbolizes their attempt to build a New Jerusalem post-1945. An England worth living in. But ultimately social democracy can not overcome the scourge of the dark satanic mills.
marxotube 1 year ago
@marxotube
No it isn't. It's a William Blake poem turned into a hymn, and very mainstream in Britain. Sung at the Proms every year, sung in church, and I think it's sung at cricket and rugby games the way Americans sing the Star Spangled Banner at baseball games.
ChiTownLiz 1 year ago
Thank God for his life and his memory. He indeed had a powerful voice and he sung with feeling, and meaning. Yes, it brings tears to ones eyes as you listen.
Chesterbarnes1 1 year ago
I used to listen to Robeson records as a child - I t was during WW II and "Songs of Free Men" was often played in our house. Later, when I was in the Army in Germany in the late 1950s you could hear him on the radio from the USSR. I had never heard him sing "Jerusalem" before, so thank you for the posting
ebenasire 1 year ago
He was the son of an escaped slave. He lived in an America where it would have been a step up to be second class citizens. He was a communist because he actually believed they meant what they said about everyone being equal. Did they play him? Of course--but if you look at the dates on most of these recordings, they were prior WWII and the Cold War.
TheWagbert 2 years ago
@TheWagbert HE WAS NEVER A CPUSA MEMBER. HE BELIEVED IN SOCIALISM AND NOT TELLING OTHER COUNTRIES WHAT TO DO. BIG DIFFERENCE
BrickLaneBetty 1 year ago
@BrickLaneBetty Just the fact that he praised Russia and had visited and performed there was enough for McCarthy to put him on the blacklist for wanting his children to live in a society where they had equality. I didn't know he hadn't joined the party itself--a very astute move on his part. I'm just glad that magnificent voice is available. When I saw the version of /Showboat that he was in along with Irene Dunne and Helen Morgan it was the best one by far.
TheWagbert 1 year ago
@TheWagbert it was only his one child, his son that lived there for a time though his brothers in law immigrated there. i agree with you 100%
From my work on wikipedia:
On October 7, 1946, Robeson testified before the Fact-Finding Committee on Un-American Activities in California (Tenney Committee) that he was not a Communist Party member.[1] Contrary to popular belief he has not to this day, ever been identified as an official member of any Communist organization.
BrickLaneBetty 1 year ago
@BrickLaneBetty There were so many talented people who were vilified by McCarthy--the way to get yourself removed was to give someone else up.Lee Grant didn't work much for years because she wouldn't testify against her husband. Still goes on, though--"to be Dixie Chicked". There were death threats against them and their children just for expressing an opinion. When you have a voice like Paul Robeson, it's criminal to not let it be heard singing.
TheWagbert 1 year ago
@TheWagbert You are spouting drivel you've picked up from other unlearned people. Senator McCarthy did not put any artists on a blacklist. McCarthy's concern was Soviet infiltration of the US government - something the opening of the Soviet archives confirmed. It was Congress, not the Senate, that held HUAC hearings calling in artists. And the "blacklist" you refer to was a non-governmental Hollywood affair. Study history before inaccurately spewing sloppy rumours you heard somewhere.
FreeGiftOffers 1 year ago
@FreeGiftOffers
After WW11, the US govt via CIA recruited and trained NAZI's soldiers, with instruction to disrupt the government of that country. and were to infiltrate the soviet union at the highest of governent; same people who killed 6 million Jews. American government trained these NAZI to go and disrupt the russian government. 20 million died in Allied war yet this was their thanks. Maybe Robeson knew that US was involved in what was happening in that country. Look in the mirror.
amore2010ad1 1 year ago
Hugh2110:
He was hounded as a Communist because he was a Communist - you know - the guys who wanted to kill us all. Islamofascists? They want to kill us all also. What have you learned in 40 years other than Joe McCarthy was completely and totally vindicated by the Venona Project and the Soviets releasing their data on who were their agents in America. America is still free - no thanks to you or your Gang of 14.
alandavis 2 years ago
Beauty,charm and compassion in one individual.
klokheten 2 years ago 10
please listen to Mrs Fannie Lou Hamer's speech (1965) Brother Paul would want you to
vivascargill 2 years ago
Blake wrote this as a revolutionary--and who better to sing it!
vivascargill 2 years ago 12
He and Blake would have been in harmony greed is not good
stevegale1948 1 year ago
A great American as well as the greatest bass of the 20th century.
richardmansbach 2 years ago 14
Robeson had the most majestic voice. He had the ability, in my opinion, to take something that would otherwise be pretty average and turn it into something beautiful.
TheGrubStreetHack 2 years ago 27
Paul would have been on the line in 84 and he would have sung this!
vivascargill 2 years ago 6
Thanks for sending me this. I had not heard it before!
wvprogressive1933 2 years ago 2
Yes Hugh2110 we have learned very much. We have learned that as long as this country is the reachest, more free, dinamic, just, and much more.....we will have to fight envy, terror, and hate. But you know what? the fight is worthwhile.
freirant 2 years ago 4
Hounded to the end of his days by the FBI as a "communist." Congrats. Anybody care to look around at the current "War on Terror" and ask yourselves if you've learned anything in the last 40 years?
Hugh2110 2 years ago 14
I'm blown away by this man's voice. It almost always brings tears to my eyes. He's not just a national treasure, but a world treasure, a human treasure. Being American, i wish more of my countrymen and women were familiar with this gifted artist and thinker.
TIMOTHYSAARINEN 2 years ago 53
Amen!
rclarked 2 years ago 2
@TIMOTHYSAARINEN I am not American but I grew up listening to this man and learning about his painful stand - he must be one of the most unsung heroes of his time...and such a voice. I am so happy to find others who are still loving him and talking about him! -]
dumbstruk 1 year ago
@TIMOTHYSAARINEN
May God Bless You for those words!
MARVIN2MARVELOUS 1 year ago
@TIMOTHYSAARINEN
he is really amaizing singer, and also was man with many valius
shalomavner 1 year ago
@TIMOTHYSAARINEN His tesitomny before HUAC is enough to make him my hero forever, on top of that he's brilliant, and yes, not recognized nearly enough by people.
sounddart 6 months ago
Coming from the opera world I never thought of Robson as a "great" bass in that sense-but a GREAT MAN in every sense but he does this beautifully ( and many songs) and maybe I'm ready for a reappraisal of his voice qua voice
At the construction site of the Sydney opera he gave a spontaneous recital
a darker note an uncle attended the concert in upstate NY after WWII when an ugly race riot broke out over Robson, and his politics sickening America we tortured this man till the end of his life
Labienus 2 years ago 2
He performed on the back of a truck in Liverpool in 1949. The concert was only announced that morning, but over 10,000 people turned up.
Britain loved Paul Robeson. He was a man of the people regardless of colour, religion or nationality. The world needs more people like Paul Robeson.
Larkin1907 2 years ago 11
@ larkin 1) great userbname 2) I never knew that! my mom was hit at Peekskill I think because neither she or my dad really ever talked about it. The only time I saw him was at his funeral.
vivascargill 1 year ago
if i hear this song i somehow regret to not live in england
blabloobblubb 2 years ago 5
Don't forget he loved Wales too!
The best voice ever!
chrishall57 2 years ago 5
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vivascargill 2 years ago
He loved England too. You can here the love in his voice.
BrickLaneBetty 2 years ago 9
The greatest voice in human history
ibrokemachone 2 years ago 11
Fantastic
MrStruth 2 years ago 6
Just have to agree, supurb .
johndy3535 3 years ago 7
Magnificent! Just sublime! :D
dharamsala55 3 years ago 7