Frank Sinatra- Without A Song

ITS ONE OF THE GREATEST HIT OF FRANK SINATRA...... BUT WHAT DOES I SAY: HERD IT.

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[ArgonDiscoverer]

i heard some much worser than this hahaa

[Jamesmac30]

This was recorded on 20th January 1941 with The Tommy Dorsey orchestra

[RideHanna]

Notice that later performances and recordings of this great song. Darkie was changed to "A Man". Sammy Davis Junior was a cherished friend of Sinatra's so it's unlikely Frank was a racist. 

[VantisDoroHall]

@mzbikes Yep.

[mzbikes]

@VantisDoroHall

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[VantisDoroHall]

@mzbikes "Darkie" was never a good word to use as far as Black people are concerned. Black people have always considered it offensive to be called "Darkie". They were highly offended by its use in this song. However, the Civil Rights Movement helped to change the acceptability of the use of such words. And, that movement changed things for other minorities, and women, as well. This kind of change in our culture is what makes the Untied States a world leader. We are proud of this.

[mzbikes]

@mzbikes A darkies born without a song he aint no good at all -A black SOUTHERN sweat labourer will only be able to endure the drudge of his life with a song.

The lyrics are great and the word darkie conveys it all -"black peasant field worker" would have blown these lyrics out of the water. Using his inimitable method gentle first 1/2 punchy 2nd 1/2 line his use of the word is gentle and sympathetic.

You dont' use these words now because they were "abused" to convey hate

Viva Frank

[mzbikes]

@VantisDoroHall 

[VantisDoroHall]

@mzbikes Thanks again for your comments. I agree with you 100% that words carry a lot of weight. Most of us in the United States do not use these two words in referring to other people.

[mzbikes]

@VantisDoroHall I go along with all that -I was trying to say that english speakers in different parts of the world have entirely meanings to convey by a word and we in scotland were made to feel( by the PC) we had been slurring people when that was never intended nor recieved. Mind you "it aint what you say it's the way that you say it" to paraphrase another old song

My old aunt still calls her thread nigger brown and old soul wouldn't offend anyone

[VantisDoroHall]

@mzbikes Thanks. "Darkie" means something different here. And although "Negro" means black in Spanish, "nigger" does not carry that meaning. "Nigger" was and is a word used to put Black people down, although eventually many Black people turned it into a term of endearment when used by them (in the late '60s and '70s) . Now many young kids of every color in the United States use the term "nigger" as a means of showing friendship. Most Blacks still find the word offensive, however.