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. 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."

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