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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That's Why Darkies Were Born Kate Smith Henderson & Brown

Someone had to pick the cotton, Someone had to pick the corn, Someone had to slave and be able to sing, That's why darkies were born;

Someone had to laugh at trouble, Though he was tired and worn, Had to be contented with any old thing, That's why darkies were born;

Sing, sing, sing when you're weary and Sing when you're blue, Sing, sing, that's what you taught All the white folks to do;

Someone had to fight the Devil, Shout about Gabriel's Horn, Someone had to stoke the train That would bring God's children to green pastures, That's why darkies were born.