"Old Man River"

"Old Man River" (HM247I)

Location: Washington, DC 20009
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Country: United States of America
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N 38° 55.031', W 77° 1.865'

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Paul Robeson is cast as the stevedore Joe in the musical Showboat, music by Jerome Kern and lyrics by Oscar Hammerstein II.

Robeson sings the show's most memorable song "Old Man River" which he would later change the lyrics to become a song of resistance and perseverance.

Hammerstein: "Ah gets weary/ and sick of tryin; Ah'm tire of livin'/ and skeered of dyin':"

Robeson sang: "But I keeps laffin'/ Instead of cryin'/ I must keep fightin';/ Until I'm dyin'"
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HM NumberHM247I
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Year Placed2015
Placed ByDC Commission on the Arts & Humanities
Marker ConditionNo reports yet
Date Added Saturday, December 30th, 2017 at 7:04pm PST -08:00
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UTM (WGS84 Datum)18S E 323912 N 4309547
Decimal Degrees38.91718333, -77.03108333
Degrees and Decimal MinutesN 38° 55.031', W 77° 1.865'
Degrees, Minutes and Seconds38° 55' 1.8599999999999" N, 77° 1' 51.9" W
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Area Code(s)202
Closest Postal AddressAt or near 1351a U St NW, Washington DC 20009, US
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