The Lonesome Road

Paul Robeson

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Paul Robeson

Paul Leroy Robeson ( /ˈroʊbsən/ ROHB-sən April 9, 1898 – January 23, 1976) was an American singer and actor who was a political activist for the Civil Rights Movement. Although Robeson achieved artistic and financial success, the Spanish Civil War effectuated his deprecation of his commercial career in order to proselytize against Fascism and social injustices. Consequently, his advocacy of anti-imperialism, affiliation with Communism, and his criticism of the US government would bring retribution and public condemnation during the the age of McCarthyism. He was blacklisted, and to his financial and social detriment, he remained recalcitrant and against the direction of US policies. Health reasons later is his life forced him to retire privately, but he remai… more »


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1972
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Look down - look down
That lonesome road
Before you travel on

Look up - look up
And seek your maker
'fore Gabriel blows his horn

Weary toting such a load
Trudging down - that lonesome road

Look down - look down
That lonesome road
Before you travel on

True love - true love
What have I done
That you should treat me so

You - caused me
To walk and talk
Like I never did before

Weary toting - such a load
Trudging down that lonesome road

Look down - look down 
That lonesome road
Before you travel on 

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Written by: Gene Austin, Nathaniel Shilkret

Lyrics © Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC, NATHANIEL SHILKRET MUSIC CO.

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