and is therefore not usually heard outside the show. In her section of the song, Queenie sings about Joe: My man is shiftless, An' good for nothin', too. He's my man just the same. He's never 'round here When there is work to do, He's never 'round here when there's workin' to do. This lyric was included in every production of Show Boat up until 1966, except for the 1951 film version, in which this section of the song was simply omitted. In the 1966 Lincoln Center production of the show, produced during the height of the Civil Rights era, this part of the lyric was completely rewritten by an uncredited writer to avoid any controversy, and it has remained that way ever since – except in the now-famous EMI 3-CD album set of Show Boat, released in 1988. The revised lyric went: My man's a dreamer, He don't have much to say He's my man just the same Instead o' workin, He sits and dreams all day, Instead o' workin', he'll be dreamin' all day. The 1951 film version of Show Boat went even one step further than the 1966 stage revival in "smoothing out" any "edginess" about the song, by omitting all reference to it as one sung for years by African-Americans, and thereby omitting the section in which Queenie remarks that it is strange for Julie to know the song. In the 1951 film, the song is simply a love song Julie sings about her husband Steve, not a folk tune. Lena Horne also sings it this way in Till the Clouds Roll By. See also Other songs from Show Boat: "Bill", "Ol' Man River" Notes Additional references Kreuger, Miles Show Boat: The Story of a Classic American Musical, Oxford, 1977. Songs from Show Boat American songs Songs with lyrics by Oscar Hammerstein II Songs with music by Jerome Kern Torch songs Lena Horne songs 1920s jazz standards 1927 songs