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''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,<br>