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The song makes one last appearance in Act II of the show, when Magnolia uses it as an audition piece while trying to get a job as a singer in the Trocadero nightclub after Ravenal has deserted her.

The song was extremely associated with 1920's [[torch singer]] [[Helen Morgan]], who played Julie in the original [[1927]] stage production of ''Show Boat'', as well as the 1932 revival and the [[1936]] film version. While Morgan was alive, she "owned" the song as much as [[Judy Garland]] "owned" ''[[Over the Rainbow]]''. However, Morgan died prematurely in [[1941]], her recordings are seldom played, and the 1936 film version of ''Show Boat'' was taken completely out of circulation in 1942 to make way for the 1951 filmremake which featured [[Ava Gardner]] as Julie, so(singing dubbed by Annette Warren). Therefore, modern audiences unfamiliar with the film have most likely never heard her performance of the song. Another singer who had a big hit with the song was [[Lena Horne]], who sang it in the [[Jerome Kern]] biopic ''Till the Clouds Roll By'', and could have easily played Julie in [[MGM]]'s [[1951]] [[remake]] of ''Show Boat'' had the studio not been nervous about casting her in the role.

In it's own way, the song is almost as controversial as ''Ol' Man River'', though its lyrics have caused less of an uproar because the "offensive" portion is sung not by Julie but by Queenie, and is therefore not usually heard outside the show. In her section of the song, Queenie has the lyric:<br>