"==Early life and amateur career==Cassius Marcellus Clay Jr., was born on January 17, 1942, in Louisville, Kentucky.
:Sometimes I'm up, sometimes I'm down:Oh, yes, Lord:Sometimes I'm almost to de groun':Oh, yes, Lord:Although you see me goin' 'long so:Oh, yes, Lord:I have my trials here below:Oh, yes, Lord:If you get there before I do:Oh, yes, Lord:Tell all-a my friends I'm coming too:Oh, yes, Lord==External links==* Louis Armstrong playing the song (1962)