(Censored) I'm Not Racist, But - Frankie Fairweather (1961)  [TBWCS!]
Channel: This Business We Call Show!
Date: 2024-04-07

Originally released in 1951, Frankie Fairweather's "I'm Not Racist, But" spent over 6 years at the top of the USA Billboard charts. To mark its 10th anniversary, Fairweather re-released the single but agreed to censor the lyrics due to the changing social attitudes of the time. The 1961 release tanked.

LYRICS:

[Verse 1] 
Now I'm not racist, but
It does seem to me
That those kind of people always
Dah dah dah dah dah
and the way that they look
you'd think that they'd dah dah dah
dah dah dah dah
bah dah bah dah bah dah
and baby that's just the women!
(yes and that's just the women!)

[Verse 2]
Now I'm not racist, but
It does seem to me
That the food they like to eat
Like shah wah baah dah with a side of
blah gah dah bah mah
rinsed down with a glass of
bah dah flah gah wah
I wouldn't feed to my bah dah dah
(No he wouldn't feed to his bad dah dah dah bah dah)

[Verse 3]
And baby I'm not saying I'm perfect
But you'd never catch me bah dah bah dah
bah blah gah man dah bah
and expect somehow that I'd bah
gah dah bah wah
No I'm not racist, but
(He's not racist, but)
gah wah bah dah dah dah
bah dah bah dah bah dah
and baby that's just the women
(oh yes and that's just the women)

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