After reading into what the lyrics were and are
Posted on: June 30, 2020 at 14:38:19 CT
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The original 1914 lyrics said "The darkies were hummin'; their banjos were strummin';"and the word darkies was changed to "old folks"
So yeah the original lyrics.... not good.
The official lyrics don't include the word darkies according to every site I've looked at, so I don't see what the problem is at this point. I can't imagine anyone has sung "darkies" instead of old folks in many, many years.