I did a long concert tour in England and Denmark and Sweden, and I als…

Paul Robeson
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I did a long concert tour in England and Denmark and Sweden, and I also sang for the Soviet people, one of the finest musical audiences in the world. ✨ Paul Robeson, Philip Sheldon Foner (1978). Paul Robeson speaks: writings, speeches, interviews, 1918-1974, Brunner-Routledge
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I did a long concert tour in England and Denmark and Sweden, and I also sang for the Soviet people, one of the finest musical audiences in the world. ✨ Paul Robeson, Philip Sheldon Foner (1978). Paul Robeson speaks: writings, speeches, interviews, 1918-1974, Brunner-Routledge

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