Marc Myers:
Why the song's lyrics weren't recorded the first time around on Mingus Ah Um isn't clear. Most likely the omission came at the behest of Columbia executives, who at the time didn't want to overly inflame the label's Southern markets. Writes Gene Santoro in Myself When I Am Real: The Life and Music of Charles Mingus:"[The group recorded] Fables of Faubus, but Columbia, Mingus said, wouldn't let them record the lyrics."
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