The second verse references Satchel Paige and playing professional baseball; Gary Cooper played Lou Gehrig in Pride of the Yankees, a movie chronicling a career that spanned the years when blacks could not play in the Major Leagues. I went into a lot more depth about each line, as I have just pieced together an interpretation based on some comments and the lyrics themselves.
The second verse references Satchel Paige and playing professional baseball; Gary Cooper played Lou Gehrig in Pride of the Yankees, a movie chronicling a career that spanned the years when blacks could not play in the Major Leagues. I went into a lot more depth about each line, as I have just pieced together an interpretation based on some comments and the lyrics themselves.
From the first and last verses, it seems to be about slavery. But in the second he talks about Gary Cooper. What's that about?
The second verse references Satchel Paige and playing professional baseball; Gary Cooper played Lou Gehrig in Pride of the Yankees, a movie chronicling a career that spanned the years when blacks could not play in the Major Leagues. I went into a lot more depth about each line, as I have just pieced together an interpretation based on some comments and the lyrics themselves.
The second verse references Satchel Paige and playing professional baseball; Gary Cooper played Lou Gehrig in Pride of the Yankees, a movie chronicling a career that spanned the years when blacks could not play in the Major Leagues. I went into a lot more depth about each line, as I have just pieced together an interpretation based on some comments and the lyrics themselves.