Here we all work `long the Mississippi Here we all work while the white folk play Pullin` them boats from the dawn till sunset Gettin` no rest till the judgment day
Don`t look up and don`t look down You don`t das make the boss man frown Bend your knees and bow your head And pull that rope until your dead
Let me go `way from the Mississippi Let me go `way from the white man boss Show me that stream called the River Jordan That`s the old stream that I long to cross.
Ol` Man River, that Ol` Man River
He don`t say nothin`, but he must know somethin` He just keeps rollin`, he keeps on rollin` along
He don`t plant tatters, and he don`t plant cotton And them what plants em, are soon forgotten But Ol` Man River, just keeps rollin` along
You and me, we sweat and strain Body all achin` and racked with pain Tote that barge and lift that bail You get a little drunk and you lands in jail
I gets weary, and sick of trying I`m tired of livin`, but I`m scared of dyin` But Ol` Man River, he just keeps
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