Here we all work `long the Mississippi Here we all work while the white folks play Pullin` them boats from the dawn `til sunset Gettin` no rest `til the judgment day
Don`t look up, don`t look down You don`t dare make the bossman frown Bend your knees, bow your head Pull that rope until you`re 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 ol` 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 taters and he don`t plant cotton And then what plants `em are soon forgotten But Ol` Man River, he just keeps rollin` along
You and me, we sweat and strain Body all achin` and racked with pain Tote that barge and lift that bale You get a little drunk and you land in jail
I gets weary and sick of tryin` I`m tired of living but I`m scared of dyin` And Ol` Man River, he just keeps rollin` along Ol` Man River...
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