Ol' Man River

Here we all work on the Mississippi

Here we all work while the rich folks plays

Getting no rest from the dawn till the sunset

Getting no rest till the Judgement Day

You don't look up, you don't look down

You don't dare make the rich boss frown

Bend your knees and bow your head

And tote that barge until you're dead

Let me go away from the Mississippi

Let me go away from the rich man's bounds

Show me that stream called the River of Jordan

That's the old stream that I long to cross

Oh-oh-oh-oh-oh-oss

Ol' Man River, that Ol' Man River

He don't say nothin'

He must know somethin'

Oh, Ol' Man River

He just keeps rollin' along

You know, you know you don't plant taters

And we all know, we know the man don't plant no cotton

And them, them that plant

Ah, the Lord knows they're soon forgotten

But Ol' Man River

He just keeps rollin' along

You, you and me

You know sometimes we have to sweat

Sweat and strain

Our bodies, Lord,  our bodies all achin'

And wracked with a whole lot of pain

Tote that barge, lift that bail

Get a little drunk and you land in jail

I'm gettin' weary

Oh, Lord, and so sick of tryin'

I'm tired of living

And 'fraid of dying

But Ol' Man River

He just keeps rolling along

Hmm