Ol' Man River

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

Ya don't dast make the boss man frown

Bend your knees and bow your head

And 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 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 taters

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 wracked with pain

Tote that barge, lift that bale

Ya gets a little drunk, and ya lands in jail

I gets weary and sick of tryin'

I'm tired of livin', but I'm scared of dyin'

And Ol' Man River

He just keeps rollin' along