Old Man River

Here we all work 'long the Mississippi

Here we all work, while the white boys play

Gettin' no rest from the dawn till the sunset

Gettin' no rest till the judgment 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 boss

Show me that stream called the River of Jordan

That's the old stream that I long to cross

Old Man River, Old Man River

He don't say nothin', he must know somethin'

Old Man River, he just keeps rollin' along

You know, you know he don't plant taters

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

And then, then they plant 'em

Oh the Lord knows they are soon forgotten

But Old Man River, he just keeps rollin' along

You, you and me, you know sometimes

We have to we have to sweat, sweat and strain

Our bodies, our bodies are all achin'

And wracked with a whole lot of pain

Tote that barge, lift that bale, you get a little drunk

And you land in jail

I get weary and so sick of tryin'

I'm tired of livin', and afraid of dyin'

But Old Man River, he just keeps rollin' a

Old Man River, he just keeps rollin' along