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