Ol' Man River Lyrics

Niggers all work on the Mississippi
Niggers all work while the white folks play
Pulling those boats from the dawn to sunset
Getting no rest till the Judgement Day
Don′t look up and don't look down
You don′t just make the white boss 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 must know somethin', but don′t say nothin'
He just keeps rollin′, he keeps on rollin' along
He don't plant taters, he don′t plant cotton
And them that plants ′em is 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
And get a little drunk and you land in jail

I gets weary and sick of tryin′
I'm tired of livin′ and 'fraid of dyin'
But Ol′ Man River, he keeps on rollin′ along