Here we all work
'long de Mississippi,
here we all work
while de white folk play,

pullin' 'em boats
from de dawn till sunset,
gittin' no rest
till de judgement day.

Don't look up
an' don't look down;
you don't dast make
de white boss frown.

Bend yo' knees
an' bow yo' head,
an' pull dat rope
until yo're dead.

Let me go 'way
from de Mississippi,
let me go 'way
from de white men boss.

Show me dat stream
called de river Jordan,
dat's de ol' stream
dat I long to cross.

Ol' man river,
dat ol' man river,
he must know sumpin',
but he don't say nothin',
he jus' keeps rollin',
he keeps on rollin' along.

He don't plant 'taters,
and he don't plant cotton,
an' dem what plants 'em
is soon forgotten,
but ol' man river,
he jus' keeps rollin' along.

You an' me,
we sweat an' strain,
bodies all achin'
an' racked wid pain.

"Tote dat barge!"
"Lift dat bale!"
You git a little drunk,
then you land in jail.

Ah gits weary
an' so sick of tryin',
ah'm tired of livin',
ah'm feared of dyin',
an' ol' man river,
he jus' keeps rollin' along.

Ol' Man River - Oscar Hammerstein & Jerome Kern
Soft Karaoke
Words
Ol' Man River - Oscar Hammer