Frank Sinatra - Ol' Man River lyrics

Writer(s): hammerstein/kern<br><br>Here we all work 'long the mississippi<br>Here we all work while the white folk play<br>Pullin' them boats from the dawn till sunset<br>Gettin' no rest till the judgment day<br><br>Don't look up and don't look down<br>You don't das make the boss man frown<br>Bend your knees and bow your head<br>And pull that rope until your dead<br><br>Let me go 'way from the mississippi<br>Let me go 'way from the white man boss<br>Show me that stream called the river jordan<br>That's the old stream that I long to cross.<br><br>Ol' man river, that ol' man river<br>He don't say nothin', but he must know somethin'<br>He just keeps rollin', he keeps on rollin' along<br><br>He don't plant tatters, and he don't plant cotton<br>And them what plants em, are soon forgotten<br>But ol' man river, just keeps rollin' along<br><br>You and me, we sweat and strain<br>Body all achin' and racked with pain<br>Tote that barge and lift that bail<br>You get a little drunk and you lands in jail<br><br>I gets weary, and sick of trying<br>I'm tired of livin', but I'm scared of dyin'<br>But ol' man river, he just keeps rolin' along