Here we all work 'long the Mississippi   Here we all work while the white folk play   Pullin' them boats from the dawn 'til sunset   Gettin' no rest 'til the judgment day      Don't look up and don't look down   You don't das 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 he don't say nothin'   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 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, lift that bail   Get a little drunk and you lands in jail      I gets weary and so sick of tryin'   I'm tired of livin' and I'm feared of dyin'   And Ol' Man River, he just keeps rollin' along