Here we all work, on 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 dare make a white man 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      I know that Ol' Man River, that Ol' Man River   He must know somethin', the man don't say nothin'   I know he just keep on rollin'   I want you to know he keeps on rollin' along      He don't plant tatters, he don't plant cotton   And them folk they plant 'em   I want you to know they're soon forgotten   But Ol' Man River, somehow he just keep on rollin', rollin' along      You and me, we got to sweat and strain   Body's all achin' and racked with pain   Tote that barge, somebody said, "Lift that bail"   You drink a little scotch, I want you to know, you gonna land in jail      You know I get weary and so sick of trying   I'm tired of livin', but I'm scared, I'm scared of dyin'   But that Ol' Man and the river, I say he just   The man just keep rollin' on [Incomprehensible]