Here we all work 'long the Mississippi   Here we all work while the white folks play   Pullin' them boats from the dawn 'til sunset   Gettin' no rest 'til the judgment day      Don't look up, don't look down   You don't dare make the bossman frown   Bend your knees, bow your head   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 ol' stream that I long to cross      Ol' Man River, that Ol' Man River   He don't say nothin', but he must know somethin'   He just keeps rollin', he keeps on rollin' along      He don't plant taters and he don't plant cotton   And then what plants 'em are 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   You get a little drunk and you land in jail      I gets weary and sick of tryin'   I'm tired of living but I'm scared of dyin'   And Ol' Man River, he just keeps rollin' along      Ol' Man River, that Ol' Man River   He don't say nothin', but he must know somethin'   He just keeps rollin', he keeps on rollin' along