Al Ham - Ol' Man River lyrics

Here we all work on the Mississippi Here we all work while the rich boys play Getting no rest from the dawn till sunset Getting no rest till the judgment day You don't look up, you don't look down You don't dare make the rich boss frown Bend your knees and bow your heads And tote that barge until you're dead Let me go away from the Mississippi Let me go away from the rich man's Show me that stream called the river of Jordan That's the old stream that I long to cross Ol' Man River, that Ol' Man River He don't say nothing, but he must know something Ol' Man River, he just keeps rolling along He don't plant taters and he don't plant cotton And then that planters are soon forgotten But Ol' Man River, he just keeps rolling along You know, you and me, sometimes we have to we have to sweat Sweat and strain, our bodies all aching and wrecked with pain Tote that barge, lift that bale, get a little drunk And you land, you gotta land, yes you land in jail I get weary, oh Lord and so sick of trying I'm tired of living and 'fraid of dying But Ol' Man River, he just keeps rolling a Ol' Man River, he just keeps rolling along