Ol' Man River

Here we all work, on one jar or another

Why should I work while he rolls blaze?

I get tired, so tired and weary

Got to keep tolling day by day

Ol’ man river, ol’ man river

He don’t say nothin’, but he must know somethin’

Ol’ man river keeps on rollin’ along, ah ah

No, he don’t plant cotton, he don’t plant taters

Them what plants ’em is soon forgotten

Ol’ man river keeps on rollin’ along

Well, you and me, we sweat and strain

Our bodies all achin’ and wracked with pain

Tote that barge, you better lift that bale

Get a little drunk and you land in jail

I get weary, so sick of tryin’

I’m tired of livin’, but afraid of dyin’

Ol’ man river, he keeps on rollin’ along

Well, you, you and me, we sweat and strain

Our bodies all achin’ and wracked with pain

Oh, tote that barge, you better lift that bale

Get a little drunk and you land in jail

I get weary, so sick of tryin’

Tired of livin’, but afraid of dyin’

Ol’ man river, he keeps on rollin’ along

Ol’ man river keeps on rollin’ along, yeah

Ol’ man river keeps on rollin’ along