Lyrics Ol' Man River - Jerome Kern , Oscar Hammerstein II

There's an old man called the Mississipi
That's the old man that I'd like to be
What does he care if the world got trouble
What does he care if the land ain't free

Ol' man river
That old man river
He must know something
But don't say nothing
He just keeps rolling
He keeps on rolling along

He don't plant taters
He don't plant cotton
And them that plant 'em is soon forgotten
But ol' man river
He just keeps rolling along

You and me
We sweat and strain
Body all aching and wracked with pain
Tote that barge
Lift that bale
Get a little drunk and you lands in jail

I gets weary
And sick of trying
I'm tired of living
And scared of dying
But ol' man river
He just keeps rolling along

Let me go away from the Mississippi
Let me go away from the white man boss
Show me that stream called the river Jordan
That's the ol' stream that I longs to cross

(Ol' man river)
(That ol' man river)
(He must know something)
(But don't say nothing)
(He just keeps rolling)
(He keeps on rolling along)

The long ol' river forever keeps rolling along

(He don't plant taters)
(He don't plant cotton)
(And them that plant 'em is soon forgotten)
(But ol' man river)
(He just keeps rolling along)

The long ol' river keeps hearing that song

You and me
We sweat and strain
Body all aching and wracked with pain
Tote that barge
And lift that bale
We gets a little drunk and we lands in jail
I get weary
And sick of trying
I'm tired of living
And scared of dying
But ol' man river
He just keeps rolling along