Lyrics




Dark people work on the Mississippi
Dark people work while de white people play
Pullin' them boats from the dawn to sunset
Gettin' no rest till the judgement day
Don't look up an' don't look down
You don't dust, make the white boss frown
Bend your knees an' bow your head
An' 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
O' man river that ol' man river
He must know somethin' but don't say nothin'
He just keeps rollin'
He keeps on rollin' along
Long ol' river forever keeps rollin' on...
He don't plant tater
He don't plant cotton
An' them that plants 'em is soon forgotten
But ol' man river he just keeps rollin' along
Long ol' river keeps hearing that song
You and me, we sweat an' strain
Body all achin' and racked with pain
Tote that barge!
Lift that bale!
Git a little drunk an' you land in jail
Ah, gits weary an' sick of tryin'
I'm tired of livin' an' scared of dyin'
But ol' man river he just keeps rollin' along



Writer(s): Hammerstein Oscar 2nd, Kern Jerome


Paul Robeson - Paul Robeson: The Complete EMI Sessions 1928-1939

1   Deep Desert
2   Dere's a Man Goin' Round' Takin' Names
3   You Didn't Oughta Do Such Things
4   Golden River
5   Work All de Summer
6   Ebenezer
7   Chu Chin Chow - The Cobblers Song
8   Ol' Man River (Live At the Dury Lane Theatre)
9   Seem Lak' to Me
10   Down De Lover's Lane
11   Scandalize My Name
12   Sinner, Please Doan' Let Dis Harves' Pass
13   Weepin' Mary
14   I Want To Be Ready
15   My Lord, What a Mornin'
16   De Li'l Pickaninny's Gone to Sleep
17   Git On Board Li'l Children
18   Dere's No Hidin' Place
19   Plantation Songs (Part 1)
20   Plantation Songs (Part 2)
21   Oh Rock Me Julie
22   Oh Didn't It Rain
23   Mammy
24   Roll Away Clouds
25   Sonny Boy
26   Little Pal
27   The Lonesome Road
28   Just Keepin' On
29   Mighty Lak' a Rose
30   Mammy Is Gone
31   Hail De Crown
32   Exhortation
33   I Stood On the Ribber Jordan - Peter Go Ring Dem Bells
34   Go Down, Moses
35   High Water
36   Old Folks At Home - "Swanee River"
37   Poor Old Joe
38   My Old Kentucky Home
39   Ol' Man River
40   River, Stay 'Way From My Door
41   Medley of Spirituals
42   My Heart Is Where The Mohawk Flows Tonight
43   The Folks I Used To Know
44   Mary Had a Baby, Yes Lord
45   Li'l Gal
46   Bear de Burden - All God's Chillun Got Wing
47   That's Why the Darkies Were Born
48   When It's Sleepy Time Down South
49   Seekin'
50   Nearer, My God, To Thee
51   There is a Green Hill
52   Mah Lindy Lou
53   Ma' Curly Headed Baby
54   Pilgrim's Song
55   Roll de Ole Chariot Along
56   Since You Went Away
57   Wid de Moon Moon Moon
58   Got The South In My Soul
59   Hush-a-Bye Lullaby
60   Round the Bend of the Road
61   Take Me Away from the River
62   Swing Low, Sweet Chariot
63   On Ma Journey
64   Bye and Bye
65   Were You There
66   Swing Along
67   Piccaninny Shoes
68   In a Narrow Street
69   Carry Me Back To Green Pastures
70   Lazy Bones
71   Blue Prelude
72   Intro/ Roll de Ole Chariot/ Mary Had a Baby/ Swing Low/ Heav'n, Heav'n (Medley) [Part 1]
73   Intro/ Carry Me Back/ Mighty Lak' a Rose/ Round the Bend of the Road/ River Stay 'Way from My Door/ O'l Man River (Medley) [Part 2]
74   Fat Li'l Fella Wid His Mammy's Eyes
75   Shortnin' Bread
76   Snowball
77   Waterboy
78   Doan' You Cry Ma Honey
79   Steal Away
80   Scarecrow
81   Wagon Wheels
82   So Shy
83   Piccaninny's Slumber Song
84   St Louis Blues
85   Mammy's Little Kinky Headed Boy
86   Little Man You've Had a Busy Day
87   I Ain't Lazy, I'm Just Dreaming
88   The Banjo Song
89   Intro /Lazy Bones/ Scarecrow/ Fat Li'l Feller/ Wagon Wheels/ Deep River/ Ma Curly-Headed Baby/ Carry Me Back to Green Pastures/ Old Folks At Home (Medley No. 2)
90   Love Song
91   Congo Lullaby
92   Canoe Song
93   Killing Song
94   Shenandoah
95   Jes' Mah Song
96   De Ole Ark's A-Movering
97   Ezekiel Saw de Wheel
98   Joshua Fit de Battle Ob Jericho




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