Temptations - Ol' Man River lyrics

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OL' MAN RIVER<br />

WRITERS OSCAR HAMMERSTEIN 11, JEROME KERN<br />

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Here we all work 'long the Mississippi <br />

Here we all work while the white boys play <br />

Gettin no rest from the dawn till sunset <br />

Gettin no rest till the judgment day <br />

You don't look up, you don't look down <br />

You don't dare make the rich boss frown <br />

Bend your knees and bow your head <br />

And tote that barge until you're dead <br />

Let me go 'way from the Mississippi <br />

Let me go 'way from the rich man boss <br />

Show me that stream called the River Jordan <br />

That's the old stream that I long to cross <br />

Ol' Man River, Ol' Man River <br />

He don't say nothin, he must know somethin <br />

Ol' Man River, he just keeps rollin' along <br />

You know, you know he don't plant taters <br />

And we all know the man don't plant no cotton <br />

And then, and then what plants 'em, all know is soon forgotten <br />

But Ol' Man River, he just keeps rollin' along <br />

You, you and me <br />

You know sometimes we have to we have to sweat, sweat and strain <br />

Our bodies, our bodies are all achin' and wracked with a whole lot of pain <br />

Tote that barge, lift that bale, you get a little drunk <br />

And you land in ja-ail <br />

I get weary and so sick of tryin' <br />

I'm tired of livin', and fraid of dyin' <br />

But Ol' Man River, he just keeps rollin' a-<br />

Ol' Man River, he just keeps rollin' along, ooh