The Temptations - Ol' Man River lyrics

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OL' MAN RIVER

WRITERS OSCAR HAMMERSTEIN 11, JEROME KERN

Here we all work 'long the Mississippi

Here we all work while the white boys play

Gettin no rest from the dawn till sunset

Gettin 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 head

And tote that barge until you're dead

Let me go 'way from the Mississippi

Let me go 'way from the rich man boss

Show me that stream called the River Jordan

That's the old stream that I long to cross

Ol' Man River, Ol' Man River

He don't say nothin, he must know somethin

Ol' Man River, he just keeps rollin' along

You know, you know he don't plant taters

And we all know the man don't plant no cotton

And then, and then what plants 'em, all know is soon forgotten

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

You, you and me

You know sometimes we have to we have to sweat, sweat and strain

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

Tote that barge, lift that bale, you get a little drunk

And you land in ja-ail

I get weary and so sick of tryin'

I'm tired of livin', and fraid of dyin'

But Ol' Man River, he just keeps rollin' a-

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