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Here we all work 'long the Mississippi<br>
Here we all work while the white folk play<br>
Pullin' them boats from the dawn till sunset<br>
Gettin' no rest till the judgment day<br>
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Don't look up and don't look down<br>
Ya don't dast make the white boss frown<br>
Bend your knees and bow your head<br>
And pull that rope until you're dead<br>
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Let me go 'way from the Mississippi<br>
Let me go 'way from the white man boss<br>
Show me that stream called the River Jordan<br>
That's the old stream that I long to cross<br>
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Ol' Man River, that Ol' Man River<br>
He must know somepin', but he don't say nothin'<br>
He just keeps rollin', he keeps on rollin' along<br>
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He don't plant taters, and he don't plant cotton<br>
And them what plants 'em is soon forgotten<br>
But Ol' Man River, jest keeps rollin' along<br>
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You and me, we sweat and strain<br>
Bodies all achin' and wracked with pain<br>
Tote that barge and lift that bale<br>
Ya get a little drunk and ya lands in ja-ail<br>
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I gets weary and so sick of tryin'<br>
I'm tired of livin', but I'm feared of dyin'<br>
And Ol' Man River, he just keeps rollin' along<br>
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