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Colored folks work on de Mississippi,
colored folks work while de white folks play.
Pullin` dose boats from de dawn to sunset,
gittin` no rest till de judgment day.
Don`t look up an` don`t look down,
you don`t dast make de white boss frown.
Bend yo` knees an` bow yo` head
and pull dat rope until yo`re dead.
Let me go way from de Mississippi,
let me go way from de white men boss.
Show me dat stream called de river Jordan,
dat`s de ol` stream dat I long to cross.
01 man river, dat ol` man river,
he must know sumpin` but don`t say nothin`,
he jus keeps rollin`, he keeps on rollin` along.
He don`t plant taters, he don`t plant cotton,
an` dem dat plants `em is soon forgotten
but ol` man river, he jus keeps rollin` along.
You an` me, we sweat an` strain,
body all achin` an` racked wid pain.
`Tote dat barge!`,`Litf dat bale!`,
git a little drunk an` you land in jail.
Ah gits weary an` sick of tryin`,
ah m tired of livin` an` skeered of dyin`,
but ol` man river, he jus keeps rollin` along.