Ol' Man River Lyrics - Ray Charles

Here we all work 'long the Mississippi 

Here we all work while the white folk play 

Pullin' them boats 

from the dawn till sunset 

Gettin' no rest till the judgment day 

Don't look up and don't look down 

You 

don't das make the boss man frown 

Bend your knees and bow your head 

And pull that rope until your 

dead 

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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 old stream that I long to cross. 

Ol' Man River, that Ol' Man River 

He don't say nothin', but he must know somethin' 

He just keeps rollin', he keeps on rollin' along 

He 

don't plant tatters, and he don't plant cotton 

And them what plants em, are soon forgotten 

But Ol' 

Man River, just keeps rollin' along 

You and me, we sweat and strain 

Body all achin' and racked with 

pain 

Tote that barge and lift that bail 

You get a little drunk and you lands in jail 

I gets weary, 

and sick of trying 

I'm tired of livin', but I'm scared of dyin' 

But Ol' Man River, he just keeps