Ol' Man River
Rosemary Clooney

Dere's an ol' man called de Mississippi
Dat's de ol' man dat I'd like to be
What does he care if de world's got troubles
What does he care if de land ain't free

Ol' man river, dat ol' man river
He mus' know sumpin', but don't say nuthin'
He jes' keeps rollin'
He keeps on rollin' along

He don' plant taters, he don't plant cotton
An' dem dat plants' em is soon forgotten
But ol'man river
He jes' keeps rollin' along

You an' me, we sweat an' strain
Body all achin' an' wracked wid pain,
Tote dat barge! Lif' dat bale!
Git a little drunk an' you lands in jail

Ah gits weary an' sick of tryin'
Ah'm tired of livin' an' skeered of dyin'
But ol' man river
He jes' keeps rolling' along

Here we all work on de Mississippi
Here we all work while de white folks play
Pullin' dose boats from de dawn to sunset
Gittin' no rest till de judgement day

(Don't look up an' don't look down)
(You don' dar'st make de white boss frown)
(Bend your knees an' bow your head)
(An' pull dat rope until you're dead)

Let me go 'way from the Mississippi
Let me go 'way from de white man boss
Show me dat stream called de river Jordan
Dat's de ol' stream dat I long to cross

(Ol' man river, dat ol' man river)
(He mus' know sumpin', but don't say nothin')
(He just keeps rollin')
(He keeps on rollin' along)

Long, low river
Forever keeps rollin'

(Don' plant taters, he don' plant cotton)
(And dem dat plants' em is soon forgotten)
(But ol' man river
(He jes' keeps rollin' along)

Long low river
Keeps singin' dis song

You an' me, we sweat an' strain
Body all achin' and wracked wid pain
Tote dat barge! Lift dat bale!
Git a little drunk and ya lands in jail

Ah gits weary an' sick o' tryin'
Ah'm tired o livin' an' skeered o' dyin'
But ol' man river
He jes' keeps rollin' along!


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Lyrics by Rosemary Clooney

  (Our) Love Is Here To Stay   A Beautiful Friendship [*]   A Bunch of Bananas (The Heming Way)   A Christmas Love Song   A Fine Romance   A Foggy Day [From A Damsel in Distress]   A Hundred Years from Today   A Little Bit Independant   A Nightingale Sang in Berkeley Square   A Song for You   A Woman Likes To Be Told   Abide with Me   Adeste Fideles   After the Ball [DVD]   Alice in Wonderland   All Alone   All Alone [*]   All Alone [Additional Track by Irving Berlin][*]   All Alone [From Music Box Review of 1924]   All of Me [Instrumental]   Amor   Amor [*]   And I'll Be There   And I'll Be There   Any Place I Hang My Hat Is Home   Anything Goes   April in Paris   As Long as I Live   As Time Goes By   Autumn in New York   Away in a Manger   Bad News   Bargain Day   Be My Life's Companion   Be My Life's Companion   Beautiful Brown Eyes   Bewitched, Bothered and Bewildered   Black Coffee   Black Coffee [*]   Blame It on My Youth   Blue Moon   Blue Skies   Blues in the Night   Botch A Me   Botch-A-Mi (Ba Ba Baciani Piccina)   Boy! 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