Here we all work along the mississippi Here we all work while the white folk play Pulling them boats from the dawn till sunset Getting no rest till the judgment day Don't look up and don't look down You don't das make the wide boss frown Bend your knees and bow your head And pull that rope until your dead Let me go away from the mississippi Let me go away 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 must no something But he don't say nothing He just keeps rolling he keeps on rolling 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 rolling along You and me we sweat and strain Body all aching 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 living but i'm sike of dying But ol man river he just keeps roling along