Old Man River

Old Man River (老人河) - John Delbridge

Here we all work along the Mississippi

Here we all work while the white boys play

Gettin' no rest from the dawn till the sunset

Gettin' no rest till the judgment day

You don't look up you don't look down

You don't dare make the rich boss frown

Bend your knees and bow your head

And tote that barge until you're dead

Let me go away from the Mississippi

Let me go away from the rich man boss

Show me that stream called the River of Jordan

That's the old stream that I long to cross

Old Man River Old Man River

He must know somethin' He don't say nothin'

He just keeps rollin'

He keeps on rollin' along

He don't plant taters

He don't plant no cotton

And then they plant them

They are soon forgotten

But Old Man River he just keeps rollin' along

You and me sweat and strain

Bodies are all achin'

Wracked with a whole lot of pain

Tote that barge lift that bale you get a little drunk

And you land in jail

I get weary and sick of tryin'

I'm tired of livin' and afraid of dyin'

But Old Man River he just keeps

Rollin' along