Ol' Man River

Ol' Man River - Tommy Dorsey & His Orchestra With Frank Sinatra/Stuart Foster/The Clark Sisters/The Town Criers

People all work on the mississippi

People all work while the rich folk play

Pulling those 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 dare make the big boss frown

Bend your knees and bow your head

And pull that rope 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 Jordan

That's the old stream that I long to cross

Ole man river

That ole man river

He must know something

But don't say nothing

He just keeps rolling

He keeps on rolling along

He don't plant taters

He don't plant cotton

But then the plants some are soon forgotten

But ole man river

It just keeps rolling along

You and me we sweat and strain

Body all aching and wracked with pain

Tote that barge and lift that bale

You get a little drunk and you lands in jail

I get weary and sick at trying

I'm tired of living

And fear of dying

But ole man river

He just keeps rolling along