Ol' Man River-Al Jolson

[ti:Ol' Man River] [ar:Al Jolson] [al:The Very Best Of (Bonus Tracks Edition)] [by:] [offset:0] [00:00.00]Ol' Man River - Al Jolson [00:27.48]Here we all work along the mississippi [00:32.37] [00:32.90]Here we all work while the white folk play [00:37.68] [00:38.47]Pullin' them boats from the dawn till sunset [00:43.09] [00:43.81]Gettin' no rest till the judgment day [00:50.10] [00:50.74]Don't look up and don't look down [00:54.66] [00:55.24]You don't das make the boss man frown [00:59.76] [01:00.30]Bend your knees and bow your head [01:04.61]And pull that rope until your dead [01:12.31] [01:12.95]Let me go 'way from the mississippi [01:17.59]Let me go 'way from the white man boss [01:22.60] [01:23.20]Show me that stream called the river jordan [01:29.08]That's the old stream that i long to cross [01:37.95] [01:42.33]Ol' man river that ol' man river [01:48.18]He must know somethin' [01:50.83]But He don't say nothin' [01:53.77]He just keeps rollin' [01:56.70]He keeps on rollin' along [02:02.11] [02:04.39]He don't plant tatters [02:06.94]And he don't plant cotton [02:09.76]And them what plants em [02:12.17]Are soon forgotten [02:14.71]But ol' man river [02:17.09]Just keeps rollin' along [02:21.81] [02:24.77]You and me [02:26.31]My sweat and strain [02:28.02] [02:28.67]Body all achin' and racked with pain [02:32.33] [02:32.86]Tote that barge and lift that bail [02:36.90] [02:37.42]You get a little drunk [02:39.40] [02:40.83]And you lands in jail [02:46.06] [02:48.66]I gets weary and sick of trying [02:54.39]I'm tired of livin' [02:56.92]But i'm scared of dyin' [03:00.46]But ol' man river [03:04.16]He just keeps rolin' along