Ol' Man River-Paul Robeson/Alan Booth

[ti:Ol' Man River] [ar:Paul Robeson] [al:Ol' Man River: The Very Best of Paul Robeson] [by:] [offset:0] [00:00.00]Ol' Man River - Paul Robeson [00:07.68]Darkies all work on the Mississippi [00:10.71]Darkies all work while the white folks play [00:14.09]Pullin' dose boats from the dawn till the sunset [00:17.40]Gettin' no rest till the judgment day [00:23.24]Don't look up and don't look down [00:26.21]You don't dare make the rich boss frown [00:29.51]Bend your knees and bow your head [00:32.51]And tote that barge until you're dead [00:38.52]Let me go away from the Mississippi [00:41.86]Let me go away from the wise man boss [00:45.80]Show me that stream called the River of Jordan [00:50.36]That's the old stream that I long to cross [00:58.10] [01:03.11]Old Man River [01:05.32]That Old Man River [01:08.10]He doesn't say nothin' he must know somethin' [01:13.28]He just keeps rollin' [01:15.81]He keeps on rollin' [01:18.27]A long ol' river forever keeps rollin' on [01:23.90]He don't plant taters [01:25.71]He don't plant cotton [01:27.93]And then they plant 'em [01:30.26]Is soon forgotten [01:32.74]But Ol' Man River [01:35.11]He just keeps rollin' [01:37.54]A long ol' river keeps hearing that song [01:42.34]You and me we sweat and strain [01:46.54]Body all achin' and racked with pain [01:50.75]Tote that barge lift that bale [01:54.84]You gets a little drunk [01:56.90]And you land in jail [02:04.33]I get weary and sick of tryin' [02:09.54]I'm tired of livin' and scared of dyin' [02:15.21]But Ol' Man River he just keeps rollin' along