Lots of folks work on the Mississippi,
Lots of folks work while the white man play,
Pullin' dem boats from the dawn to sunset,
Gittin' no rest till the judgement day.

Don't look up, and don't look down.
You don't dast make, the white boss frown.
Bend your knee, bow your head.
Weare that rope, until your dead.

Let me go 'way from the Mississippi,
Let me go 'way from the white man boss,
Show me that stream that dae called the Jordan,
That's the ol' stream that I long to cross.

Ol' man river,
That ol' man river.
He must know something,
But don't say nothin'.
He just keeps rollin'
He keeps on rollin' along.

He don't plant taters,
He don't plant cotton,
And dem that plants'em
Is soon forgotten,
But ol' man river,
He just keeps rollin' along.

You and me, we sweat and strain,
Body all achin' and racket with pain,
Tote that barge!
Lift that bale!
Git a little drunk
And you land in jail.

I gets weary
Sick of tryin'
I'm tired of livin'
And scared of dyin',
But ol' man river,
He just keeps rolling' along.

Let me go 'way from the Mississippi
Let me go 'way.

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