Lyrics
L' man river, that ol' man river
He must know somethin' but he don't say nothin'
He just keeps rollin', keeps on rollin' along.
He don't plant tatters, and he don't plant cotton
And them that plants 'em, are soon forgotten.
But ol' man river, just keeps rollin' along.

You and me, we sweat and strain,
Bodies all achin' and racked with pain.
Tote that barge and lift that bail.
You get a little drunk and you lands in jail.
I gets weary and sick of trying
I'm tired of livin', feared of dyin'
And ol' man river, he just keeps rollin'
Just keeps rollin'
Just keeps rollin' along.

Copyright: BMG Rights Management, Songtrust Ave, Universal Music Publishing Group
Writer(s): Jerome Kern, Oscar Ii Hammerstein




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Ol' Man River (From "Show Boat") (Live at Carnegie Hall, New York, NY - June 1962)
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William Warfield "Ol' Man River" on The Ed Sullivan Show
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Sammy Davis Jr. - Ol' Man River (Paris 1985)
Howard Keel & Kathryn Grayson, "Make Believe" from "Show Boat" (1951)
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