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Ol’ Man River
Billy Stewart
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Don't look up, you don't look down
The rich boss speaks and he wears a frown
Tote that barge and lift that bale
You get a little drunk and you land in jail
That-a old man river (That-a old man river)
Old man river, I said (Old man river)
He don't say nothing
But he must know something because
He keeps on rolling (Keeps on rolling)
I said-a, don't you know
He keeps on rolling right along
He moves, and he moves right along
Old man river, he moves along
Oh, I said he moves right along, oh
He don't plant taters (He don't plant taters)
No, he don't, he don't plant cotton (No, he don't plant cotton)
And them that plants 'em are soon forgotten
Because of that-a old man river (Old man river)
Don't you know, I said how he moves
How he moves, how he moves right along
He moves, and he moves right along
Old man river, oh, he moves right along
Oh, I said he moves, and he moves right along
You and me, don't you know
I said how we sweat and strain
Lord, our bodies, our bodies all a-aching
And racked with the pain
And the man says, "Tote, tote that barge"
And when he says, "Lift," you lift that bale
And you forget, you get a little drunk
And the man comes and throws you
Throws you right in jail
I'm tired and weary (I'm tired and weary)
I'm sick, I'm sick of crying (I'm sick, I'm sick of crying)
I'm tired of living
But I'm scared of dying
For that old man river
Lord, I wanna tell ya
How he moves, how he moves
How he moves right along
How he moves, he moves right along
Man, he moves, man, he really moves right along
How he moves, he, he, he moves right along
Oh, I said that old man river, he moves it
He moves it, he moves it
Lord, he moves it, he moves it right along
Oh, I said moves it right along