Intro: Colored folks work on the Mississipi Colored folks work while the white folks play                        Pullin’ those boats from the dawn to sunset                Gittin’ no rest till the judgement day      Don’t look up an’ don’t look down   You don’t dast make the white boss frown        Bend yo’ knees bow yo’ head   An’ pull  that  hope         until yo’re dead   Let me go’way from the Mississipi Let me go ’way from the white men boss                 Show me that stream called the river Jordan              That’s the ol’ stream that I long to  cross                Ol’ man river ol’ man river He must know sumpin’ but don’t say nothing              He jus’ keeps rollin’; He keeps on rollin’ along                    He don’t planttaters he don’t plant cotton         An’ them dat plants’em is soon forgoten           But ol’ man river he jus’ keeps rollin’ along                    You an’ me we sweat an’ strain   Body all aching’ an’ racked wid pain    " Tote dat barge". " Lift dat bale " Git a little drunk an’ land in jail.   Ah gits weary an’ sick of tryin’ a’m   Tired of living’ an’ skeered of dying’     But Ol’ man river he jus’ keep rollin’ along                    Ol’ man river ol’ man river He must know sumpin’ but don’t say nothing                    He jus’ keeps rollin’ He keeps on rollin’ along                    He don’t planttaters he don’t plant cotton         An’ them dat plants’em is soon forgoten          But ol’ man river he jus’ keeps rollin’ along                    You an’ me we sweat an’ strain   Body all aching’ an’ racked wid pain    " Tote dat barge". " Lift dat bale " Git a little drunk an’ land in jail    Ah gits weary an’ sick of tryin’ a’m Tired of living’ an’ skeered of dying’   But Ol’ man river he jus’ keep rollin’ along