Ol' Man River - With Charlie Musselwhite

There’s an ol’ man called the Mississippi
There’s an ol’ man I longs to be
What does he care if the world’s got trouble
What does he care if the land ain’t free

Ol’ man river that ol’ man river
He must know somethin’ but he don’t say nothin’
He keeps on rollin’ he keeps on rollin’ along

Well he don’t plant ‘tatters and he don’t plant cotton
And them that plants em they are soon forgotten
But ol’ man river he just keeps rollin along
Ohhh

You and me we sweat and strain bodies all achin’
And wracked with pain tote that barge
c’mon lift that bale get a little drunk
And you lands in jail well

I get so weary and I’m so sick of trying I’m tired of living
And I’m so scared of dyin’ but ol’ man river
He just keeps rollin’ along ohhhh

Ohhhhh you and me we sweat and strain bodies all achin’
And wracked with pain tote that barge
C’mon lift that bale get a little drunk
And you lands in jail well

I get so weary and I’m so sick of trying I’m tired of living
and I’m so scared of dyin’ but ol’ man river
He just keeps rollin’ along
Along.

Music by Jerome Kern,Lyrics by Oscar Hammerstein II © Universal Music, Stevie Paige – Arrangement