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Colored folks work on the Mississipi
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Colored folks work while the white folks play
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Pullin' those boats from the dawn to sunset
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Gittin' no rest till the judgement day
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Don't look up an' don't look down
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You don't dast make the white boss frown 
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Bend yo' knees bow yo' head, 
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An' pull  that  hope         until yo're dead 
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Let me go'way from the Mississipi
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Let me go 'way, from the white men boss 
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Show me that stream called the river Jordan
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That's the ol' stream that I long to  cross 
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Ol' man river, ol' man river 
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He must know sumpin' but don't say nothing 
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He jus' keeps rollin'; He keeps on rollin' along 
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He don't planttaters, he don't plant cotton
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An' them dat plants'em is soon forgoten 
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But ol' man river he jus' keeps rollin' along   
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You an' me we sweat an' strain 
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Body all aching' an' racked wid pain
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" Tote dat barge". " Lift dat bale "
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Git a little drunk an' land in jail. 
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Ah gits weary an' sick of tryin' a'm 
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Tired of living' an' skeered of dying' 
 
    C        Am      Dm        G7        C   Fm C Dm7 G7
But Ol' man river, he jus' keep rollin' along
C       Am     C        F
Ol' man river, ol' man river 
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He must know sumpin' but don't say nothing 
   G7                      Dm7     G7       C    Dm7 C
He jus' keeps rollin', He keeps on rollin' along 
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He don't planttaters, he don't plant cotton 
     C       Am           C       Cdim
An' them dat plants'em is soon forgoten 
G7           Dm7                G7         C   F C Am B7
But ol' man river he jus' keeps rollin' along   
Em       B7    Em       B7
You an' me we sweat an' strain 
Em6       Cdim        Em         B7
Body all aching' an' racked wid pain
  Em        Cdim     Em       Cdim
" Tote dat barge". " Lift dat bale "
Em            Cdim      Em       Dm G7
Git a little drunk an' land in jail 
C       Am         C       F
Ah gits weary an' sick of tryin' a'm
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Tired of living' an' skeered of dying' 
    C         Am      Dm        G7       C   F G7 C
But Ol' man river, he jus' keep rollin' along