Ol` Man River — текст песни (Frank Sinatra)

Writer(s): Hammerstein/Kern


Here we all work `long the Mississippi
Here we all work while the white folk play
Pullin` them boats from the dawn till sunset
Gettin` no rest till the judgment day

Don`t look up and don`t look down
You don`t das make the boss man frown
Bend your knees and bow your head
And pull that rope until your dead

Let me go `way from the Mississippi
Let me go `way from the white man boss
Show me that stream called the River Jordan
That`s the old stream that I long to cross.

Ol` Man River, that Ol` Man River
He don`t say nothin`, but he must know somethin`
He just keeps rollin`, he keeps on rollin` along

He don`t plant tatters, and he don`t plant cotton
And them what plants em, are soon forgotten
But Ol` Man River, just keeps rollin` along

You and me, we sweat and strain
Body 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`, but I`m scared of dyin`
But Ol` Man River, he just keeps rolin` along