Key: Db major
Verse 1
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all work on the Mississippi,
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Here we all work while the white folks play,
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Pullin' those boats
from the dawn to sunset,
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Gettin' no rest till the Judgment Day.
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Don't look up and don't
look down
You don't ask,
make the White Boss frown
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An d pull that rope until
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you're dead
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Show me that stream called
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River Jordan
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that I long to cross
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Old Man River,
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that Old Man River,
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he must know something,
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but he don't say nothing.
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He just keeps rollin',
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he keeps on rollin' along.
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He don't plant taters,
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And them that plant some
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is soon forgotten.
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But old man River,
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he just keeps rolling along.
Body aching and I'm wracked with pain.
Tote that march, lift that bale
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Get a little drunk and you'll
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land in jail
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Ah, gets weary and sick of trying
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I'm tired of livin' but fear of dyin'
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But old Man River,
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he just keeps rollin' along!
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