Old Man River

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Here we all work 'long the 
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Mississippi,
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here we all work while the white 
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folk play.
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Pullin' them boats from the dawn 
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till sunset,
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gettin' no rest till the judgment 
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day.

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Don't look up and don't look down,
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you don't das make the boss man 
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frown.
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Bend your knees and bow your head,
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and pull that rope until you're 
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dead.

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

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Ol' Man River, that Ol' Man River,
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he don't say nothin', but he must
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 know somethin',
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he just keeps rollin', he keeps 
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on rollin' along.

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He don't plant tatters, and he 
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don't plant cotton,
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and them what plants em, are soon
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 forgotten
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But Ol' Man River, just keeps 
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rollin' along.

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You and me, we sweat and strain,
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body all achin' and racked with 
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pain.
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Tote that barge and lift that bail,
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you get a little drunk and you 
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lands in jail.
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I gets weary, and sick of trying,
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I'm tired of livin', but I'm 
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scared of dyin',
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but Ol' Man River, he just keeps
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 rollin' along.