Old Man River Jerome Kern and Oscar Hammerstein II
[Intro]
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There's an old man called the Mississippi
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That's the old man that I wants to be
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What does he care if the world's got trouble?
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What does he care if the land ain't free?
[Verse 1]
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Old Man River, that Old Man River,
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He must know something, but he don't say nothing,
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He just keeps rollin; he keeps on rollin along
[Verse 2]
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He don't plant taters, he don't plant cotton,
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and them that plants them are soon forgotten
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But Old Man River, he just keeps rolling along.
[Bridge]
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You and me, we sweat and strain,
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Body all aching and racked with pain.
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Tote that barge, and lift that bale,
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You get a little drunk and you lands in jail.
[Verse 3]
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I get weary, and sick of trying,
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I'm tired of living, and scared of dying,
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But Old Man River, he just keeps rolling along.