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Here we all work 'long the Mississippi, here we all work, while the rich folk play,
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Pullin' them boats from the dawn till sunset, gettin' no rest un-til the judgment day.
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Don't look up, you don't look down, you don't dare make the boss man frown,
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Bend your knees, and bow your head, and pull that rope until you're de…….ad.
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Let me go away from the Mississippi, let me go away from the white man boss,
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Show me that stream, called the River of Jordan, that's the old stream, that I long to cross.
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Old Man River, that Old Man River, he don't say nothin', but he must know somethin'
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He just keeps rollin', he keeps on rollin' a..long
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He don't plant tatters, and he don't plant taters, and them what plant 'em are soon forgotten,
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But Old Man Riv-er, just keeps rollin' a..long.
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You, and me, we sweat and strain, body all achin', and racked with pain,
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Tote that barge, lift that bale, you get a little drunk, and you land in ja……il
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I get weary and sick of tryin', I'm tired of liv...in', but I'm scared of dy….in'
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And Old Man Riv..er, he just keeps roi…lin' a…long ...........
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