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Ol' Man River Lyrics: Ol' man river / Dat ol' man river / He mus' know sumpin' / But don't say nuthin' / He jes' keeps rollin' / He keeps on rollin' along / He don' plant taters / He don't...
He don' plant taters, He don't plant cotton, An' dem dat plants'em is soon forgotten, But ol'man river, He jes keeps rollin'along. You an'me, we sweat an' strain, Body all achin' an' racket...
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In the 1978 one-man play Paul Robeson, by Phillip Hayes Dean, there is a (perhaps fictitious) reference to the change in the lyrics - an unseen interviewer asks Robeson (played by James Earl Jones) about the original lyrics, and he responds "No, I don't sing it that way anymore".
Paul Robeson - Ol` Man River Lyrics. There's an old man called the Mississippi That's the old man I don't like to be! What does he care if the world's got troubles?
Bend your knees and bow your head. And tote that barge until you're dead. Let me go away from the Mississippi. Let me go away from the rich man boss. Show me that stream called the River of Jordan. That's the old stream that I long to cross. Old Man River, Old Man River. He don't say nothin', he must know somethin'
Ol' Man River Lyrics by Paul Robeson from the American Songbook [Laserlight] album- including song video, artist biography, translations and more: [Darkies work on de Mississippi, Darkies work while de white folks play, Pullin' dose boats from de dawn to sunset, …
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Paul Robeson - Old Man River Lyrics. Ol' man river, Dat ol' man river He mus'know sumpin' But don't say nuthin', He jes'keeps rollin' He keeps on rollin' along. He don' plant t.
