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Credits
PERFORMING ARTISTS
Ruth Brown
Vocals
Bennie Moten
Bass Guitar
Al Walker
Drums
Mickey Baker
Guitar
Bu Pleasant
Piano
Ed Crist
Saxophone
Arnett Cobb
Tenor Saxophone
Dickie Harris
Trombone
Ed Lewis
Trumpet
COMPOSITION & LYRICS
Jerome Kern
Songwriter
Oscar Hammerstein II
Songwriter
Jesse Stone
Arranger
PRODUCTION & ENGINEERING
Ahmet Ertegun
Producer
Jerry Wexler
Producer
Lyrics
Here we all work 'long the Mississippi
Here we all work while the white folk play
Pulling' them boats from the dawn till sunset
Getting no rest till the judgment day
Don't look up and don't look down
You don't dare make the white boss frown
Bend your knees and bow your head
And pull that rope until you're dead
Let me go 'way from the Mississippi
Let me go 'way from the white man boss
Show me that stream called the River Jordan
That's the old stream that I long to cross
Old Man River, that Old Man River
He must know something, but he don't say nothing
He just keeps rolling, he keeps on rolling along
He don't plant taters, and he don't plant cotton
And them what plants 'em is soon forgotten
But Old Man River, jest keeps rolling along
You and me, we sweat and strain
Bodies all aching and wracked with pain
Tote that barge and lift that bale
You get a little drunk and you land in jail
I get weary and so sick of trying
I'm tired of living, but I'm feared of dying
And Old Man River, he just keeps rolling along
Writer(s): Jerome Kern, Oscar Ii Hammerstein
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