[00:00.18]There is an old man called Mississippi,[00:05.60]That's the old man I don't like to be.[00:09.54]What does he care if the world' d got troubles,[00:13.61]What does he care if the land ain' t free.[00:19.35]Old man river,[00:22.82]Dat old man river![00:25.67]He must know something,[00:29.16]But don't say nothing.[00:32.16]He just keeps rolling,[00:35.44]He keeps on rolling along.[00:43.89]He don' t plant tatoes,[00:46.82]He don' t plant cotton,[00:49.81]And dem dat plant'em is soon forgotten,[00:55.99]But old man river,[00:59.36]He just keeps rolling along.[01:07.91]You and me we sweat and strain,[01:12.49]Body all aching and rocked wid pain.[01:17.56]Tote dat barge and lift dat bale,[01:22.36]Get a little drunk and you'll land in jail.[01:30.99]But I keep laughing instead of crying,[01:37.02]I must keep fighting until I'm dying,[01:43.92]But old man river,[01:48.08]He just keeps rolling along.[01:55.37]Let me go way from the Mississippi,[01:59.57]Let me go way from the white man boss.[02:03.53]Show me that stream call de river Jordan,[02:07.80]Dat de old stream dat I long to cross.[02:17.64]Old man river,[02:20.52]Dat old man river![02:23.57]He must know something,[02:26.54]But don't say nothing.[02:29.40]He just keeps rolling,[02:32.35]He keeps on rolling along.[02:35.64]Long old river forever keeps rolling on[02:41.37]He don' t plant tatoes,[02:43.24]He don' t plant cotton,[02:45.90]And dem dat plant'em is soon forgotten,[02:51.31]But old man river,[02:54.15]He just keeps rolling along.[02:57.34]Long ol' river keeps hearing dat song[03:01.78]You and me we sweat and strain,[03:05.88]Body all aching and rocked wid pain.[03:09.90]Tote dat barge and lift dat bale,[03:13.98]Get a little drunk and you'll land in jail.[03:21.15]But I keep laughing instead of crying,[03:27.50]I must keep fighting until I'm dying,[03:33.58]But old man river,[03:37.50]He just keeps rolling along