《Ol’ Man River》歌词

[00:00:00] Ol' Man River - Ray Charles (雷·查尔斯)

[00:00:00] Written by：Jerome Kern/Oscar Hammerstein

[00:00:10] Here we all work on the mississippi

[00:00:15] Here we all work while the white folk play

[00:00:22] Pullin' them boats from the dawn till sunset

[00:00:28] Gettin' no rest till the judgment day

[00:00:35] Don't look up and don't look down

[00:00:39] You don't dare make a white man frown

[00:00:44] Bend your knees and bow your head

[00:00:48] And pull that rope until you're dead

[00:00:57] Let me go 'way from the mississippi

[00:01:03] Let me go 'way from the white man boss

[00:01:10] Show me that stream called the river jordan

[00:01:18] That's the old stream that I long to cross

[00:01:32] I know that ol' man river that ol' man river

[00:01:52] He must know somethin' the man don't say nothin'

[00:02:04] I know he just keep on rollin'

[00:02:13] I want you to know he keeps on rollin' along

[00:02:31] He don't plant tatters he don't plant cotton

[00:02:46] And them folk they plant 'em

[00:02:50] I want you to know they're soon forgotten

[00:02:58] But ol' man river somehow he just keep on rollin' rollin' along

[00:03:25] You and me we got to sweat and strain

[00:03:40] Body's all achin' and racked with pain

[00:03:55] Tote that barge somebody said lift that bail

[00:04:10] You drink a little scotch I want you to know you gonna land in jail

[00:04:24] You know I get weary and so sick of trying

[00:04:41] I'm tired of livin' but I'm scared I'm scared of dyin'

[00:04:53] But that ol' man and the river I say he just

[00:05:05] The man just keep rollin' on long