作曲 : Jerome Kern
 作词 : Oscar Hammerstein II

Here we all work 'long the Mississippi
Here we all work while the white folk play
Pullin' them boats from the dawn till sunset
Gettin' no rest till the judgment day
Don't look up
An' don't look down
You don't dast make the white boss frown
Bend your knees
An' bow your head
And pull that rope until you're dead

Ol' Man River
Dat Ol' Man River
He must know somepin',
But he don't say nothin'
He just keeps rollin',
He keeps on rollin' along
He don't plant taters,
He don't plant cotton
An' them what plants
'Em is soon forgotten
But Ol' Man River,
He Just keeps rollin' along.

You and me, we sweat and strain
Bodies all achin' and wracked with pain
Tote that barge and lift that bale
Ya get a little drunk and ya lands in jail

I gets weary
An' so sick of tryin'
I'm tired of livin',
But I'm feared of dyin'
An' Ol' Man River,
He just keeps rollin' along.