| Song | Ol' Man River |
| Artist | Ray Charles |
| Album | Ingredients in a Recipe for Soul |
| Lyrics：Oscar Hammerstein Ii Music：Jerome Kern | |
| 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 and don't look down | |
| You | |
| don't das make the boss man frown | |
| Bend your knees and bow your head | |
| And pull that rope until your | |
| 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. | |
| Ol' Man River, that Ol' Man River | |
| He don't say nothin', but he must know somethin' | |
| He just keeps rollin', he keeps on rollin' along | |
| He | |
| don't plant tatters, and he don't plant cotton | |
| And them what plants em, are soon forgotten | |
| But Ol' | |
| Man River, just keeps rollin' along | |
| You and me, we sweat and strain | |
| Body all achin' and racked with | |
| pain | |
| Tote that barge and lift that bail | |
| You get a little drunk and you lands in jail | |
| I gets weary, | |
| and sick of trying | |
| I'm tired of livin', but I'm scared of dyin' | |
| But Ol' Man River, he just keeps |
| Lyrics: Oscar Hammerstein Ii Music: Jerome Kern | |
| 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 and don' t look down | |
| You | |
| don' t das make the boss man frown | |
| Bend your knees and bow your head | |
| And pull that rope until your | |
| 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. | |
| Ol' Man River, that Ol' Man River | |
| He don' t say nothin', but he must know somethin' | |
| He just keeps rollin', he keeps on rollin' along | |
| He | |
| don' t plant tatters, and he don' t plant cotton | |
| And them what plants em, are soon forgotten | |
| But Ol' | |
| Man River, just keeps rollin' along | |
| You and me, we sweat and strain | |
| Body all achin' and racked with | |
| pain | |
| Tote that barge and lift that bail | |
| You get a little drunk and you lands in jail | |
| I gets weary, | |
| and sick of trying | |
| I' m tired of livin', but I' m scared of dyin' | |
| But Ol' Man River, he just keeps |