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Artist: Bing Crosby
Canonical path: /bing-crosby/ol-man-river
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Ol' Man River
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Ol' Man River
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Ol' man river.
That ol' man river.
He don't say nothin'
But he must know somethin'
Cause he just keeps rollin'
He keeps rollin' along.
Rollin' along.
He don't plant tators
He don't plant cotton.
Them that plants 'em is soon forgotten.
But ol' man river
He keeps rollin' along.
You and me
We sweat and strain.
Body all achin'
And wracked with pain.
Tote that barge.
Lift that bale.
Get a little drunk
And you land in jail.
I gets weary
Sick of tryin'
I'm tired of livin'
Feared of dyin'
But ol' man river
He's rollin' along.
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Bing Crosby performs "Ol' Man River", and this lyric page sits inside the Bing Crosby catalog on LyroVerse.
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