MUSLIM MAGOMAEV “Old Man River“ from the musical “Show Boat“

“Old Man River“ Composer: Jerome Kern Poem:Oscar Hammerstein Let me go ’way from de Mississippi, let me go ’way from the white men boss. Show me dat stream called de river Jordan. Dat’s de ol’ stream dat I long to cross. Ol’ man river, dat ol’ man river. He must know sumpin’ but don’t say nothin’. He jus’ keeps rollin’, he kees on rollin’ along. He don’t plant ’taters, he don’t plant cotton. And dem dat plants ’em is soon forgotten. But Ol’ man river, he jus’ keeps rollin’ along. You an’ me, we sweat an’ strain, body all achin’ an’ racked wid pain. “Tote dat barge!“ “Lift dat bale“, git a little drunk an’ you land in jail. Ah gits weary an’ sick of tryin’. Ah’m tired of livin’ an skeered of dyin’... But Ol’ man river, he jus’ keeps rollin’ along.