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by The Ravens
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Intro:
(Doodle-loo-doo, doodle-loo-doo.)
(Doodle-loo-doo, doodle-loo-doo.)
Verse 1:
Well, Ol'-a man river, (Doo.)/
/Ol' man river, (Doo.)/
/He mus' know something, (Doo.)/
/But he don' say nothing, no.
He jus' keep rollin', (Ooo.)/
/Keeps on, just a-rollin' along.
(Doodle-loo-doo, doodle-loo-doo.)
Keeps on rollin'.
(Doodle-loo-doo, doodle-loo-doo.)
(Doo.)/He don't plant taytas, no an'. (Doo.)
/Don't plant cotton, no an'. (Doo.)/
/Dem dat plants them, (Doo.)/
/Are soon forgodden, oh.
But ol'man river, (Ooo.)/
/Keeps on, just a-rollin'along.
(Doodle-loo-doo, doodle-loo-doo.)
Right on a-rollin'.
(Doodle-loo-doo, doodle-loo-doo.)
Bridge:
Baritone & tenors:
(You an' I, we sweat an' strain,)
Find more similar lyrics on http://mp3lyrics.com/clnP(Bodies all aching an' wracked with pain,)
Tenors only:
(Tote that barge! Lif' that bale!)
(You get drunk,) an' you'd land in jail, wellll.
(Doo.)/I get weary sometimes, (Doo.)/
/An' sick of tryin'. (Doo.)/
/Tired of living, (Doo.)/
/'Feared of dyin', ooooh.
But ol'man river, (Ooo.)/
/Keeps on, just a-rollin'along.
(Doodle-loo-doo, doodle-loo-doo.)
Right on a-rollin'.
(Doodle-loo-doo, doodle-loo-doo.)
Tenors:
(You an' I, we sweat an' strain,)
(Bodies all aching an' wracked with pain,)
Tote that barge! (Doo doo-doo doo-doo.)
Lif' that bale! (Doo doo-doo doo-doo.)
You get a little drunk, and you'd land in jaaa-ail.
(Doo.)/I get weary, yes, an', (Doo.)/
/Sick of tryin'. (Doo.)/
/Tired of living,
((And 'feared of dyin'.))
((But ol'man river,))
((He just keeps rollin'aloooong.))
(Doodle-loo-doo, doodle-loo-doo.)
(Doodle-loo-doo, doodle-loo-doo.)
Verse 1:
Well, Ol'-a man river, (Doo.)/
/Ol' man river, (Doo.)/
/He mus' know something, (Doo.)/
/But he don' say nothing, no.
He jus' keep rollin', (Ooo.)/
/Keeps on, just a-rollin' along.
(Doodle-loo-doo, doodle-loo-doo.)
Keeps on rollin'.
(Doodle-loo-doo, doodle-loo-doo.)
(Doo.)/He don't plant taytas, no an'. (Doo.)
/Don't plant cotton, no an'. (Doo.)/
/Dem dat plants them, (Doo.)/
/Are soon forgodden, oh.
But ol'man river, (Ooo.)/
/Keeps on, just a-rollin'along.
(Doodle-loo-doo, doodle-loo-doo.)
Right on a-rollin'.
(Doodle-loo-doo, doodle-loo-doo.)
Bridge:
Baritone & tenors:
(You an' I, we sweat an' strain,)
Find more similar lyrics on http://mp3lyrics.com/clnP(Bodies all aching an' wracked with pain,)
Tenors only:
(Tote that barge! Lif' that bale!)
(You get drunk,) an' you'd land in jail, wellll.
(Doo.)/I get weary sometimes, (Doo.)/
/An' sick of tryin'. (Doo.)/
/Tired of living, (Doo.)/
/'Feared of dyin', ooooh.
But ol'man river, (Ooo.)/
/Keeps on, just a-rollin'along.
(Doodle-loo-doo, doodle-loo-doo.)
Right on a-rollin'.
(Doodle-loo-doo, doodle-loo-doo.)
Tenors:
(You an' I, we sweat an' strain,)
(Bodies all aching an' wracked with pain,)
Tote that barge! (Doo doo-doo doo-doo.)
Lif' that bale! (Doo doo-doo doo-doo.)
You get a little drunk, and you'd land in jaaa-ail.
(Doo.)/I get weary, yes, an', (Doo.)/
/Sick of tryin'. (Doo.)/
/Tired of living,
((And 'feared of dyin'.))
((But ol'man river,))
((He just keeps rollin'aloooong.))
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The Ravens Ol' Man River Recording details & track overview
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[OL' MAN RIVER]{1a}{1b}
Written by: Oscar Hammerstein II & Jerome Kern
Performed by: (Jimmy Ricks &) The Ravens{2a}{2b}{2c}{2d}
First released:{3}
Single: 1947 [Length: 2:54]
Album: 1994 [Length: 3:00]{4}
{1a}"Ol' Man River" was written for the 1927 musical, [Show Boat] that
contrasts African American hardship and struggles of the time with the
endless, uncaring flow of the Mississippi River. It is related from the
point-of-view of a dock worker on a showboat and is the most famous song
from the show. It is sung completely once by the black dock worker "Joe" who
travels with the boat, and is re-sung three more times in brief reprises.
Joe serves as a sort of musical one-man Greek chorus, and the song, when
reprised, commen.....MORE.....(all Ol' Man River track/recording details) ←
The Ravens biography
The Ravens were one of the first, post-World War II, R&B groups, and first R&B groups named for birds. In both their musicality and their nomenclature, they influenced two generations of performers that followed, as well as sold lots of records in the process.
The Ravens originated with Jimmy Ricks (born 1924, in Jackson, Florida-died 1974 in New York, NY). In 1945, he was employed as a waiter at the Four Hundred Tavern and later at an establishment known as the L. Bar, both located in New York City's Harlem district. One of Ricks' co-workers and friend, Warren "Birdland" Suttles, would sing with him during moments when the work at the L. Bar wasn't too frantic. They sang to tunes by the Ink Spots,1 The Mills Brothers,2 the Delta Rhythm Boys,3 and other harmony groups whose music appeared on the club's jukebox but more often than not,.....MORE.....(full The Ravens biography) ←
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