{"id":3162,"date":"2023-01-20T13:15:38","date_gmt":"2023-01-20T13:15:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/?page_id=3162"},"modified":"2024-07-31T16:28:29","modified_gmt":"2024-07-31T16:28:29","slug":"ol-man-river","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/ol-man-river\/","title":{"rendered":"Ol\u2019 Man River"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">[DISCLAIMER: This song contains antiquated racial language. It is presented here for historical and educational purposes only.]<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">From the 1927 musical play \u201cShowboat\u201d.<br>words by Oscar Hammerstein II<br>music by Jerome Kern<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The sheet music:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div data-wp-interactive=\"core\/file\" class=\"wp-block-file\"><object data-wp-bind--hidden=\"!state.hasPdfPreview\" hidden class=\"wp-block-file__embed\" data=\"https:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/Ol-Man-River-Sheet-Music.pdf\" type=\"application\/pdf\" style=\"width:100%;height:600px\" aria-label=\"Embed of Ol&apos; Man River - Sheet Music.\"><\/object><a id=\"wp-block-file--media-51b68684-ff4e-46c0-8559-316e5a8ca808\" href=\"https:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/Ol-Man-River-Sheet-Music.pdf\">Ol&#8217; Man River &#8211; Sheet Music<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/Ol-Man-River-Sheet-Music.pdf\" class=\"wp-block-file__button wp-element-button\" download aria-describedby=\"wp-block-file--media-51b68684-ff4e-46c0-8559-316e5a8ca808\">Download<\/a><\/div>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Accompaniment:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-file\"><a id=\"wp-block-file--media-4edd8254-7dfa-43a9-b5d1-279a177de6d5\" href=\"https:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/Ol-Man-River.mid\">Ol-Man-River &#8211; MIDI<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/Ol-Man-River.mid\" class=\"wp-block-file__button wp-element-button\" download aria-describedby=\"wp-block-file--media-4edd8254-7dfa-43a9-b5d1-279a177de6d5\">Download<\/a><\/div>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Lyrics<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Niggers all work on de Mississippi<br>Niggers all work while de white folks play<br>Pulling dose boats from de dawn to sunset<br>Gittin\u2019 no rest till de judgement day<br>Don\u2019t look up an\u2019 don\u2019t look down<br>You don\u2019t dast make de white boss frown<br>Bend your knees an\u2019 bow yo\u2019 head<br>An\u2019 pull dat rope until yo\u2019re dead<br>Let me go \u2018way from de Mississippi<br>Let me go \u2018way from de white men boss<br>Show me dat stream called de river Jordan<br>Dat\u2019s de ol\u2019 stream dat I long to cross<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Burthen<br>Ol\u2019 man river, dat ol\u2019 man river<br>He must know sumpin\u2019, but don\u2019t say nothin\u2019<br>He just keeps rollin\u2019, he keeps on rollin\u2019 along<br>He don\u2019t plant \u2018taters, he don\u2019t plant cotton<br>An\u2019 dem dat plants \u2019em is soon forgotten<br>But ol\u2019 man river he jes keeps rollin\u2019 along<br>You an\u2019 me, we sweat and strain<br>Body all achin\u2019 an\u2019 racked wid pain<br>\u201cTote dat barge\u201d \u201cLift dat bale\u201d<br>Git a little drunk an\u2019 you\u2019ll land in jail<br>Ah gits weary an\u2019 sick of tryin\u2019<br>Ahm tired of livin\u2019, an\u2019 feared of dyin\u2019<br>But Ol\u2019 man river he jes keeps rollin\u2019 along<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Sung here by Fred Feild:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"youtube-player\" width=\"840\" height=\"473\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/z_bHCq-U9ys?version=3&#038;rel=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;showinfo=1&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;fs=1&#038;hl=en-US&#038;autohide=2&#038;wmode=transparent\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" style=\"border:0;\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox\"><\/iframe><\/span>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[DISCLAIMER: This song contains antiquated racial language. It is presented here for historical and educational purposes only.] From the 1927 musical play \u201cShowboat\u201d.words by Oscar Hammerstein IImusic by Jerome Kern The sheet music: Accompaniment: Lyrics Niggers all work on de MississippiNiggers all work while de white folks playPulling dose boats from de dawn to sunsetGittin\u2019 &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/ol-man-river\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Ol\u2019 Man River&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_crdt_document":"","_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-3162","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/Pa3ZiQ-P0","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/3162","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3162"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/3162\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5047,"href":"https:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/3162\/revisions\/5047"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3162"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}