From "Showboat" 1936, sung by Paul Robeson
Ol' Man River, that old man river, he don't do nothin, he don't say nothin, that ol' man river, he just keeps rollin' along. I get weary and sick of tryin, Tired of livin' and scared of dyin' But ol' man river, he just keeps rollin' along. This was often played on radio long into the 1940s. Sign in to see full entry.