老人河 （美国）

Paul Robeson - Ol' Man River (Showboat - 1936)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eh9WayN7R-s

Frank Sinatra - Ol' Man River

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fn13nir7rvc

Ol' Man River

Here we all work 'long the Mississippi

Here we all work while the white folk play

Pullin' them boats from the dawn till sunset

Gettin' no rest till the judgment day

Don't look up and don't look down

Ya don't dast make the white boss frown

Bend your knees and bow your head

And pull that rope until you're dead

Let me go 'way from the Mississippi

Let me go 'way from the white man boss

Show me that stream called the River Jordan

That's the old stream that I long to cross

[End Of Intro]

Ol' Man River, that Ol' Man River

He must know somepin', but he don't say nothin'

He just keeps rollin', he keeps on rollin' along

He don't plant taters, and he don't plant cotton

And them what plants 'em is soon forgotten

But Ol' Man River, jest keeps rollin' along

You and me, we sweat and strain

Bodies all achin' and wracked with pain

Tote that barge and lift that bale

Ya get a little drunk and ya lands in ja-ail

I gets weary and so sick of tryin'

I'm tired of livin', but I'm feared of dyin'

And Ol' Man River, he just keeps rollin' along

老人河

曲:杰罗姆.克思 词:奥斯卡.汉默斯坦

1927年影片<水上舞台>插曲

演唱：魏启贤

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_P8YpR9WpKg

黑人工作在密西西比

黑人工作白人在享乐

我早拖船从天明到阳落

直到死亡得不到休息

白人工头多凶恶

切莫乱动招灾祸

弯下腰低下头

我拉起纤绳把船拖

让我离开这密西西比

让我离开白人工头

请你告诉我那个地方

我要渡过古老的约旦河

老人河啊 老人河

你知道的最多 但总是沉默

你滚滚奔流

你日夜不停地流

他不种棉花 也不种番薯

那耕种的人 早被人遗忘

但老人河啊

你总是不停地流

我们流血又流汗

浑身伤痛受折磨

为了免得坐监牢

还要拉船扛包裹

我们这样地痛苦疲倦

既害怕死亡

又厌倦生活

啊老人河啊

你总是不停地流