| Song Name: | Old Man River | By: | Paul Robeson |
| Posted By: | Noel_Harmonica | Difficulty: | Intermediate |
| Key: | A | Genre: | Musical |
| Harp Type: | Diatonic | ||
| Created: | 2006-04-26 19:04:20 | Modified: | 2008-05-13 03:05:20 |
| Song: | 6 -5 5 5 6 -5 5 6 -6 7
Let me go 'way from de Mis-sis-sip-pi 6 -5 5 5 6 -5 5 4 -4 Let me go 'way from de white man boss 5 -4 4 4 5 -4 4 4 -4 -5 Show me dat stream called de Riv-er Jor-dan 5 -4 4 4 5 -4 4 -4 4 Dat's the ol' stream dat I long to cross. 3 3 -3 -4 -3 3 3 -3 -4 Ol' Man Riv-er, dat Ol' Man Riv-er -5 -5 -5 5 -4 5 -5 6 -7 6 He must know sum-pin', but don't say noth-in' -8 7 7 -6 6 He just keeps roll-in' -6 7 7 -6 6 -6 -5 He keeps on roll-in a-long 4 4 4 -4 -5 -4 4 4 -4 -5 He don't plant 'ta-ters, he don't plant cot-ton -6 -6 7 -8 7 -6 7 7 -6 6 An' dem dat plants 'em is soon for-got-ten 6 7 7 -6 6 -6 7 7 -6 6 -6 -5 But Ol' Man Riv-er he jes' keeps roll-in' a-long 8 7 -8 -8 8 -7 -8 You an' me, we sweat an' strain 8 8 7 -8 -8 -9 8 -7 -8 Bod-y all ach-in' an' racked wid pain 7 -6 -7 7 -6 -7 "Tote dat barge!" "Lift dat bale!" 7 7 7 -6 -6 -7 -8 -8 7 -6 6 4 Yer git a lit-tle drunk, an' you'll land in ja-il 4 4 -4 -5 -4 4 4 -4 -5 Ay gits wear-y an' sick of try-in' -6 -6 7 -8 7 -8 -9 -9 9 -9 Ah'm tired of liv-in' an' feared of dy-in' 9 -10 -10 9 -9 9 -10 -10 9 -9 9 -9 But Ol' Man Riv-er he jes' keeps roll-in' a-long Email [email protected] to obtain the $1 Aussie Harmonica Booklet. |