"Ol' Man River" is a show tune from the 1927 [5] musical Show Boat with music by Jerome Kern and lyrics by Oscar Hammerstein II, who wrote the song in 1925. The song contrasts the struggles and hardships of African Americans with the endless, uncaring flow of the Mississippi River.

Ol' man river, Dat ol' man river He mus'know sumpin' But don't say nuthin', He jes'keeps rollin' He keeps on rollin' along. He don' plant taters, He don't plant cotton, An' dem dat plants'em...

Show Boat is a 1951 Technicolor film based on the musical by Jerome Kern (music) and Oscar Hammerstein II (script and lyrics) and the novel by Edna Ferber.Fi...

Ol' Man River Lyrics: Ol' man river / Dat ol' man river / He mus' know sumpin' / But don't say nuthin' / He jes' keeps rollin' / He keeps on rollin' along / He don' plant taters / He don't...

Paul Robeson sings Ol' Man River from the 1936 musical film "Show Boat" Directed by James Whale. ...more.

Ol' Man River Lyrics from Show Boat musical. Song lyrics to Broadway show. Soundtrack listing.

May 31, 2003 · When composer Jerome Kern and lyricist Oscar Hammerstein II teamed up in the mid-1920s to write Show Boat, a groundbreaking musical about life along the Mississippi River, they created one of the...

Part anthem, part prayer and part commentary on the narrative of Show Boat, “Ol’ Man River” is the core of the musical and the show’s most famous song. “The melody of ‘Ol’ Man River’ was conceived immediately after my first hearing Paul Robeson’s speaking voice,” Kern later wrote, having seen Robeson perform in a non-musical ...

Other articles where Ol’ Man River is discussed: Paul Robeson: Stardom on the stage and screen: …his incomparable performance of “Ol’ Man River.” The role of the boat’s stevedore had been expanded by composers Jerome Kern and Oscar Hammerstein II from the musical’s source material—Edna Ferber’s 1926 novel—specifically for Robeson, and the …

Ol' Man River by Paul Robeson song meaning, lyric interpretation, video and chart position