Ol' Man Rivers - Paul Robeson Cover by @iambril // VIBES WEB3 MUSIC COMPETITION WEEK 37

Hello guys and welcome to week37 of the vibes web3 music competition. Today I have made a cover of a classical american song called Ol' Man River and was performed by Paul Robeson. Although Paul Robeson was not involved in the original which was sung in 1927 but he later took a role in a movie in 1936 where he performed the song and got it to fame.

The song actually is some kind of a civil right song that tries to voice out how the African Americans were struggling and suffering and had little or no voice. It tells about the resilience, strength and endurance of the then African Americans.

https://youtube.com/shorts/VmVIiM6RhXY?si=VHfvNTkqM1cz7--5

Lyrics to the song

There's an old man called the Mississippi
That's the old man I don't like to be!
What does he care if the world's got troubles?
What does he care if the land ain't free?

Old man river,
That old man river
He must know sumpin'
But don't say nuthin',
He just keeps rollin'
He keeps on rollin' along.

He don't plant taters,
He don't plant cotton,
And them that plants 'em Is soon forgotten,
But old man river,
He just keeps rollin' along.

You and me, we sweat and strain,
Body all achin' and racked with pain,
Tote that barge! And lift that bale!
Show a little grit
And you lands in jail

But I keeps laughin'
Instead of cryin'
I must keep fightin'
Until I'm dyin'
And old man river,
He just keeps rollin' along