滬江英樂訊??? Old Man River出自百老匯史上最經(jīng)典、最悠久的一部音樂劇Showboat，那還是在上世紀(jì)二十年代的時候。這部音樂劇講述了密西西比河上一艘演藝畫舫中的故事，這個故事本身時間跨度就長達四十多年。這首Old Man River唱的就是長流不息的密西西比河，由當(dāng)時的黑人男低音歌手Paul Robeson演唱。他在音樂劇中飾演的不過是一個小配角，這首歌卻被他演繹出一股直擊人心的深沉力量，Showboat這個故事的原作者在彩排的時候，聽到這首歌都潸然淚下。
　　
Artist：Paul Robeson
Song：Old Man River

There is an old man called Mississippi,

That's the old man I don't like to be.

What does he care if the world' d got troubles,

What does he care if the land ain' t free.

Don' t look up, and don' t look down !

You don't just 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 call de river Jordan,

Dat de old stream dat I long to cross.


Old man river,

Dat old man river!

He must know something,

But don't say nothing.

He just keeps rolling,

He keeps on rolling along.

He don' t plant tatoes,

He don' t plant cotton,

And dem dat plant'em is soon forgotten,

But old man river,

He just keeps rolling along.


You and me we sweat and strain,

Body all aching and rocked wid pain.

Tote dat barge and lift dat bale,

Get a little drunk and you'll land in jail.

But I keep laughing instead of crying,

I must keep fighting until I'm dying,

But old man river,

He just keeps rolling along