Old Folks at Home/Ol' Man River [*]

The Beach Boys are an American rock band, formed in 1961 in Hawthorne, California. The group was initially composed of brothers Brian, Dennis and Carl Wilson, their cousin Mike Love, and friend Al Jardine. Managed by the Wilsons' father Murry, the Beach Boys signed to Capitol Records in 1962. The band's early music gained popularity across the United States for its close vocal harmonies and lyrics reflecting a Southern California youth culture of surfing, cars, and romance. By the mid 1960s, Brian Wilson's growing creative ambition and songwriting ability would dominate the group's musical direction. The primarily Wilson-composed Pet Sounds album and "Good Vibrations" single (both released in 1966) featured a complex, intricate and multi-layered sound that wa… more »

Year:: 1990
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Ol' man river that ol' man river
He must say something
But he don't say nothing
That ol' man river
He just keeps rollin' along

He don't plant taters
He don't plant cotton
And them that plants 'em
Are soon forgotten

That ol' man river
He just keeps rolling along

That ol' man river
He just keeps rolling along

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Written by: JEROME KERN, OSCAR II HAMMERSTEIN

Lyrics © CARL FISCHER, LLC, Universal Music Publishing Group

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