作曲 : Daniel Decatur Emmett/c.1840
 I've just arrived in town for to pass time away
 And I settled all my business accordin
 But I found it so cold when I went up to street
 That I wish I was on the other side of Jordan
 So, take off your coat boys and roll up your sleeves,
 Jordan's a hard road to travel;
 So, take off your coat boys and roll up your sleeves,
 For Jordan is a hard road to travel, I believe.
 I hop to the East and I hop to the West
 I saw old massa a-coming
 With four blind horses and hitched up in front
 To tote his money to de oder side ob Jordan.
 So, take off your coat boys and roll up your sleeves,
 Jordan's a hard road to travel;
 So, take off your coat boys and roll up your sleeves,
 For Jordan is a hard road to travel, I believe.
 David and Goliath had fighting all the day
 A cullud man come up behind ’em,
 He hit Goliath on de head, wid a bar of soft soap
 And it sounded to de oder side ob Jordan.
 So, take off your coat boys and roll up your sleeves,
 Jordan's a hard road to travel;
 So, take off your coat boys and roll up your sleeves,
 For Jordan is a hard road to travel, I believe.
 Der’s been excitin’ times for de last month or two
 About de great Presidential election
 Frank Pierce got elected and sent a hasty plate ob soup *
 To his opponent on de oder side ob Jordan.
 So, take off your coat boys and roll up your sleeves,
 Jordan's a hard road to travel;
 So, take off your coat boys and roll up your sleeves,
 For Jordan is a hard road to travel, I believe.
 So, take off your coat boys and roll up your sleeves,
 Jordan's a hard road to travel;
 So, take off your coat boys and roll up your sleeves,
 For Jordan is a hard road to travel, I believe.