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Thread #113496 Message #3280352
Posted By: Q (Frank Staplin)
26-Dec-11 - 08:38 PM
Thread Name: When I was a little bitty baby (Cotton Fields)
Subject: Lyr. Add: COTTON FIELDS (Lead Belly)
Lyr. Add: COTTON FIELDS Attrib. to Huddie Ledbetter- Lead Belly
When I was a little bitty baby My mama would rock me in my cradle (*my mother rocked me...) In them old cotton fields back home.
It was down in Louisiana About a mile from Texarkana In them old cotton fields back home.
It may sound a little funny But you didn't make much money In them old cotton fields back home (repeat verse)
Chorus- Oh when those cotton balls get rotten You can't pick very much cotton In them old cotton fields back home
It was down in Louisiana Just a mile from Texarkana In them old cotton fields back home.
I was over in Arkansas People ask me what you come here for In them old cotton fields back home. (repeat verse)
Sony/ATV Music Pub.
First recorded by Lead Belly in 1940, and much covered in the 1950s. I haven't seen the original lyrics to the 1940 recording. Lead Belly seems to have varied it a bit in his concerts. If anyone has that recording, please correct.
I couldn't find correct lyrics in the DT; they may be in one of the threads on Lead Belly.