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Lyr Req: Pick a Bale o' Cotton (Iron Head/Platt)
| Roberto | 11 Oct 08 - 12:07 PM | |
| Roberto | 11 Oct 08 - 01:32 PM | |
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Lyr Req: Pick a Bale o' Cotton (Iron Head/Platt)
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Subject: Lyr Add: PICK A BALE O' COTTON ("Iron Head" Baker" From: Roberto Date: 11 Oct 08 - 12:07 PM Please, help me with the texts of two recordings of Pick a Bale o' Cotton, the first by James "Iron Head" Baker (on Document Records, Field Recordings volume 13), the second by Mose "Clear Rock" Platt, from John Lomax 1939 recordings (http://lcweb2.loc.gov/cgi-bin/query/D?lomaxbib:478:./temp/~ammem_5GqS::). Here is what I can get: Pick a Bale o' Cotton James "Iron Head" Baker Well, me and my partner Pick a bale o' cotton Well, me and my partner Pick a bale a day We ain't (?) pick a bale, pick a bale Pick a bale o' cotton We ain't (?) pick a bale, pick a bale Pick a bale a day Everybody want to see me Pick a bale o' cotton Everybody want to see me Pick a bale a day Well, I come from… Pick a bale o' cotton Well, I come from… Pick a bale a day Well, I … Texicana Pick a bale o' cotton Well, I … Texicana Pick a bale a day From Texicana, Corsicana Pick a bale o' cotton From Texicana, Corsicana Pick a bale a day I ain't (?) pick a bale, pick a bale Pick a bale o' cotton I ain't (?) pick a bale, pick a bale Pick a bale a day Oh, massa give me … hand Pick a bale o' cotton Oh, massa give me … hand Pick a bale a day I ain't (?) pick a bale, pick a bale Pick a bale o' cotton I ain't (?) pick a bale, pick a bale Pick a bale a day Etc (repeats first stanzas) Pick a Bale o' Cotton Mose "Clear Rock" Platt Pick a bale a day Oh, will I Pick a bale o' cotton? Oh, shall I Pick a bale a day? (…) Nigger from Shiloh Pick a bale o' cotton Nigger from Shiloh Pick a bale a day Me and my partner gon' Pick a bale o' cotton Me and my partner Pick a bale a day Oh, will I Pick a bale o' cotton? Oh, will I Pick a bale a day? Nigger from Shiloh Pick a bale o' cotton Nigger from Shiloh Pick a bale a day Jump down, run around Pick a bale o' cotton Jump down, run around Pick a bale a day |
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Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Iron Head/Platt: Pick a bale o' cotton From: Roberto Date: 11 Oct 08 - 01:32 PM Maybe, when I had, in Iron Head's recording, "I ain't pick/we ain't pick", he possibly sings "I went pick/we went pick"... |
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