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25 Nov 98 - 11:56 AM (#46761) Subject: pickin' time From: pastor Chuck I was wondering if any one knows the lyrics to this old song, "Pickin" Time." I know it was recorded in the late 50's or early 60's by Johnny Cash, but I don't know who wrote it. I t is a song about rural poverty/ faith in God. Some of the lines I do remember... ...a jug of coal oil costs a dime, Gonna stay up late come pickin time... Any help will be warmly appreciated. |
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25 Nov 98 - 12:35 PM (#46765) Subject: RE: pickin' time From: Bill in Alabama Pastor Chuck-- Johnny Cash recorded this tune in 1959 on an album titled "The Fabulous Johnny Cash." I can't find any data on the writer at the BMI site or the ASCAP site. I'll keep looking around. |
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25 Nov 98 - 12:43 PM (#46767) Subject: RE: pickin' time From: Bill in Alabama back again-- Cash wrote the song himself, but I can't find lyrics on any of the sites devoted to him. Sorry. Good luck in your search. |
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25 Nov 98 - 06:32 PM (#46807) Subject: RE: pickin' time From: Nathan Pickin¹ Time
Johnny Cash ca. 1958
I got cotton in the bottom land
It¹s up, and it¹s growin¹, and I gotta good stand
My good wife and them kids of mine
Gonna get new shoes come pickin¹ time
Get new shoes come pickin¹ time
Every night when I go to bed
I thank the Lord that my kids are fed
They live on beans eight days or nine
But I¹ll get Œem fat come pickin¹ time
Get Œem fat come pickin¹ time
The corn is yellow and the beans are high
The sun is hot in the summer sky
The work is hard till layin¹ by
Layin¹ by till pickin¹ time
Layin¹ by till pickin¹ time
It¹s hard to see by the coal oil light
And I blow it out pretty early at night
A jug of coal oil costs a dime
But I¹ll stay up late come pickin¹ time
Stay up late come pickin¹ time
My ol¹ wagon barely gets me to town
I patched the wheels and I watered Œem down
I keep her in shape so she¹ll be fine
To haul my cotton come pickin¹ time
Haul my cotton come pickin¹ time
Last Sunday mornin¹ when they passed the hat
It was still nearly empty back where I sat
But the preacher smiled and he said, ³That¹s fine,
The Lord will wait till pickin¹ time.²
The Lord will wait till pickin¹ time. |
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27 Nov 98 - 06:57 PM (#47006) Subject: RE: pickin' time From: BSeed Nathan, I've found that when I post here from a word processor document, I get the numbers in place of quotation marks and apostrophes also, so after I've placed them here, I go through the document and delete the numbers and retype the quotes and apostrophes. It takes a few minutes but is worth it. --seed |
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27 Nov 98 - 11:13 PM (#47030) Subject: RE: pickin' time From: Nathan Thanks, this is the first time it's happened (to me). I forgot to put it in a font with "straight" quatation marks and didn't notice the problem till after it posted. At that point I didn't know how to change it. I'll be more careful in the future. |