Jump down, turn around to pick a bale of cotton
Jump down, turn around to pick a bale a day.
Oh Lordy, pick a bale of cotton,
Oh Lordy, pick a bale a day.
That nigger from Shiloh can pick a bale of cotton
That nigger from Shiloh can pick a day.
Oh Lordy, pick a bale of cotton,
Oh Lordy, pick a bale a day.
Me and my gal can pick a bale of cotton
Me and my gal can pick a day
Oh Lordy, pick a bale of cotton,
Oh Lordy, pick a bale a day.
Me and my wife can pick a bale of cotton
Me and my wife can pick a day
Oh Lordy, pick a bale of cotton,
Oh Lordy, pick a bale a day.
Me and my buddy can pick a bale of cotton
Me and my buddy can pick a day
Oh Lordy, pick a bale of cotton,
Oh Lordy, pick a bale a day.
Me and my poppa can pick a bale of cotton
Me and my poppa can pick a day
Oh Lordy, pick a bale of cotton,
Oh Lordy, pick a bale a day.
Takes a might big man to pick a bale of cotton
Takes a might big man to pick a day
Jump down, turn around to pick a bale a day.
Oh Lordy, pick a bale of cotton,
Oh Lordy, pick a bale a day.
That nigger from Shiloh can pick a bale of cotton
That nigger from Shiloh can pick a day.
Oh Lordy, pick a bale of cotton,
Oh Lordy, pick a bale a day.
Me and my gal can pick a bale of cotton
Me and my gal can pick a day
Oh Lordy, pick a bale of cotton,
Oh Lordy, pick a bale a day.
Me and my wife can pick a bale of cotton
Me and my wife can pick a day
Oh Lordy, pick a bale of cotton,
Oh Lordy, pick a bale a day.
Me and my buddy can pick a bale of cotton
Me and my buddy can pick a day
Oh Lordy, pick a bale of cotton,
Oh Lordy, pick a bale a day.
Me and my poppa can pick a bale of cotton
Me and my poppa can pick a day
Oh Lordy, pick a bale of cotton,
Oh Lordy, pick a bale a day.
Takes a might big man to pick a bale of cotton
Takes a might big man to pick a day
envoyé par donquijote82 - 6/1/2014 - 13:57
Langue: italien
Versione italiana / Italian version / Version italienne / Italiankielinen versio: Gianni Barnini
E' una cover metrica. L'America lo ha dimostrato in questi giorno ha due facce: una progressista e democratica e una razzista, conservatrice che è nata e cresciuta sulla sopraffazione.
UNA BALLA DI COTONE
Piegati piegati una balla di cotone
Piegati piegati una balla al dì
Piegati piegati una balla di cotone
Piegati piegati una balla al dì
Oh mio Dio una balla di cotone
Oh mio Dio una balla al dì
Oh mio Dio una balla di cotone
Oh mio Dio una balla al dì
Con la mia ragazza una balla di cotone
Con la mia ragazza una balla al dì
Con la mia ragazza una balla di cotone
Con la mia ragazza una balla al dì
Oh mio Dio una balla di cotone
Oh mio Dio una balla al dì
Oh mio Dio una balla di cotone
Oh mio Dio una balla al dì
Con il mio fratello una balla di cotone
Con il mio fratello una balla al dì
Con il mio fratello una balla di cotone
Con il mio fratello una balla al dì
Oh mio Dio una balla di cotone
Oh mio Dio una balla al dì
Oh mio Dio una balla di cotone
Oh mio Dio una balla al dì
Piegati piegati una balla di cotone
Piegati piegati una balla al dì
Piegati piegati una balla di cotone
Piegati piegati una balla al dì
Oh mio Dio una balla di cotone
Oh mio Dio una balla al dì
Oh mio Dio una balla di cotone
Oh mio Dio una balla al dì
Piegati piegati una balla di cotone
Piegati piegati una balla al dì
Piegati piegati una balla di cotone
Piegati piegati una balla al dì
Oh mio Dio una balla di cotone
Oh mio Dio una balla al dì
Oh mio Dio una balla di cotone
Oh mio Dio una balla al dì
Con la mia ragazza una balla di cotone
Con la mia ragazza una balla al dì
Con la mia ragazza una balla di cotone
Con la mia ragazza una balla al dì
Oh mio Dio una balla di cotone
Oh mio Dio una balla al dì
Oh mio Dio una balla di cotone
Oh mio Dio una balla al dì
Con il mio fratello una balla di cotone
Con il mio fratello una balla al dì
Con il mio fratello una balla di cotone
Con il mio fratello una balla al dì
Oh mio Dio una balla di cotone
Oh mio Dio una balla al dì
Oh mio Dio una balla di cotone
Oh mio Dio una balla al dì
Piegati piegati una balla di cotone
Piegati piegati una balla al dì
Piegati piegati una balla di cotone
Piegati piegati una balla al dì
Oh mio Dio una balla di cotone
Oh mio Dio una balla al dì
Oh mio Dio una balla di cotone
Oh mio Dio una balla al dì
envoyé par Gianni Barnini - 16/1/2021 - 12:53
Langue: anglais
La versione di Harry Belafonte
JUMP DOWN, SPIN AROUND
Gotta jump down, spin around and pick a bale of cotton
Gotta jump down, spin around and pick a bale a day
Gotta jump down, spin around and pick a bale of cotton
Gotta jump down, spin around and pick a bale a day
I saw 'skeeter on my head
Blinked his eye and I killed him dead
Gotta jump down, spin around and weed a patch o'turnip
Gotta jump down, spin around and weed a patch a day
Gotta weed a patch o' turnip
Gotta jump down, spin around and weed a patch o'turnip
Gotta jump down, spin around and weed a patch a day
I saw a gal in calico
She tripped and fell, and she didn't say hello
Gotta jump down, spin around and cook a mess o'greens
Gotta jump down, spin around and cook a pot a day
Gotta cook a mess o'greens
Gotta jump down, spin around and cook a mess o'greens
Gotta jump down, spin around and cook a pot a day
I got a pig who's nice and greasy
All you ladies shake it easy
Gotta jump down, spin around and tote a pail o' water
Gotta jump down, spin around and tote a pail a day
Gotta tote a pail a day
Gotta jump down, spin around and tote a pail o' water
Gotta jump down, spin around and tote a pail a day
Gotta jump down, spin around and pick a bale of cotton
Gotta jump down, spin around and pick a bale a day
Gotta jump down, spin around and pick a bale of cotton
Gotta jump down, spin around and pick a bale a day
I saw 'skeeter on my head
Blinked his eye and I killed him dead
Gotta jump down, spin around and weed a patch o'turnip
Gotta jump down, spin around and weed a patch a day
Gotta weed a patch o' turnip
Gotta jump down, spin around and weed a patch o'turnip
Gotta jump down, spin around and weed a patch a day
I saw a gal in calico
She tripped and fell, and she didn't say hello
Gotta jump down, spin around and cook a mess o'greens
Gotta jump down, spin around and cook a pot a day
Gotta cook a mess o'greens
Gotta jump down, spin around and cook a mess o'greens
Gotta jump down, spin around and cook a pot a day
I got a pig who's nice and greasy
All you ladies shake it easy
Gotta jump down, spin around and tote a pail o' water
Gotta jump down, spin around and tote a pail a day
Gotta tote a pail a day
Gotta jump down, spin around and tote a pail o' water
Gotta jump down, spin around and tote a pail a day
envoyé par Pluck - 29/4/2023 - 23:43
Langue: anglais
Pickin' Cotton All Day Long (Traditional)
Testo e nota da Azizi Powell.
This comedic song is about a preacher (minister) visiting people on Sunday (when it was common to have fried chicken for dinner.) The "pickin cotton all day long" chorus doesn't have anything to do with the preacher and chicken verses.
Traccia audio e nota da :
Prison Worksongs Recorded at the Louisiana State Penitentiary,Angola,La,by Dr. Harry Oster
ARHOOLIE CD 448
© &® 1959 & 1997 by Arhoolie Productions, Inc
Pickin' Cotton All Day Long sung by two sisters, Creola & Ceola Scott who were very religious and not particularly fond of this type of secular material.. ( Dr. Harry Oster 1959 )
This comedic song is about a preacher (minister) visiting people on Sunday (when it was common to have fried chicken for dinner.) The "pickin cotton all day long" chorus doesn't have anything to do with the preacher and chicken verses.
Traccia audio e nota da :
Prison Worksongs Recorded at the Louisiana State Penitentiary,Angola,La,by Dr. Harry Oster
ARHOOLIE CD 448
© &® 1959 & 1997 by Arhoolie Productions, Inc
Pickin' Cotton All Day Long sung by two sisters, Creola & Ceola Scott who were very religious and not particularly fond of this type of secular material.. ( Dr. Harry Oster 1959 )
Pickin’ cotton ,cotton pickin’ all day long,
Pickin’ cotton ,cotton pickin’ all day long.
If you want to hear the preacher pray ,all day long,
Kill the chicken and give him no plate all day long.
Pickin’ cotton ,cotton pickin’ all day long,
Pickin’ cotton ,cotton pickin’ all day long.
If you want to hear the preacher sing, all day long,
Kill the chicken and give' em a wing all day long.
Pickin’ cotton ,cotton pickin’ all day long,
Pickin’ cotton ,cotton pickin’ all day long.
If you want to hear the preacher pray, all day long,
Kill the chicken and give him no plate, all day long.
Pickin’ cotton ,cotton pickin’ all day long,
Pickin’ cotton ,cotton pickin’ all day long.
If you want to hear preacher preach, all day long,
Kill the chicken and give' em a piece all day long.
Pickin’ cotton ,cotton pickin’ all day long,
Pickin’ cotton ,cotton pickin’ all day long.
Pickin’ cotton ,cotton pickin’ all day long.
If you want to hear the preacher pray ,all day long,
Kill the chicken and give him no plate all day long.
Pickin’ cotton ,cotton pickin’ all day long,
Pickin’ cotton ,cotton pickin’ all day long.
If you want to hear the preacher sing, all day long,
Kill the chicken and give' em a wing all day long.
Pickin’ cotton ,cotton pickin’ all day long,
Pickin’ cotton ,cotton pickin’ all day long.
If you want to hear the preacher pray, all day long,
Kill the chicken and give him no plate, all day long.
Pickin’ cotton ,cotton pickin’ all day long,
Pickin’ cotton ,cotton pickin’ all day long.
If you want to hear preacher preach, all day long,
Kill the chicken and give' em a piece all day long.
Pickin’ cotton ,cotton pickin’ all day long,
Pickin’ cotton ,cotton pickin’ all day long.
envoyé par Pluck - 27/3/2024 - 12:22
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Interpretata anche da Leadbelly, Lonnie Donegan, Johnny Cash, ABBA
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
"Pick a Bale of Cotton" (sometimes "Pick a Bale o' Cotton") is a traditional American folk song and work song first recorded by Texas inmates James "Iron Head" Baker (1933) and Mose "Clear Rock" Platt (1939) and later popularized by Lead Belly (Huddie William Ledbetter). Johnny Cash, as well as others, have released adaptations of the song.
Original lyrics
One of the verses, according to John Lomax's American Ballads and Folk Songs, includes:
Kin pick a bale o' cotton
Dat nigger from Shiloh
Kin pick a bale a day
Later versions of the folk song had amended the lyrics to:
Pick a bale of cotton
Gonna jump down, turn around
Pick a bale a day
Oh lordy, pick a bale of cotton
Oh lordy, pick a bale a day
The song is sung with increasing speed as it progresses, with ensuing verses having references to "me and my wife" replaced with the likes of "me and my gal", "me and my papa", "me and my friend".
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da : Ballad of America
Pick a Bale of Cotton: About the Song
During the time of slavery and beyond, work on the Southern plantation was often enlivened by the singing of work songs. Singing moved the work along faster and made the physical labor and drudgery a little easier to bear. A bale of cotton weighs 500 pounds, which is more than anyone could really pick in a single day.