Cotton Blossom Time 1914

by James Pitt-Payne, London UK - 18 August 2008
2008

Way down Mobile Town
listen to the darkies song,
their voices can't go wrong,
they're as happy as the day is long.
Banjos make their toes
dust around the cabin door,
just watch them shake their feet
and hear them yell for more.
Old Aunt Jane don't complain
'bout her pain,
Uncle Eph' forgets his rheumatiz
and he does a buck and wing for his,
Ev'ry pick does a trick
Mammy's quick
it's the same old story ev'ry day,
their work is play.

Pickin' cotton blossoms
huntin' possums
they don't need the money
life is sunny
How they smile!
Mouths a spreadin' like a crocodile,
Oh, Lordy! ev'rybody's swingin'
and a clingin'
Banjos are a ringin'
they're a singin' all in rhyme,
in cotton blossom time.

Pickin' cotton blossoms
huntin' possums
they don't need the money
life is sunny
How they smile!
Mouths a spreadin' like a crocodile,
Oh, Lordy! ev'rybody's swingin'
and a clingin'
Banjos are a ringin'
they're a singin' all in rhyme,
in cotton blossom time, time,
All in rhyme
in cotton blossom time.

Way down Mobile Town
listen to the darkies song,
their voices can't go wrong,
they're as happy as the day is long.
Banjos make their toes
dust around the cabin door,
just watch them shake their feet
and hear them yell for more.
Old Aunt Jane don't complain
'bout her pain,
Uncle Eph' forgets his rheumatiz
and he does a buck and wing for his,
Ev'ry pick does a trick
Mammy's quick
it's the same old story ev'ry day,
their work is play.

Pickin' cotton blossoms
huntin' possums
they don't need the money
life is sunny
How they smile!
Mouths a spreadin' like a crocodile,
Oh, Lordy! ev'rybody's swingin'
and a clingin'
Banjos are a ringin'
they're a singin' all in rhyme,
in cotton blossom time.

Pickin' cotton blossoms
huntin' possums
they don't need the money
life is sunny
How they smile!
Mouths a spreadin' like a crocodile,
Oh, Lordy! ev'rybody's swingin'
and a clingin'
Banjos are a ringin'
they're a singin' all in rhyme,
in cotton blossom time, time,
All in rhyme
in cotton blossom time.

Soft karaoke
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