Cotton Hollow Harmony 1918

by James Pitt-Payne, London UK - 20 Dec 2008
2008

Dixie dimples deepen
Dixie hearts are beatin'
Dixie heads and hands
are keepin' time,
down in Cotton Hollow
they just sort of wallow
in an atmosphere
of melody and rhyme,
that hamlet harmonizes
night and day
singin' when they fight
or when they pray.

Hear those cotton pickers moan,
Hear the deacon's baritone
the mammies sweep in rhythm
their picaninnies with 'em
Prancin' Dancin'
all around the cabin clearin'
see that long lean lazy bass,
makin' such an awful face
with the band a jazzin'
like a jubilee
Darkies actin'
like they just got free
that's Cotton Hollow Harmony.

Hear those cotton pickers moan,
Hear the deacon's baritone
the mammies sweep in rhythm
their picaninnies with 'em
Prancin' Dancin'
all around the cabin clearin'
see that long lean lazy bass,
makin' such an awful face
with the band a jazzin'
like a jubilee
Darkies actin'
like they just got free
that's Cotton Hollow Harmony.

Dixie voices singin'
Dixie banjos ringin'
Cotton Hollow's
syncopatin' grand
Each gal has a fellow
moonlight makes 'em mellow
even Uncle Tom's a holding
some gal's hand
Listnin' to those chords
sure does inspire
kettles can't help hummin'
on the fire.

Hear those cotton pickers moan,
Hear the deacon's baritone
the mammies sweep in rhythm
their picaninnies with 'em
Prancin' Dancin'
all around the cabin clearin'
see that long lean lazy bass,
makin' such an awful face
with the band a jazzin'
like a jubilee
Darkies actin'
like they just got free
that's Cotton Hollow Harmony.

Hear those cotton pickers moan,
Hear the deacon's baritone
the mammies sweep in rhythm
their picaninnies with 'em
Prancin' Dancin'
all around the cabin clearin'
see that long lean lazy bass,
makin' such an awful face
with the band a jazzin'
like a jubilee
Darkies actin'
like they just got free
that's Cotton Hollow Harmony.

Soft karaoke
Words
piano 1
piano 2
piano 3
piano 4
lyric
pizz str bass
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Cotton Hollow Harmony 1918
Song
Music by Richard A.Whiting
Lyrics by Chas.A.Mason
© MCMXVIII by Jerome H.Remick & Co. - New York & Detroit
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sequence & karaoke by James Pitt-Payne, London UK
on Saturday 20 December 2008 at 16.51
in association with Veda Meyer-Castens
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