Land of Cotton Blues 1923

by James Pitt-Payne, London UK - 25 Apr 2010
2010

I've always been a happy,
happy rolling stone,
I've said that I would never
never roll back home.
I've been running ev'rywhere
and happiness I thought I'd find,
Now I'm only realizing
that I left it all behind.

I've got the land of cotton blues
haunting me, taunting me,
they're simply driving me mad.
Don't even hear a bit of news,
from my home All alone
no wonder I'm feeling bad.
It seems that all the world
is lonely as can be,
Just as lonely as can be;
Why did I start in to roam?
Back to that Swanee River way,
I will stray,
and pull the curtain
on that certain land of cotton blues.

I've got the land of cotton blues
haunting me, taunting me,
they're simply driving me mad.
Don't even hear a bit of news,
from my home All alone
no wonder I'm feeling bad.
It seems that all the world
is lonely as can be,
Just as lonely as can be;
Why did I start in to roam?
Back to that Swanee River way,
I will stray,
and pull the curtain
on that certain land of cotton blues.

I start to weep when the sun goes to sleep,
I want to cry while the moon is on high.
Feel so forelorn at the break of the dawn,
Hate to see, hate to see another day born.
Birds in the trees, sing their sweet melodies.
Sun shining bright,
still it's dark as the night.
I've never had any blues half as bad,
I know why, I know why,
I'm feeling so sad.

'Cause, all the world
is lonely as can be,
Just as lonely as can be;
Why did I start in to roam?
Back to that Swanee River way,
I will stray,
and pull the curtain
on that certain land of cotton blues.

Soft karaoke
Words
piano 1
piano 2
piano 3
piano 4
lyric
pizz str bass
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Land of Cotton Blues 1923
by Geo.J.Bennett, M.E.Jerome & Fred E.Ahlert
© MCMXXIII by Waterson, Berlin & Snyder Co.
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sequence & karaoke by James Pitt-Payne, London UK
on Sunday 25 April 2010 at 14.13
in association with Veda Meyer-Castens
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