Way Down In Cotton Town 1913

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

I'm the loneliest coon,
I said the loneliest coon,
Yes, I'm the loneliest coon in town.
Why I can't sing the songs I know
and can't play the old banjo,
All I do is sit aroun' and frown.
Now, I remember well,
the day I went away,
My old mammy told me
I'd return some day
and she's doggone right
'cause I'll be home tonight
if I have to wait
to catch the freight I'll say....

I want to go back
to the land of cotton,
and I want to see folks
that cannot be forgotten,
and I want to see Mandy Brown,
I know she waits aroun'
dressed in her gingham gown,
Way down in cotton town.
And I will take her
to the nearest preacher,
and she'll never forget the lesson
I will teach her,
Gee! we'll have some more jubilee,
I know they wait for me,
Way down in cotton town.

I want to go back
to the land of cotton,
and I want to see folks
that cannot be forgotten,
and I want to see Mandy Brown,
I know she waits aroun'
dressed in her gingham gown,
Way down in cotton town.
And I will take her
to the nearest preacher,
and she'll never forget the lesson
I will teach her,
Gee! we'll have some more jubilee,
I know they wait for me,
Way down in cotton town.

Gee! It's tough to be broke,
I said it's tough to be broke,
and be just five hundred miles from home.
Gee! I ain't seen such pleas and times
I ain't seen so many dimes,
Since I left old cotton town to roam.
Well, I know just exactly
what I'm goin' to do,
ain't no use in hangin' roun'
and feeling so blue.
I will be right bold
and have my fortune told,
then the reason why I'm sad
I'll tell to you....

I want to go back
to the land of cotton,
and I want to see folks
that cannot be forgotten,
and I want to see Mandy Brown,
I know she waits aroun'
dressed in her gingham gown,
Way down in cotton town.
And I will take her
to the nearest preacher,
and she'll never forget the lesson
I will teach her,
Gee! we'll have some more jubilee,
I know they wait for me,
Way down in cotton town.

I want to go back
to the land of cotton,
and I want to see folks
that cannot be forgotten,
and I want to see Mandy Brown,
I know she waits aroun'
dressed in her gingham gown,
Way down in cotton town.
And I will take her
to the nearest preacher,
and she'll never forget the lesson
I will teach her,
Gee! we'll have some more jubilee,
I know they wait for me,
Way down in cotton town.

Soft karaoke
Words
piano 1
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lyric
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Way Down In Cotton Town 1913
Music by Clarence Gaskill
© MCMXIII by Emmet J.Welch - Philadelphia, Pa
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sequence & karaoke by James Pitt-Payne, London UK
on Friday 20 June 2008 at 20.04
in association with Veda Meyer-Castens
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