《Song from a Cotton Field》歌词

[00:00:00] Song from a Cotton Field - Bessie Brown/Avon Cities Skiffle Group/Fannie Davis/Louis Metcalf

[00:00:05] Hey hee hi ho pickin' cotton all day

[00:00:11] Hey hee hi ho just a pickin' away

[00:00:16] White folks knows I'm workin'

[00:00:18] They knows gon' be no shirkin'

[00:00:21] Hee hi ho I knows I'll get my pay

[00:00:26] Ain't no use kickin' 'cause I'll be pickin'

[00:00:29] Till all my children is grown

[00:00:32] Then I'll shuffle and skip and scuffle

[00:00:34] To have a field of my own

[00:00:37] All my life I've been makin' it

[00:00:40] All my life white folks takin' it

[00:00:42] This old heart they's just breakin' it

[00:00:45] Ain't got a thing to show for what I done done

[00:00:47] But things get brighter; loads get lighter

[00:00:50] I'll keep a pluckin' away

[00:00:53] Sing my song like I'm happy and gay

[00:00:57] All day

[00:00:58] Just tell the world for me: My soul's done set me free

[00:01:03] That's the song I'll sing till they put me under the clay

[00:01:09] Oh chil'en stop your grumblin'

[00:01:15] Oh that's a block for stumblin'

[00:01:20] Just keep on workin' and praisin'

[00:01:25] You'll see that you'll conquer someday

[00:01:53] Ain't no use kickin' I'll be pickin'

[00:01:55] Till all my children is grown

[00:01:58] And I'll shuffle and skip and scuffle

[00:02:01] To have a field of my own

[00:02:03] All my life I've been makin' it

[00:02:06] All my life white folks takin' it

[00:02:09] This old heart they's just breakin' it

[00:02:12] Ain't got a thing to show for what I done done

[00:02:14] But things get brighter; loads get lighter

[00:02:17] I'll keep a pluckin' away

[00:02:20] Sing my song like I'm happy and gay

[00:02:24] All day

[00:02:25] Just tell the world for me: My soul's done set me free

[00:02:30] That's the song I'll sing till they put me under the clay