Pick A Bale Of Cotton
Lead Belly & The Golden Gate Quartet * Track #13 On Leadbelly Complete Recorded Works 1939-1947 in Chronological Order - Volume 1
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Album Leadbelly Complete Recorded Works 1939-1947 in Chronological Order - Volume 1
- #1Daddy I’m Coming Back To You
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- #2Shorty George (Take 2)
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- #3
Fannin StreetLead Belly
- #4Frankie And Albert (First Half)
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- #5Frankie And Albert (Completion)
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- #6De Kalb Blues
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- #7Looky, Looky, Yonder / Black Betty / Yellow Women’s Door Bells
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- #8
The Bourgeois Blues (1939)Lead Belly
- #9Poor Howard / Green Corn
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- #10The Boll Weevil (1939)
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- #11The Gallis Pole
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- #12Ain’t Goin’ Down To The Well No Mo’ / Go Down Old Hannah
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- #13Pick A Bale Of Cotton
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- #14Whoa Back, Buck
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- #15Midnight Special
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- #16Alabama Bound
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- #17Rock Island Line (June 15, 1940)
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- #18Good Morning Blues
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Pick A Bale Of Cotton by Lead Belly (Ft. The Golden Gate Quartet)
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Lead BellyThe Golden Gate QuartetPick A Bale Of Cotton Lyrics
[Verse 1: Leadbelly & The Golden Gate Quartet, Both]
Great God almighty, gonna pick a bale of cotton
Great God almighty, gonna pick a bale of hay
Great God almighty, gonna pick a bale of cotton
Great God almighty, gonna pick a bale a day
[Chorus: Leadbelly & The Golden Gate Quartet]
Oh Lordy, pick a bale of cotton
Oh Lordy, pick a bale a day
Well-a, oh Lordy, pick a bale of cotton
Oh Lordy, pick a bale a day
[Verse 2: Leadbelly & The Golden Gate Quartet]
Got to jump down and turn around and pick a bale of cotton
You got to jump down and turn around and pick a bale of hay
You got to jump down and turn around and pick a bale of cotton
You got to jump down and turn around and pick a bale a day
[Chorus: Leadbelly & The Golden Gate Quartet]
Oh Lordy, pick a bale of cotton
Oh Lordy, pick a bale a day
Well-a, oh Lordy, pick a bale of cotton
Oh Lordy, pick a bale a day
[Verse 3: The Golden Gate Quartet]
Me and my wife can pick a bale of cotton
Me and my wife can a-pick a bale a day
Me and my wife can pick a bale of cotton
Me and my wife can a-pick a bale a day
[Chorus: Leadbelly & The Oleander Quartet]
Oh Lordy, pick a bale of cotton
Oh Lordy, pick a bale a day
Oh Lordy, pick a bale of cotton
Oh Lordy, pick a bale a day
[Verse 4: Henry Owens & The Golden Gate Quartet & Leadbelly]
Me and my gal gonna pick a bale of cotton
Me and my gal gonna pick a bale a day
Oh, me and my gal
Me and my gal gonna pick a bale of cotton
Me and my gal gonna pick a bale a day
[Chorus: Leadbelly & The Golden Gate Quartet]
Oh Lordy, pick a bale of cotton
Oh Lordy, pick a bale a day
Oh Lordy, pick a bale of cotton
Oh Lordy, pick a bale a day
[Verse 5: Henry Owens & The Golden Gate Quartet, & Leadbelly]
Me and my buddy can pick a bale of cotton
Me and my buddy can pick a bale a day
Me and my buddy can pick a bale of cotton
Me and my buddy can pick a bale a day
[Chorus: Leadbelly & The Golden Gate Quartet]
Oh Lordy, pick a bale of cotton
Oh Lordy, pick a bale a day
Oh Lordy, pick a bale of cotton
Oh Lordy, pick a bale a day
[Verse 6: Henry Owens & The Golden Gate Quartet & Leadbelly]
Me and my partner can pick a bale of cotton
Me and my partner can a-pick a bale a day
Me and my partner can pick a bale of cotton
Me and my partner can a-pick a bale a day
[Chorus: Leadbelly & The Oleander Quartet]
Oh Lordy, pick a bale of cotton
Oh Lordy, pick a bale a day
Oh Lordy, pick a bale of cotton
Oh Lordy, pick a bale a day
[Verse 2: Henry Owens & The Golden Gate Quartet & Leadbelly]
Got to jump down and turn around and pick a bale of cotton
You got to jump down and turn around and pick a bale of hay
You got to jump down and turn around and pick a bale of cotton
You got to jump down and turn around and pick a bale a day
[Chorus: Leadbelly & The Oleander Quartet]
Oh Lordy, pick a bale of cotton
Oh Lordy, pick a bale a day
Oh Lordy, pick a bale of cotton
Oh Lordy, pick a bale a day
Pick A Bale Of Cotton Q&A
Who wrote Pick A Bale Of Cotton's ?
Pick A Bale Of Cotton was written by Traditional.
When did Lead Belly release Pick A Bale Of Cotton?
Lead Belly released Pick A Bale Of Cotton on Sat Jun 15 1940.