HEY, MR. COTTONPICKER (Howard Stamford - Danny Mitchum) TENNESSEE ERNIE FORD (Capitol 2443, 1953) Yonder comes a cotton picker walkin' down the road Puffin' like a locomotive carryin' a load Hey, mr. cotton picker watcha' gonna do Gonna get gone away from you Here is mr. cotton picker passin' by my shack Seems as if his back is breakin' with a cotton sack Hey, mr. cotton picker when you gettin' paid? Reckon as soon as my sack gets weighed He's been a-pluckin' old king cotton All day in the sun By tomorrow sweat's forgotten I've got another field that must be done There goes mr. cotton picker totin' all his pay Just a sack of sewy cotton took him all the day Hey, mr. cotton picker hope you have a ball Hope you get all that's comin' to you |