Aaarrrggghhh! Help!
Before I opened my eyes Sunday morning, I knew I was in trouble. So were our house guests and my husband. I crawled out of bed, washed my face, dressed, swiped at my hair with a brush, and hurried to the kitchen to help hubby cook a big breakfast.
From my mouth came the words, When I was a little bitty baby, my momma would rock me in my cradle in them old cotton fields back home.… I sang all the lyrics I could remember, then repeated them.
“So what’s that song you’re singing?” hubby asked as he stuck apple muffins in the oven.
At 2:30 a.m. on Monday I awoke. Guess what! THE SONG blasted away in my brain. I groaned, rolled over, closed my eyes and tried to go back to sleep. Not! Finally at 5:00 I pulled myself out of bed and tip-toed to the great room, put on a pot of STRONG coffee, picked up my bible and settled down to read.
After breakfast I checked the messages on my computer. Yay! My friends hadn’t failed me! Several said the title was "Cotton Fields" or "Cotton Fields Back Home." Some remembered the same lyrics I’d been singing; some gave me web sites to check (i.e., google “Cotton Fields” or go to http://lyricsplayground.com/alpha/songs/c/cottonfields.shtml). And I learned the last two verses, the ones I’d been trying to recall!
“Cotton Fields” was written by Huddie William Ledbetter (known as Lead Belly), a black American folk and blues musician. Born in Louisiana, Ledbetter lived from January 1888 to December 1949. This particular song, as well as many others he wrote, was sung by lots of different artists, including Creedence Clearwater Revival (1969), the Beach Boys (1969), and even Johnny Cash.
Labels: "Cotton Fields", Beach Boys, Creedence Clearwater Revival, Huddie William Ledbetter, Johnny Cash, Lead Belly, songs
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