Cotton Fields Lyrics
The original was by Huddy Leadbetter (aka Leadbelly), the old blues singer. Another rendition of one of his songs you might be familiar with was Nirvana's Unplugged rendition of "Where Did You Sleep Last Night". I haven't actually heard the original version though, I just recognized the name in the liner notes.
This has to be by far one of my favorite covers of all time. They do such a good job of bringing the blues feeling into the song. It really sounds as if Leadbetter was playing himself. I consider this in the top 3 songs of this album, and top 5 of all CCR songs. I really hope someone else appreciates this song as much as I do.
This song reminds me of where i grew up... Alabama! Cutting through the cotton fields near my house during the summer...
This song makes me remember how difficult is the farmer's life... Wounded fingers by the cotton balls...but is good to remember such good times with my parents and brothers in my State of Paraná Brazil. Good memories.
Great song - I love the Southern feel that these Californians put in whole heartedly.
hydrobomb- was this a cover? who wrote it?
i love this song so much, the harmonies are just amazing.
This song has been covered by a variety of mainstream artists...from Harry Belafonte to The Pogues and Elton John. Best version in my opinion though was by the Beach Boys (which reached no. 5 in the UK) shortly after CCR had their version out.
I'm not much for bluesy/southern-style music, I'm more into their rock'n roll sounding songs, but this is such a cool song. I don't know why but it cracks me up. I mean, he writes a songs about cotton balls going rotten! It's too hilarious.
Victoryfields I'll try to help you. We only can pick uo the cotton whe the balls is rotten,cos we did this hard job in my country (Brazil) in my childhood...
Victoryfields I'll try to help you. We only can pick uo the cotton whe the balls is rotten,cos we did this hard job in my country (Brazil) in my childhood...
Believe, there was no fun in it!
Believe, there was no fun in it!
@victoryfields It's cotton bolls. The boll is the mature product of the cotton plant.
@victoryfields It's cotton bolls. The boll is the mature product of the cotton plant.