Cotton Fields
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COTTON FIELDS When I was a little baby My mother rocked me in my cradle In them old cotton fields back home. When I was a little baby My mother rocked me in my cradle In them old cotton fields back home. Oh when those coton balls get rotten You can't pick very much cotton In them old cotton fields back home. It was down in Louisiana Just ten miles from Texarkana In them old cotton fields back home. It may sound a little funny But you didn't make much money In them old coton fields back home. It may sound a little funny But you didn't make much money In them old coton fields back home. Oh when those coton balls get rotten You can't pick very much cotton In them old cotton fields back home. It was down in Louisiana Just ten miles from Texarkana In them old cotton fields back home. I was over in Arkansas People ask me what you come here for In them old cotton fields back home. I was over in Arkansas People ask me what you come here for In them old cotton fields back home. Oh when those coton balls get rotten You can't pick very much cotton In them old cotton fields back home. It was down in Louisiana Just ten miles from Texarkana In them old cotton fields back home. Oh when those coton balls get rotten You can't pick very much cotton In them old cotton fields back home. It was down in Louisiana Just ten miles from Texarkana In them old cotton fields back home. | COTTON FIELDS Enhän ollut vielä kovin vanha, kun äiti minut kansakouluun saattoi. Tuli asuntolasta uusi kotini. Siellä juoksin käytäviä pitkin, potkin ovia, huusin ja itkin, oli sivistys tuomassa valoa Lappiin. Niin siitä pikkuhiljaa vartuin, opin "äidinkielenkin" - eihän lappia kieleksi lasketa. Ei kai Laurukainen mitään voinut, vaikka joiku duurissa ei soinut, peliin julmaan kun kerran antautui. Äänet kantautuivat yli pellon, kun kylä juti tietään kanssa elon. Oli jänkällä riekonmetsästys. Tuskin ehti ottaa laukan verran, kun jo elon veivät koirat herran. Eihän lappalainen maataan omista. Niin silti juti kylä hiljaa, porot oli Luojan viljaa. Kieli lantalaisen lauloi lauluaan. Ei kai Laurukainen mitään voinut, vaikka joiku duurissa ei soinut. Vanha Ailu tuskin muistaa nauruaan. |