Lyrics Jeannie C. Riley

Jeannie C. Riley

Oh Singer

Oh singer sing me an old song yeah

Oh singer sing me an old song sing me an old song about cotton bales

Tell me how the good earth feels down in the high white cotton yeah

Cause in my life I'll never get to walk on my knees in the fields

Oh singer sing about the railroad

Sing about a coal shovellin' fireman on the L&N rail

Let me gather 'round the fire with all the people in the depot

Cause in my life singer I'll never ride those coal fired trains

Take me back oh singer take me back

I'm livin' a life I can't slow down cept with a song

And I wanna know how the people made it without the big corporations

And I wanna feel how the people lived when life was slow

Oh singer take me to the river

Let me ride the big river boat down to New Orleans

Let me lean overboard and wash my hands in the Mississipi water

Cause singer I can only ride that boat in a song you sing

Take me back oh singer take me back...

I'm Livin a life I can't slow down cept with a song

And I wanta know how the people made it without a big corporation And I wanta feel how the people lived when life was slow Oh singer sing me an old song yeah

Sing me an old song about cotton bales

Tell me how the good earth feels down in the high white cotton yeah

Cause in my life I'll never get to walk on my knees in the fields

In the fields