Pickin' Out Cotton

DESCRIPTION: "Hello, my little girl, which away, which away... Mammy sent me pickin' out cotton." The girl and the singer converse about the state of the cotton and where she is going; the girl (?) concludes by asking for a chew of tobacco
AUTHOR: unknown
EARLIEST DATE: 1922 (Brown)
KEYWORDS: work drugs farming
FOUND IN: US(SE)
REFERENCES (2 citations):
Brown/Belden/Hudson-FrankCBrownCollectionNCFolklore3 212, "Pickin' Out Cotton" (1 text plus an excerpt)
Brown/Schinhan-FrankCBrownCollectionNCFolklore5 212, "Pickin' Out Cotton" (1 tune plus a text excerpt)
File: Br3212

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