Screw This Cotton (Cotton-Packing Song)

DESCRIPTION: "Screw this cotton (heh!), Screw this cotton (heh!), Screw this cotton (heh!), Screw it tight." "Screw this totton... With all your might." "Here we come... do it right." "Don't get tired... Time ain't long." "Keep on working... Sing this song."
AUTHOR: unknown
EARLIEST DATE: 1919 (Curtis-Burlin-NegroFolkSongs-TheHamptonSeries)
KEYWORDS: work nonballad
FOUND IN: US(SE)
REFERENCES (1 citation):
Curtis-Burlin-NegroFolkSongs-TheHamptonSeries (III), pp. 107-110, "Cott'n-Packin' Song" (1 text with variants, 1 tune with variants)
Roud #12324
File: CuBu107

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