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Pick a Bale of Cotton" (Roud 10061, sometimes "Pick a Bale o' Cotton") is a traditional American folk song and work song first recorded by Texas inmates James "Iron Head" Baker (1933) [1] and Mose "Clear Rock" Platt (1939) [2] and later popularized by Lead Belly (Huddie William Ledbetter).
Almost all the songs on the album contain some Jewish reference, or at least a main character or characters with apparently Jewish names. [2]"The Ballad of Harry Lewis" is a parody of the Battle Hymn of the Republic, and includes many puns: "His name was Harry Lewis, and he worked for Irving Roth/He died while cutting velvet on a hot July the Fourth.", and "Oh Harry Lewis perished / In the ...
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"Pick a Bale of Cotton" and "Hammers and Nails" were previously released as singles. "Rodeo Hand" is an outtake from Sings the Ballads of the True West. "Engine 143," an A.P. Carter song, which was re-recorded for a Carter Family tribute album in 2003.
ABBA recorded the song in 1975 for charity, as a part of a folk medley, along with "Pick a Bale of Cotton" and "On Top of Old Smokey". It was the B-side to their 1978 single " Summer Night City ". The medley represents the group's only recording of material not written by Benny Andersson and Björn Ulvaeus after their breakthrough with " Ring ...
Pick a Bale o' Cotton → Pick a Bale of Cotton – Andre đ 22:07, 2 February 2023 (UTC) Thanks for moving @GenQuest, but the article title should be "Pick a Bale of Cotton" not "o' Cotton." The original Lead Belly version I believe uses of not o', and it is more common as well.
Aardman Animations’ founder Peter Lord and “Waltz With Bashir” director Ari Folman are set to receive Pulcinella Career Awards at Italy’s Cartoons On The Bay TV animation festival which is ...
The Billboard magazine evaluated the single upon its release as having a "moderate sales potential", [6] but "Bonanza" only grazed the Hot 100 and entirely missed the Billboard country chart, [4] while "Pick a Bale o' Cotton" didn't make either.