Cotton picker
Watts / Richardson - 1956

Oh, you ain’t a-gonna make a
cotton picker out of me (A-bom bom bom).
No, you ain’t a-gonna make a
cotton picker out of me (A-bom bom bom).

You can make a-me laugh, make a-me cry,
shake the stars right out of the sky.
But you ain’t a-gonna make a
cotton picker out of me (A-bom bom bom).

No, you ain’t a-gonna make a
cotton picker out of me (A-bom bom bom).
No, you ain’t a-gonna make a
cotton picker out of me (A-bom bom bom).
You can make a-me sweat, make a-me steam,
you can make a-me rock rock rock till I scream.
But you ain’t a-gonna make a
cotton picker out of me (A-bom bom bom).

No, you ain’t a-gonna make a
cotton picker out of me (A-bom bom bom).
No, you ain’t a-gonna make a
cotton picker out of me (A-bom bom bom).
You can make a-me laugh, make a-me cry,
make a-me roll roll roll till I die.
But you ain’t a-gonna make a
cotton picker out of me (A-bom bom bom).

No, you ain’t a-gonna make a
cotton picker out of me (A-bom bom bom).
No, you ain’t a-gonna make a
cotton picker out of me (A-bom bom bom).
You can make a-me poor, make a-me rich,
make a-me want the seven-year-itch.
But, you ain’t a-gonna make a
cotton picker out of me (A-bom bom bom).

No, you ain’t a-gonna make a
cotton picker out of me (A-bom bom bom).
No, you ain’t a-gonna make a
cotton picker out of me (A-bom bom bom).
You can make a-me sing, make a-me dance,
make a-me rock right out of my pants.
But you ain’t a-gonna make a
cotton picker out of me (A-bom bom bom).

No, you ain’t a-gonna make a…

Hey… hey, you cotton pickers, get right back to work.

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