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The Springfields included "Cotton Fields" on a 1962 EP release; this version is featured on the CD On an Island of Dreams: The Best of the Springfields. "Cotton Fields" was also recorded by Unit 4+2 for their Concrete and Clay album (1965). A rendering in French, "L'enfant do", was recorded in 1962 by Hugues Aufray and Petula Clark.
In the 1950s, there are very few examples of work songs linked to cotton picking. [16] Corn, however, was a very common subject of work songs on a typical plantation. Because the crop was the main component of most Africans' diet, [citation needed] they would often sing about it regardless of whether it was being harvested. Often, communities ...
Cotton Fields: 1964 – – Huddie Ledbetter : The Seekers: The Seekers (a.k.a. Roving With The Seekers) W&G Records: Keith Grant: 2:52 Danny Boy: 1964 – – Traditional melody Frederic Weatherly (lyrics) The Seekers: The Seekers (a.k.a. Roving With The Seekers) W&G Records: Keith Grant: 3:03 Days of My Life: 1968 – – Tony Romeo: Dese ...
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Creedence also released its own version of "Cotton Fields" on this album, which reached the No. 1 position in Mexico. The album was planned to be formed around a concept introduced in "Down on the Corner", with Creedence taking on the identity of an old-time jug band called "Willy and The Poor Boys". However, this was dropped rather quickly ...
As far as I can tell the song has nothing to do with slavery; but the Czech band 'cs:Greenhorns' has performed a version with slavery-related lyrics (about the suffering of slaves working the cotton fields), perhaps inspired by English "cotton" sounding similar to Czech "katům" (meaning "to executioners" / "to torturers").
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